Anyone Interested In Group Rides?

Over the course of working on the Mississippi River Trail ground truthing project and the Great Bike Trails portion of RideTHISbike.com, a number of riders have expressed interest in riding with others. Specifically, there seems to be a fair amount of interest in weekend group events that would combine an over night at a hotel, b&b or camping in a state park.

As someone that has participated in a variety of group and solo destination cycling tours, I'd like to hear from other cyclists that would be interested in spending a weekend exploring a world class cycling route. Given that there is sufficient interest in tours like these, I'd be happy to devote a section of RideTHISbike.com to promoting and reporting on such tours.

If you're interested in a destination cycling tour, let me know.

Regards,
Larry Lagarde
Ph: 901-722-5809
Email: larry @ ridethisbike.com

Mississippi River Trail Ground Truthing Update

So far, volunteers have lined up to ground truth all but 50 miles of the Mississippi River Trail (MRT) in Tennessee; however, I'm still encouraging anyone that would like to participate to do so. Even if other volunteers have agreed to ground truth the segment that you would like to ride, the more comments received per segment, the better.

By the way, if you're looking for a riding partner, call me & I'll see if others that are looking to ride the same segment might be interested in some company on their rides too.

Best wishes,
Larry Lagarde
Ph: 901-722-5809

Mississippi River Trail Ground Truthing Maps & Survey Available

To all those that are interested in participating in the ground truthing of the Mississippi River Trail (MRT) in Tennessee, I'm pleased to announce that the map & questionnaire for this project are now available. After you've looked at the map, please let me know which 10 mile segment(s) you would be interested in riding and commenting upon. Readers are invited to call me or can place a comment on this blog.

Following are links to info about the ground truthing of the MRT in TN:

- MRT/TN Ground Truthing Project Overview:
http://ridethisbike.com/bicycle_trails/mrt/index.html

- Scalable Map Of The MRT/TN Project:
http://www.2wheeltech.com/biking/gmap1.php?uid=mrt&routeId=294,295,297

- Survey Questionnaire Overview For The Ground Truthing Project:
http://ridethisbike.com/bicycle_trails/mrt/mrt_ground_truthing_survey.htm

- Survey Questionnaire Page 1:
http://ridethisbike.com/bicycle_trails/mrt/eval-1.pdf
- Survey Questionnaire Page 2:
http://ridethisbike.com/bicycle_trails/mrt/eval-2.pdf
- Survey Questionnaire Page 3:
http://ridethisbike.com/bicycle_trails/mrt/eval-3.pdf

Thanks for your interest in helping with this important project.

Respectfully,
Larry Lagarde
Mid-South Coordinator
Mississippi River Trail
Ph: 901-722-5809