Scenic City Rides (Chattanooga)

[SquirrelyGrl]

Hey Monte!
Sounds like you were working hard Saturday , I saw your post over in the DOG thread

[DriftDragon]

Okay. I want some ideas. What I want to do is come up with a truly awesome adventure day ride starting and ending in Chattanooga that I can ride this coming Saturday. The more off road and scenic the better but great twisties thrown in to link things is welcome to. I am thinking it should go out through Tellico but I am open to suggestions. It needs to be a good challenge for med to big adventure bikes while still fun for smaller bikes. I personally don't care if it ends up being a thousand miles round trip but lets keep it to something that can be done in 6 hours with a couple of breaks. Maybe 300 miles or so? So I pose two questions to everyone...

What routes would you include? Where are some good places to plan lunch and short breaks? Give me your absolute best area adventure segments to piece together into a great ride.

Do you wanna join me? Joining in and dropping out along the route is always an option to.

So there it is... what are your ideal adventure segments in the area? Presumably we can meet at a breakfast spot and end at a good watering hole.

[flux_capacitor]

What's this about camping this weekend?

[fullmonte]

Originally Posted by DriftDragon

Okay. I want some ideas. What I want to do is come up with a truly awesome adventure day ride starting and ending in Chattanooga that I can ride this coming Saturday. The more off road and scenic the better but great twisties thrown in to link things is welcome to. I am thinking it should go out through Tellico but I am open to suggestions. It needs to be a good challenge for med to big adventure bikes while still fun for smaller bikes. I personally don't care if it ends up being a thousand miles round trip but lets keep it to something that can be done in 6 hours with a couple of breaks. Maybe 300 miles or so? So I pose two questions to everyone...

What routes would you include? Where are some good places to plan lunch and short breaks? Give me your absolute best area adventure segments to piece together into a great ride.

Do you wanna join me? Joining in and dropping out along the route is always an option to.

So there it is... what are your ideal adventure segments in the area? Presumably we can meet at a breakfast spot and end at a good watering hole.

I can think of several great rides that meet your criteria. However, 300 miles in 6 hours won't have much "adventure" as it is an all pavement ride. You could do the Cohutta/Tumbling Creek loop (75+ miles of continuous dirt) in 6 hours if you don't stop much and eat lunch in the woods. I wear a Camelback and bring energy bars. Other DS rides take longer because the dirt roads/trails are farther away, but the flip side is you get to ride the twisties to get there. I would love to join you, but Saturday is booked.

edit: Wife just informed me she has to work this Sunday to make up for being off two days next week. Talk about a wrench in the plans. Looks like great riding weather for this weekend too.

[DriftDragon]

Originally Posted by fullmonte

I can think of several great rides that meet your criteria. However, 300 miles in 6 hours won't have much "adventure" as it is an all pavement ride. You could do the Cohutta/Tumbling Creek loop (75+ miles of continuous dirt) in 6 hours if you don't stop much and eat lunch in the woods. I wear a Camelback and bring energy bars. Other DS rides take longer because the dirt roads/trails are farther away, but the flip side is you get to ride the twisties to get there. I would love to join you, but Saturday is booked. I'm riding Sunday if anybody wants to go.
Figure on being gone 8 hours or until 5pm.

Actually I was meaning 6 hours of riding plus the breaks etc... I was also assuming a fair amount of payment between dirt hence the 300 miles. That's 2 hours for 200 miles of road and 4 hours for a hundred miles of dirt right? lmao. So let me revise my criteria... Saturday OR Sunday OR both days and camping is an option.

I am not strong in the determining feasibility department.... I figure pretty much everything is feasible. lol.

I am wide open. I am looking for as much adventure as i can get during daylight without too much rushing. I don'tind riding pavement in the dark though if its worth it. Just trying to keep it to something others would be open to as well

So can you categorize the dirt course you described? I will be on my 1200gsa and the roads are still a little muddy so keeping that in mind I am looking for challenging dirt with lots to see along the way.

Houston valley was fun so certainly anything up to that level of challenge is okay but keep in mind houston valley was dry.

Thanks though, I will go see if I can figure out what you were referring yo on the maps.

Anything else?

[DriftDragon]

ahhh... I see Monte, that actually was one of the areas I was thinking about. I have wondered around a little on the TN side but not much on the GA side. That is an intriguing area!

[mb90535im]

You missed a good ride in the Cohuttas last Saturday. Actually went to a spot SloDon showed us north of hwy 64 that I had never seen. I like days like that.

Have you taken the GSA up Rock Creek/Tatum Lead trail in Murray Co. behind Peeples Lake?

[DriftDragon]

Originally Posted by mb90535im

You missed a good ride in the Cohuttas last Saturday. Actually went to a spot SloDon showed us north of hwy 64 that I had never seen. I like days like that.

Have you taken the GSA up Rock Creek/Tatum Lead trail in Murray Co. behind Peeples Lake?

The only offroad trail I actually have been on north 64 is the road up to buck bald. I am horrible with the names of places as my extreme adhd makes remembering names of things very difficult for me. I confuse similar sounding words alot so where on one occasion I may know exactly what county Murray is, The next time we talk I would use the name fully convinced we are discussing Marion county. LOL. It makes conversations with me interesting.

With that warning in mind... i don't believe I know where Murray county or rock creek or peebles lake is but will go look it up. thanks.

Where did you guys go exactly north of 64? What kind of roads?

[SloDon]

There are some fun dirt roads (some challenging for a GSA but doable) on either side of TN 30 north of 64.........a couple I showed Mitch last Saturday as he mentions below.

I will PM you.....


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[mb90535im]

You might find this link useful. (Chatsworth is the city name)

http://www.georgiaoffroad.com/facili...cilitytypeid=3

[SloDon]

Originally Posted by SloDon

There are some fun dirt roads (some challenging for a GSA but doable) on either side of TN 30 north of 64.........a couple I showed Mitch last Saturday as he mentions below.

I will PM you.....


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Thought I would add this.....









These are most of the roads I sent you....the rest are also documented on my channel.

No ADs........I am not looking for $ or views...just wanted to have a place other riders could look at and PRERIDE by video roads in our area.

I have roads from Alabama, Georgia, Tennesse, North Carolina, Utah and Colorado.

Maybe it will help you plan.....

Have a great ride!

Don

[DriftDragon]

Wow! Great response. I guess I can just stay at the bar and drink beer all day cause I already experienced the ride! lol... not a chance. Those roads remind me of the paint creek road near hot springs. I love the creek!

Thanks so much for sharing!

I understand there is great riding around Helen too. I have a friend out that way. I been meaning to go check out some of those well known ga waterfalls to. So much riding still to do!

I haven't heard anyone say they were up for riding Saturday yet though... is anyone considering joining me? I may go both days but I know I can go Saturday.

[SquirrelyGrl]

I'm still waiting on the clutch for the dr I ordered a week ago

But, the Hawk is running like a Champ. I'll let you know for sure on Friday what's going on. I could use a camping trip, maybe Flux could as well

[DriftDragon]

Anybody decide to do anything?

[ABHulgan]

Hey Folks,
If anybody's interested, I'm planning to camp and ride in Tellico the weekend following Thanksgiving, Nov 24-25. I may ride up Friday afternoon, camp and ride Sat and Sun, home on Sunday night or Monday morning. If anybody's interested we can meet in Chatty or Tellico Plains, or look for me somewhere along North River Road, past the Green Cove cutoff. Bring your own food; I'm not a Gentri.