Any riding near Cincy or Indy?
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thanks for the valuable input, any other life tips?
Indy is FLAT. If you have time to travel an hour or more, I can get some "good" MTB suggestions from a friend of a family member.
If you are short on time, Fort Harrison offers MTB riding. Not sure the length but I hiked it and it's similar to Nox or Lewis Morris. Not too technical.
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For a road bike, Monon rail trail is legit long and cuts right through the city. TIP: Park north and ride south. And have your head on a swivel below 56th Street. Look for Broadripple and you can dip off just a few blocks for lunch and beers. Meth, too.
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If you are short on time, Fort Harrison offers MTB riding. Not sure the length but I hiked it and it's similar to Nox or Lewis Morris. Not too technical.
Fort Harrison State Park
The 1,700-acre park, located on the north-east side of Indianapolis, features walking and jogging trails, picnic sites, fishing access to Fall Creek and two national historic districts.
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For a road bike, Monon rail trail is legit long and cuts right through the city. TIP: Park north and ride south. And have your head on a swivel below 56th Street. Look for Broadripple and you can dip off just a few blocks for lunch and beers. Meth, too.
Monon Trail | Indianapolis, IN
The popular Monon Trail stretches from the town of Sheridan in the north, extends south through Westfield, Carmel, Broad Ripple, and passes by the Indiana State Fairgrounds before intersecting with the Indianapolis Cultural Trail on the east end of Massachusetts Avenue (Mass Ave). There are...
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I don’t think I will be short on time, as a matter of fact, I will have a lot of free time on sat/sun. I will be in Cincy on Friday and don’t need to be in Indy until Monday, so I could really go anywhere out there for the weekend. If You have any suggestions, I’m all ears. I also have no problem going somewhere that is less populated to raid ride.
RobW
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Look up www.coramtb.org tons of trails north of Cincinnati. They have a very good park system in Ohio. CORA exploits that.
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SSmtbr
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If you're willing to make an hour drive away from Indy there's some great options. I grew up an hour or so SW of Indy and have a few trail systems in mind that work that would be worth the trip since you're that close. A good resource for all trails Indiana - https://www.hmba.org/ that has a relatively active forum with trail conditions and recommendations if you're up for exploring other trail systems.
Brown County State Park - https://www.mtbproject.com/trail/1002206/brown-county-state-park My all-time favorite park to ride that's 'relatively' close to Indy at about an hour south. It's sort of in the same direction as Cincy so you're not going too far out of the way. Tons of miles, some good elevation gain and mix of roots, flow, and rocks depending on the trail.
If you're up for a hour's drive west to Terre Haute along I-70, Griffin Bike Park. Rapidly growing park with already lots of miles, features, jump lines, skills sections with a ton of local support and resources from the city. - https://griffinbikepark.com/ (bonus if you get to ride the Trail Boss' trail "AWOL")
Southwestway Park (https://www.trailforks.com/region/southwestway-park/map) and Town Run (https://www.trailforks.com/region/town-run-trail-park/) are both right in the immediate Indy area. I haven't done much riding in the Indy area but used to hear a lot of talk about those places to get a decent ride in.
*Pray for good weather because it's been notoriously wet and every time I visit I bring the bike and end up getting rained out. The larger parks are usually pretty good about posting conditions frequently*
Brown County State Park - https://www.mtbproject.com/trail/1002206/brown-county-state-park My all-time favorite park to ride that's 'relatively' close to Indy at about an hour south. It's sort of in the same direction as Cincy so you're not going too far out of the way. Tons of miles, some good elevation gain and mix of roots, flow, and rocks depending on the trail.
If you're up for a hour's drive west to Terre Haute along I-70, Griffin Bike Park. Rapidly growing park with already lots of miles, features, jump lines, skills sections with a ton of local support and resources from the city. - https://griffinbikepark.com/ (bonus if you get to ride the Trail Boss' trail "AWOL")
Southwestway Park (https://www.trailforks.com/region/southwestway-park/map) and Town Run (https://www.trailforks.com/region/town-run-trail-park/) are both right in the immediate Indy area. I haven't done much riding in the Indy area but used to hear a lot of talk about those places to get a decent ride in.
*Pray for good weather because it's been notoriously wet and every time I visit I bring the bike and end up getting rained out. The larger parks are usually pretty good about posting conditions frequently*
thanks, ill check it out, why not. I'll be done work on tuesday and wednesday at 4:30.
Is this the one that has a trail across the pond?
SSmtbr
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That's the place!
Thanks for the tips, I did a short ride yesterday and will definitely go back on Monday for a longer one. I’m going to check out that monon trail today and see if I can score some meth.