HOBBESIS49
Good to find that you are 'still' here after my very long hiatus away from Spark People. What has happened to the ol' Outdoors Team? It used to be so active. I'm finally done with all of my educational business and have been back in the real world for quite some time (getting more and more out of shape after Grad school). Here I am back again to Sparking.
SPEEDYDOG
Thanks for your suggestion on my Spark Feed to find a rail trail for a flat place to ride my bike. Unfortunately, all the rail trails where I live are old narrow gauge mountain railroad trails. Washouts from melting snow make these trails challenging. The steepest grades are over 12% and climb up to 10,000 feet elevation. Typically a Colorado rail trail will climb 2,000 feet in less than 10 miles.
I climb on my bikes quite well. I get lots of practice.
There are a few short bike paths that follow the Platte and Cherry Creek rivers which are about as flat as I can find. Unfortunately, any relatively flat path is full of joggers, baby strollers, slow cruiser bikes, skate boards, dog walkers and families with lots of kids. These flat paths are not very long. The rivers in Colorado cut through some rolling hills and the even the river paths get hilly.