(01-23-2019, 09:02 PM)jamincan Wrote: More scenic and quieter. I love gravel riding. Have you ridden much out in Dufferin County, clasher? There are some fantastic back roads there.
Yeah I've done a few good rides up that way, the roads starting around the Hockley Valley rd. and going north past Mono Cliffs to Boyne Valley, past Kilgorie and up to Honeywood and beyond... basically just following the escarpment up to Collingwood. There's Turas Mór out of Creemore that hits some of that area that I would like to do sometime... it used to be a vintage themed ride like Eroica but they weren't strict about requiring vintage gear and the site doesn't really mention it anymore. The growling Beaver out of Collingwood looks pretty good too but I don't know how much of that was gravel. There's a monster gravel climb just out of Collingwood, south of Scenic Caves, gonna do that next time I'm up there. I have done some gravel in the Beaver Valley near Flesherton and that would be another area worth exploring... the climbs are pretty good up and down that valley and it's very scenic.
I have the tops of my road bars about level with the saddle so they are pretty high by "roadie" standards but for the "endurance" rides that I mostly do they are fine. I think folks should set up their bike however they like as long as they are comfortable. I don't mind rail trails but I find they sometimes can be boring; like how much bush can I look at? Kind of reminds me of snowmobiling. But they're worth it for the bridges and open spaces they pass...