Level 1 Ride Strickland Rd Raleigh NC

Level 1+ Ride
Sidewalk
Begin and End at Falls of Neuse and Strickland Roads
3.92 miles round trip

Begin at the corner of Falls of Neuse and Strickland. Travel up Strickland on the right side of the road. When you get to Six Forks, turn right and continue on the sidewalk to the light at Lead Mine. Turn around on the same sidewalk and complete the loop.

This stretch of Strickland Rd is very flat with one or two slight incline areas. The sidewalks are nice and smooth. Very comfortable and enjoyable urban ride. Get off the trails for a moment and enjoy our beautiful city! Great for endurance and sidewalk practice. Level 1+ riders should be able to negotiate the sidewalk widths with no problems.

Level 1+ 2 Ride , RBC Center Part 2- Raleigh

RBC Center
Looping by Trikking the Drive Around The Center
Level 1-2
1.2 mile loop


Park near the top of the East area and begin your loop "counterclockwise" so that you are doing more downhill. Still this is not a pure downhill so you will enjoy working on your technique and most won't go too fast. When you get to the bottom of the loop and are to start back up CUT ACROSS into parking lot area 69 West. This will keep you off the steep incline! You will have a short incline through here and past the front of the RBC..then the loop begins again. Nice ride!

Level 2 Ride Blue Ridge Rd- Raleigh

From the Art Museum on Blue Ridge to
the Corner of Duraleigh and Burwell Rollins
Sidewalk
Level 2
1.3 miles one way

Park at the Art Museum and start your sidewalk distance ride. Travel down Blue Ridge past Rex Hospital, past where Blue Ridge becomes Duraleigh, past Edwards Mill/Duraleigh, down to where the path starts to go downhill at Burwell Rollins. Mostly slow downhill. Coming back slight inclines, with a particular one between Edwards Mill and Macon Pond. After that, good workout back to the Museum.

Level 1+ , 2 Ride-- Cary

From Cary Academy (Corner of Harrison and Cary Parkway)
to SAS Campus near I40
Level 1 (all sidewalk) Level 2 (slight incline but very do-able for level 1)
.7 miles each way

This is a very flat sidewalk path down Harrison Avenue towards I40. Busy street but very peaceful sidewalk ride. Slight inclines coming back to Cary Academy. For the very adventurous and secure, park all the way at the other end of Harrison at the entrance to Umstead Park, ride up to the I40 interchange, then use the light to walk across the bridge (still on sidewalk) to SAS to begin the route up again. This adds about .3 of ride distance.

Level 2, 3 Ride Ridge Rd -Raleigh

Ridge Rd from Wade Ave to Glen Eden
Level 2-3
Distance 1.4 miles each way

It's best to park in the Whole Foods parking lot if you drive to this ride. Head up Ridge Rd and start Trikking at about Churchill Dr., due to some sharp inclines and ripped up sidewalk and messy concrete from Wade to Churchill. From there you should stay in the bike lane on the street, but on the weekends there are cars parked there so have a little fun zooming up and off the sidewalk as needed. Almost all down hill to Lake Boone. It's a blast to zoom down through here and slip through the intersection with the cars! This point is at a little over .5 miles so it would be just fine to turn around here. Venture on from there to Airline Dr, and it goes up slightly and down slightly but gets tougher to Glen Eden because the bike lane ends and there is no sidewalk from Glen Eden to Airline .1 miles on the return.

Watch for traffic-- even with the bike lanes. Avoid the ride during church hours because the bike lanes are full of parked cars.

Level 2, 3 Ride Durant Trail- North Raleigh

Durant Trail
Corner of Durant Rd and Camp Durant Rd
Level 2, 3
Distance 1.68 one way
Beautiful Greenway ride with
no other challenge than regular somewhat steep inclines. If you’re conditioned this will be challenging and a great workout!

Level 2, 3 Ride American Tobacco Trail- Durham

Durham American Tobacco Trail
Hwy 54 and Fayetteville Rd
Level 2, Level 3
Distance -Varies

Start at the Southpoint Crossing Center. This is a level 2 ride due to slight inclines. Still this is a beautiful trail for groups. The trail heads into downtown Durham about 5-6.5 miles later, ending at the ball park so it’s a “pick your distance” kind of route as to when you want to turn around and double back.

Level 2, 3 Ride Fayetteville Street- Raleigh

Raleigh Fayetteville Street-
Level 2-3
Distance .9 mile Loop
Sidewalk and Street Riding On Weekends.
Downhill and slight incline coming back.
Begin in Parking Lot of Hillsborough Place (Corner of Hillsborough and Dawson)
Head East
Right on Salisbury
Left on Morgan
Right of Fayetteville
Travel to Sheraton and Convention Center Plaza past
WTVD Channel 11
Loop Back