New Riding West Virginia Website

[pnoman]

UPDATED

Added a nice ride report with photos of Smoke Hole and Dolly Sods submitted by Todd Brunermer of State College, PA. To view it: http://www.ridingwv.com/RidingWVBackroadsReports.htm and scroll down to either the Allegheny Mts or Eastern Panhandle sections. (I posted it in both since it overlapped 2 regions)

ALSO: Events Page is updated with upcoming events thru mid-September.

Ride Safe!

[pnoman]

Added 2 nice diners I discovered in the past month to the Diners Page:

Family Traditions - Petersburg WV - http://www.ridingwv.com/FolderDinerReports/FAMILYTRADITIONSRESTAURANT.htm


and

Hillbilly's Kountry Kitchun - downtown Mullens (20 miles SW of Beckley on Rt 16) - http://www.ridingwv.com/FolderDinerR...illbillyKK.htm

Stop by either place for a great meal next time you are through either area. Take a break from fast food!


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[allonsye]

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[twigsnapper]

Originally Posted by pnoman

Guest contributors are welcome to submit Ride Reports, Photos, and/or Food/Lodging Reports for consideration.

Mee Mee'z Cafe and Cakes, 213 Henry Ave, Elkins, WV 26241 (N38.92330 W79.84692)

Small place with free wifi and a good breakfast. I concur with the Dispatch:

Most people didn’t understand why I wouldn’t want to eat breakfast at the Exxon but someone eventually told me about Mee Mee’z Cafe behind the Federal Building. Mee Mee’z is the kind of place that everyone sort of imagines the rest of the country is made of, where Real Americans eat Real Breakfasts before doing Real Work. Eggs and bacon vanish under bushy mustaches dripping with coffee while the morning’s gossip filters in from bored shopkeeps. Mee Mee sits in the middle like a kindly matriarch, icing her cakes and imparting folky wisdom.

[pnoman]

Originally Posted by twigsnapper

Mee Mee'z Cafe and Cakes, 213 Henry Ave, Elkins, WV 26241 (N38.92330 W79.84692)

Small place with free wifi and a good breakfast. I concur with the Dispatch:

Interesting looking! I'll try to add it soon - just got back from a 2-day ride (and grass-mowing) so I have lots to catch up on. Thanks!

[pnoman]

UPDATE:

Just added - Rt 55 New & Old - Riverton, Petersburg, Moorefield, Wardensville - Fall Colors Oct 2012

Link: http://www.ridingwv.com/FolderStreet...t55Oct2012.htm




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[twigsnapper]

Originally Posted by pnoman

UPDATE:

Just added - Rt 55 New & Old - Riverton, Petersburg, Moorefield, Wardensville - Fall Colors Oct 2012

Link: http://www.ridingwv.com/FolderStreet...t55Oct2012.htm




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Nice pics!

[Rusty Rocket]

I like the site. My family, (riders from all over the eastern U.S.) are considering a family get together ride in Beckley, WV. Some are dualsporters and some are Harley riders and one guy, my uncle, is on a Kawasaki Versys, doesn't squarely fit in either group. We would like to use Beckley as a hub and do rides each day in different directions. Any further guidance you could provide would be helpful.

[pnoman]

Originally Posted by Rusty Rocket

I like the site. My family, (riders from all over the eastern U.S.) are considering a family get together ride in Beckley, WV. Some are dualsporters and some are Harley riders and one guy, my uncle, is on a Kawasaki Versys, doesn't squarely fit in either group. We would like to use Beckley as a hub and do rides each day in different directions. Any further guidance you could provide would be helpful.

I'm off tomorrow (Tuesday) so I'll sit down with my Gazatteer and draw out a few loops. I just did a route south of Beckley (Sweet 16) listed on the Street Rides Page in the Southern section. You may get a few ideas from that in the meantime.

Anyone else with suggestions, please chime in. I'm not as familiar with the SE corner of WV as I should be. Diners? Interesting destinations? Good Dual-sport rides?

When are you planning to visit?

[pnoman]

Attempting to link to GMAPS Pedometer route map:

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=5730269

This is a 177-mile loop south and west of Beckley. If this link works, I'll post a few more.

EDIT: It works, but it takes a minute or two to load - please be patient.


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[travlin]

This is a nice loop.
Leave Beckley south on rte. 19 to Shady Spring and turn left toward Hinton on rte.3. Follow 3 through Hinton, and continue on 3 to Gap Mills. You have to stop there and visit the Cheese and More Store and their bakery across the road. Grab some of their excellent cheese along with a bag of pepperoni rolls, but stash them for later because a good lunch is just over the mountain at the Swinging Bridge. http://www.theswingingbridge.com/ To get to Paint Bank from Gap Mills you'll need to turn right heading south on rte.311 and go across Peters Mountain. Leaving Paint Bank pick up state rte. 600 west which is next door to the Swinging Bridge. This is a nice ride up Stony Creek, and you may see some buffalo grazing in the fields along the roadside. This will bring you rte. 460 where you'll head west to Princeton. At Princeton you can either head up I-77 to Beckley or jump off at the Camp Creek exit and follow 19 back to Beckley. This is an approximate 175 mile loop.

[travlin]

Originally Posted by pnoman

Attempting to link to GMAPS Pedometer route map:

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=5730269

This is a 177-mile loop south and west of Beckley. If this link works, I'll post a few more.

EDIT: It works, but it takes a minute or two to load - please be patient.


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That's a pretty good ride, but it does have lots of coal truck traffic. Route 10 from Mullens to Matoaka is the best leg with the least traffic.

[Rusty Rocket]

Originally Posted by travlin

That's a pretty good ride, but it does have lots of coal truck traffic. Route 10 from Mullens to Matoaka is the best leg with the least traffic.

Thanks everybody. It's in the planning stages now, and I'm going to link this thread in an email to my uncle, the driving force in planning this trip.

[pnoman]

NEW PAGE - RIDING ROUTES

I'm trying something new - Favorite Riding Loops and Favorite Roads. I started with a loop down by Beckley for Rusty Rocket. There is a map created on GMaps-Pedometer with mile markers, and a printable guide to take along with you. Please let me know what you think - is this useful? If so, I have several more ready to go. Thanks!


http://www.ridingwv.com/RidingRoutes.htm

[tastroman]

Originally Posted by pnoman

NEW PAGE - RIDING ROUTES

I'm trying something new - Favorite Riding Loops and Favorite Roads. I started with a loop down by Beckley for Rusty Rocket. There is a map created on GMaps-Pedometer with mile markers, and a printable guide to take along with you. Please let me know what you think - is this useful? If so, I have several more ready to go. Thanks!


http://www.ridingwv.com/RidingRoutes.htm

That was nice. Thanks for putting it all together. Anyone planning a WV trip would be crazy not to use your site as a resource.