New years ride

[Gerry Donahue]

6 of us madeit out for about 37 miles on a made up as you go route. It was great to see all the sunshime and happy faces.

[Gary Gross]

Nice, I did joy two hours in the gym this morning and a nice hike with the dogs this afternoon.  

Gary Gross

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On Jan 4, 2026, at 4:45 PM, Gerry Donahue <gckdo...@gmail.com> wrote:



6 of us madeit out for about 37 miles on a made up as you go route. It was great to see all the sunshime and happy faces.

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[Paul H.]

I’m in Gerry for riding in different areas as well. As Gary so kindly offered on our behalf , riding out from our lake house in Brown County has a lot of fabulous opportunities plus food and swimming as well.

[John McCoy]

I'm definitely up for more variety and began to do more of that this past summer season up there. All of the options suggested seem like good ones to me. In addition, taking advantage of gravel and even mountain biking opportunities in the area opens up additional new experiences. There is a lot of good gravel as well as road riding available in southern Indiana, and some good mountain biking in our area. CORA is working hard to expand the trail network.

I also think we could maybe do a better job of mixing up our local routes. No complaints here, but we do seem to ride Beer Bottle and Six County an awful lot. Heck, it requires arm twisting just to get people to ride the Blue Doobie 50! There are plenty of other options farther east that we rarely ride. We could even meet at a point farther up the LMBT at South Lebanon or Morrow to ride farther east, perhaps even to Yellow Springs. And I'm always up for some gas station donuts!🍩 

Traveling options in North Georgia or North Carolina sound fun as well, and in both there is also plenty of good gravel and mountain biking.

I've thrown out this traveling option in prior years because it is a personal favorite,  but for those interested in gravel, the Dirty Pecan in Monticello Florida in early March is hard to beat. Distances ranging from 40 to 200 miles, self supported, entry fee $25, and some of the best red clay roads anywhere. Monticello is a cool little town with plenty of options for inexpensive accommodations. It's a bit of a drive from Cincinnati but with a couple of drivers not that big of a deal. A straight shot down I 75. 

Lots of fun things to do– – we just need to do them! Cheers.

John McCoy

On Jan 4, 2026, at 5:00 PM, Paul H. <pdc...@gmail.com> wrote:

I’m in Gerry for riding in different areas as well. As Gary so kindly offered on our behalf , riding out from our lake house in Brown County has a lot of fabulous opportunities plus food and swimming as well.

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[Paul H.]

Yeah, what John said! For me, gravel is something I need to do carefully. I’ve had 4 hip surgeries - yes all bike related - so I’m super careful and therefore slow on anything the slightest bit technical, but I’m game for all that and doing multi-day trips to other US and Canada locales is definitely of interest.

Gerry, thanks for starting that conversation!