{"id":5057,"date":"2017-02-03T14:49:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T19:49:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-06-30T15:32:34","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T19:32:34","slug":"another-bike-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/?p=5057","title":{"rendered":"Another Bike Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"

Click for FL trip plans and map<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\"Paved<\/a><\/p>\n

I decided to explore a little more in the old abandoned housing development. It is like riding on paved bike trails, but you won\u2019t see any other bikers but you could see a bear or Florida Panther if you were lucky. Take a look at the map in my last blog. It is easy to reach these streets if you have my map. Peggy decided to rest today and I ended up peddling for 2 hours and covered 17 miles.<\/p>\n

You start by taking a narrow soft shoulder on the Tamiami Trail for only 3\/4 mile. Then you enter a designated hiking area. You stay on their service road as shown for 1-1\/2 miles and pop through a gate onto a nice paved road. This road crosses another paved road which is about 5 miles long running due north.<\/p>\n

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\"Big<\/a>But watch out, there are potholes all over the roads that are big enough to swallow a car tire.<\/p>\n

If you didn\u2019t pay attention you could go head over heels on your bike or break an axel with a car.<\/p>\n

\"Pavement<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Pretty<\/a>The two East-West paved roads both end at a pretty canal, and then turn to crushed stone and sand, populated by huge depressions. The tire tracks show you that some trucks do a lot of weaving back and forth. I\u2019m pretty sure cars can\u2019t access this area anymore but I don\u2019t think it is illegal to ride a bike. At least that\u2019s how I interpret the signs.<\/p>\n

\"Dirt<\/a><\/p>\n

So if you want to do more biking then just peddling around the campground, I think it is an easy way to get some good biking exercise, not meet another soul and possibly see some wildlife.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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