#229: Shelby riding dirty
I occurred to me that I need to start keeping track of (road bike) rideable dirt roads in / around Shelby County.
Here is the short list to get started, that will be added to as I think of more. Comment to help build this list. I may even get motivated to link the rest of these on map my ride.
- Fletcher Dr near Collierville. 1.5 miles between: (E) TN196/Chulahoma Rd and (W) Crestover Dr. Hard pack, some light gravel. Lightly potholled. Great connector from TN196 to TN205 (avoiding Poplar)
- Old Soloman Mill / Lambert Rd. North of Somerville/Oakland. ~2.5 miles between: (SE) Old Soloman / Stafford Dr to intersection of Old Soloman / Lambert west to (NW) Lambert Dr/McNabb Rd. Only ridden it once, it was hard pack with some slimy stuff due to recent rain. Not much problem gravel.
- Braden Road. ~2.5 miles. (N) Braden Road, south of I-40 to about 2.5 miles south of that (north of the start of housing developments). Nice fast section of well graded hardpack. Some gravel but easy to avoid, if that is your plan.
- another one out east somewhere. Andrea needs to help me out…
That would be Nuckolls Rd. between Macon and Jenkins Roads.
Comment by Andrea — February 27, 2009 @ 5:08 pm