7 cyclists. 26 miles. 4100+ ft climbing. (Lenoir, NC area) Started at Mortimer Campground and headed past Betsey’s to get on the Maple Sally route. Lunch stop outside. Passed by the bear hunters. We cutout a pavement section by detouring onto a forest road that connected with single track from the ridge top to Brown Mountain Beach Road. Stopped to see the cool waterfalls and sit on the rocks at Wilson Creek.
Maple-Sally route we based our exploration
Ray founded Ohio Gravel Grinders in 2012. Ray moved to Columbus in 2007 and jumped into bicycle event organization and advocacy by launching Bike the Cbus, Columbus’ only city-wide bicycle tour, currently organized by Yay Bikes! He developed Columbus Rides Bikes! blog and companion Facebook group with over 3000 members to support the Tuesday Nite Ride. Ray has been instrumental in organizing charity rides, including Ride the Elevator, Night of 1000/1001 Tacos, and Yelp on Two Wheels to support many organizations.
Ray enjoys long gravel bike rides in the woods and lunch with coffee outside. He has been featured on a number of podcasts. Check them out on the Featured On section. Honey Stinger Ambassador
