Sweet Apple Road

Delicious sounding ride that branches off from Dry Creek Road.    Not too hilly not much traffic.  Eventually joins Wolf Creek Road and then Cogswell Ave.  Now I need to ride to the end of Wolf  Creek.

Dry Creek obsession

Yet again on Dry Creek Road, this time all the way down to Camp Creek Road.  From.  There to US 231 and home.  Zonked from the heat when I got home.  I’ll be back.

Dry Creek Road Clockwise

Today no rain and in the opposite direction.  Wonderful both ways.

Dry Creek Road

Beautiful drizzly ride to Cropwell, King Circle, 19th St, Dry Creek Road, Easonville Road and 231 home.  Wonderful country road.

Seddon Cemetery

Ride to Golf Course Road.  Continue to Seddon cemetery  and onward to the neighborhood of lake houses.  On the way home turned at the airport and took the back roads to Church Road and home.  Great fun workout.

Bpbtti bike shorts

These shorts were a welcome gift after riding in jeans and swim trunks for a month or two.  I was very happy to see the level of quality in these  shorts.  They have baseball stitching around a durable, quality pad.  Again in the elastic around the pants legs they use   Baseball stitching.  The fabric is breathable   Coolmax so you stay cool while riding.

I rode a couple of hours in 90 degree heat and they are flawless.  Great shorts!

Eureka!

Revisited Lincoln Fire Station area with lovely country roads Around the lakeshore.very fun.

Giro di May’s Bend

This is all hills start to finish.  Warmed up on Sunset Strip, a baby Zoncolan.  Then  May’s Bend and continuous saliscende for 30  minutes.  Exhausted.

Pell City Loop

From home to airport, Truss Ferry Road, HWY 231 overpass, Cropwell and home.  Good workout

Talladega

Talladega isn’t only famous for its speedway: I was born in the county 60 years ago.  Today I biked over to check it out.   Nice and dry and cooler than usual.  32 miles round trip.

Stemley Road

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Finally a road with some flatness.   Once you get past Stemley Bridge  it’s almost level.  I     Turned around after Central High School.  Fun ride!

Lincoln I-20 Exit

Not too hot for end of May in Bama.  Took the Stemley Bridge Lincoln route as before but slightly longer.  Wonderful ride.

Red Hawk Trail

Red Hawk Trail is another loop branching off from Walker’s Crossing Trail.  Today with the additional benefit of a light cooling rain, a joy to ride in.

Lakeshore Drive

This is a loop coming off Walkers Crossing Road.  Great views of  the country side, Steamley Bridge and the lake.  Nice evening ride after a hot day.

Logan Martin Dam

Hot and humid again but I need to ride.  Decided to try Logan Martin Dam.  The road is mostly big rollers, which are a great workout.  The dam and lake are lovely.    My Dad took me on a tour of the dam when I was 6, when the dam was new.  Very exciting for a kid.

32 miles round trip

View from dam

Lakeside Park

Cloudy humid day.  I rode past the park to recreation area ball fields and stopped at the lakeshore.  Several nearby thunderclaps got me moving toward home.  Fun racing the rain home.   

The beautiful park at at Pell City Lakeside.

Lincoln Fire Station

Lincoln Fire Station

Stemley road starts near the bridge over Lake Logan Martin and ends near Lincoln Fire Station.  32 miles round trip.  Not too much traffic.  Fun ride.

Eagle Point MTB

There are a few dirt trails in the neighborhood, maybe old fire roads. I tried riding all of them in both directions, not hard.  Across a branch of the lake are lovely views of hilly grassland.
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Pine Mountain Road

I rode to Springville and turned left at the stop sign.  You ride gradually upward along Canoe Creek then Canoe Lake.  The road steepens, you leave the dense tree cover and climb up a lovely hairpin curve and a set chicanes.  These were a blast on the way back down.  Now you reach the ridgeline at Pine Mountain Road and continue climbing past the cell tower.  Lots of rolling terrain here past the Birmingham water works Inland Lakes and then the Blount county line.

I retraced my steps with lots of steep rollers on the return as well.  Beautiful bike ride!

From Pine Mountain ridge line