bbpr120 t1_j8ah1eo wrote on February 12, 2023 at 9:37 PM

The Trestle Trail is a pretty well maintained gravel trail with a couple of road crossings, 36mm wide cross tires work great.

The Moosup Valley State Park trail has a few on road sections, a wee bit of pavement (right at the Moosup end) and the rest is in pretty rough shape- towards the western end in Moosup it's got some pretty big pot holes that fill with water. It's easy to follow but nowhere near as nice as the Trestle Trail in NE CT or the Trestle Trail.

This route (Burlingame Picnic Area on Prosser Tr to RT 138) is 16 mile on way and has a bunch of alternate lines without a significant amount pavement (outside of the transition between Burlingame and the Carolina Management Areas, about 2.5 miles). It's all doable with a gravel bike, even the bridge section in Burlingame.

degggendorf OP t1_j8b9h60 wrote on February 13, 2023 at 1:07 AM

>the rest is in pretty rough shape

Hah, perfect. That actually makes it sound better to me.

My "gravel bike" is a hardtail xc mtb with gravel combo tires, so should be imminently doable.

Thanks for the route link, I'll invest some more time to look though it. Thanks!