JMitchell,

I also want to offer encouragement. Hubby and I bicycle here and have experienced nothing but courtesy from other motorists. We do take care to obey all traffic laws as well as give other motorists plenty of room to pass, when the location allows it.

We ride to the grocery store and other places on the roads. However, our preferred ride is on a multi-nodal fitness trail on the north side of TV. There walkers, joggers, bicyclists and golf cart riders always seem to be courteous, friendly to each other and happy to "share the road". We love to ride on it. Hope to see you up our way sometime!

-- P

Question
 

for PTurner:
Where on the north side of TV are you riding your bicycles? So far we have been riding our bicycles on Morse Blvd to 466 and over to Buena Vista to home, and also Morse Blvd south from the village of Caroline.... (Morse Blvd south is a killer with the gentle upward hills!! Gotta be in decent shape for that!!)

Even though we have experienced some problems, I must say on a whole, our experiences bicycling in TV have been very positive. Unfortunately, there will always be a few rotten apples in any barrel...and we are learning to deal with them.

I have been riding a bicycle on the multi-modal trails on average an hour a day 4 times a week for the past 9 months. I must say I have not run into any issues with cars or carts in all this time. I try to go out when the streets/trails are not so busy and avoid congested areas (e.g. Sumter Landing or the cart trail from LSL to Palmer) during snowbird season.

This is a wonderful place to ride....so many miles of streets and trails, reasonably flat, and beautiful homes and grounds to look at.

Hi dlzdhz,

We ride on the Springdale Fitness Trail and in that area-- Mulberry Lane, Belle Meade Circle, Legacy Lane, Kittridge Loop and neighborhood streets in Springdale, which is where we live. We have not ventured onto Beuna Vista or Morses by bicycle.

It's just leisure riding. The trail itself is only 1.3 miles, extending from Mulberry Grove Regional Rec. Center south along side or traversing Ashley Meadows, Erinn Glenn, Briarwood and Walnut Grove golf courses, the Springdale Dog Park and extending a little south of Melle Meade Circle below the Springdale Rec. Center.

p.s., I'd love to find a secret passage extending from the south end of the Fitness Trail down to the Village of Alhambra and onto El Camino Real, if there were such a thing. Anyone know?

thanks
 

PTurner-
thanks for the information, we will check it out