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I’d been invited by some friends out to The Potawatomi Trail at Pinckney Recreation Area for a group today, so, I went. Having heard about this trail since even before I’d started riding, I was interested to see what it’s like. Well, I’m really, really glad I went.
We did something near a 15 mile loop, with nearly all of it being narrow single track which included fast, winding downhills, rocky and rooty uphills and downhills, long and sandy climbs, wooden railroad ties (water bars) stretched across fall line hills to cut down on erosion, and lots of wooden bridges across watery areas. There was also lots and lots of roots and 8″ – 14″ drops, one after another, which I had to carefully pick my way down. In short, an absolutely excellent but challenging trail. From my limited experience I’d say that it’s a very good mix of everything that I’ve ridden on to date. The only problem is that the park is about an hour and a half away from my house by car.
Here’s three more sites about the trail:
Since the photo I took of Kristi and Bob standing at one of the meetup points (called the Four Corners, I believe) came out a bit blurry, I instead give you this photo of the bike that a guy named Kevin rode today. It’s a fixed, rigid bike with clipless pedals, Ergon grips, Jones H-Bars, and two front brakes. The two brakes? Just in case one hand gets tired.