Cleveland Emerald Necklace Bikeway Loop - Smartguided Overnight or Day Tour
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Cleveland Emerald Necklace Bikeway Loop - Smartguided Overnight or Day Tour

Experience Cleveland's Nationally Awarded Emerald Necklace Parkway by bike! Do the tour as a metric century or as an overnight adventure.

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Starts on Saturday, April 5 · 9am EDT

Location

CycleNuts Emerald Necklace Bikeway Loop Tour

7900 Old Rockside Rd train station parking lot - gravel segment Independence, OH 43131

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About this event

Cleveland Emerald Necklace Bikeway Loop

Smartguided Overnight or Day Tour


Experience this natural greenway gem in Cleveland, Ohio by bike! The envy of every major metropolis in America, the Emerald Necklace offers visitors a lush wooded sanctuary set within wooded valleys just minutes away from the hustle and bustle of the city.


This tour has all the bells and whistles you have come to expect with a CycleNuts Selfie Tour - bikeway-focused, tested, and approved tasty spots, points of interest along the way, and very sensible options for both long and short-distance riders.


Adventure through Cuyahoga Valley National Park (the only National Park in Ohio);

along the shores of Lake Erie and the banks of Rocky River, Cuyahoga River, and the Ohio Erie Canal;

through upscale lakefront mansion neighborhoods, downtown residential warehouse district neighborhoods, and quiet suburban neighborhoods;

to a couple of trailside history/nature centers (Canal Exploration Center, Rocky River Nature Center), Towpath Mounds (a unique undefined trailside mound), the historic Cleveland Coastguard Station (a spectacular lakefront observation point), and four CycleNuts tasted and approved tasty spots (details included with ticket);

through the Cleveland East Flats entertainment district, and Cleveland Public Square;

to Wallace Lake Beach, the banks of the Rocky River, Edgewater Beach on the shore of Lake Erie (bring your swimwear!), the start/ending spot marker of the Ohio-to-Erie Trail, and three Cleveland Script Signs (bring a camera - this is a Selfie Tour... right?).


The Smart-guided 70-mile route is 74% bikeway and comes with CycleNuts' 50% downhill guarantee. The segments that are not bikeways are predominantly low-traffic and Google bicycle-approved roadways. If you are more comfortable using sidewalks in these areas, you will find that most roadway segments have sidewalks along the way.


Look at this impressive list of eleven bikeways your wheels will roll on:

Big Creek Trail

Centennial Trail

Ohio to Erie Trail

Lake to Lake Trail

Lakefront Bikeway

Valley Parkway Trail

Woodland Loop Trail

Six Mile Flats Loop Trail

The Lower 40 Loop Trail

Whiskey Island Connector Trail

Ohio and Erie Canal Towpath Trail


The route follows the topography of Cleveland, which straddles two river valleys - the Cuyahoga River and Rocky River. There are segments where you will use your deepest bike gear or be bike-hiking (no shame in that - it is a pro tactic often used to save the legs/energy reserves). Sweating is optional, but probably unavoidable - Cleveland is surrounded/ribboned with bodies of water. Nevertheless, this is a Selfie Tour, and you will set your own pace, starting time, and touring agenda with CycleNuts' expert Smart-guided cycle tour pattern.


This is a perfect weekend destination adventure! If doing the tour as an overnight 2-day tour, see the instructions included in your ticket purchase for free overnight parking of your vehicle at the starting spot. Also, the overnight stay hotel suggestion in the route directions is CycleNuts-approved based on zero-bedbug complaints. The cost of the overnight stay is not included in the tour ticket.


Easily, with the Smart-guide, you can wander away from the planned route to explore areas and points of interest that you find along the way. The Smart-guide will get you back on the route when you are ready.


You can invite as many people as you want on your tour. 1 tour ticket = fun for everyone!


Ride it as a 1-day metric century or get your traveling bags on and ride it as an Overnight Tour (OT) with a sweet midway overnight destination stop. Your choice - both options included.


WHY CHOOSE a Smart-guided Selfie Cycle Tour?

You get all the benefits of a guided tour without the drawbacks of a tour guide, other tourists, time restrictions, and a rigid tour agenda. With this smart-guided tour, you can go when you want, at your speed, and hang out at a spot as long as you wish. You can even wander off the planned route and the smart guide will get you back on track when you are ready.


HERE'S THE PLAN: You bring a bike and a smartphone. CycleNuts provides the smart-tour guide links! You will receive an expertly designed tour route via email. Click the emailed link and follow the Selfie Tour route using your smartphone as your smart-tour guide for the Voice and Map guided turn-by-turn instructions.


SHORT INSTRUCTIONS: From your location, using your cell phone click on the starting spot link and follow the Google Maps directions. When you arrive, click the emailed tour navigation links to begin the tour. The navigation links will be either Google Maps, Ride With GPS (RWGPS), or both. For more complex tours, there may be several links to click with additional instructions. With Google Maps, the navigator will prompt you at each checkpoint to continue navigation.

ARE YOU READY TO ROLL? GREAT... LET'S HIT THE TRAILS!


GET YOUR TICKET TODAY! - the tour starting and ending times on the ticket are only a general guideline to give you an idea of how much time the tour may take at the minimum. Your time in the saddle, on the trail, and starting times are your call - it's your tour. One ticket equals fun for all! Bring as many people as you wish on your tour. Ticket purchase is for the CycleNuts Selfie Smart-guided route links only. Attractions, lodgings, food, bike rental, etc. are not included in the ticket purchase.


CycleNuts Selfie Cycle Tours

CycleNuts Selfie Tours tie together fun, interesting, scenic, historic, tasty, and refreshing points of interest along a bikeway-focused tour route where you ride at your pace and pleasure. You are the tour boss. You choose the date and time - the ticket is good for any day or time. The dates listed are only a ticket-processing necessity - the tours are good for any date. The times listed are only a guideline to give you an idea of how long the tour normally takes.

With these Smart-guided Selfie Cycle Tours, you bring the bike and smartphone - CycleNuts provides the Smart-guide links. The Smart-guide gives voice and visual turn-by-turn instructions along an expertly designed tour route.

Do the tour solo or bring along your crew. 1 ticket = fun for all! Easily stop anywhere along the way to visit attractions or refreshments and the Smart-guide will continue the route from wherever you are when you are ready to roll.


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​CycleNuts Selfie Cycle Tours

tie together fun, interesting, scenic, historic, tasty, and refreshing points of interest along a bikeway focused tour route where you ride at your pace and your pleasure. You are the tour boss. You pick the date, time, and tour pace.

With these smart-guided bikeway cycling adventures you bring the bike and smart phone, and ​CycleNuts provides the smart-tour guide. The smart guide gives you voice and visual turn-by-turn instructions along an expertly designed tour route.

Do the tour solo or bring along your crew. Easily stop anywhere along the way to visit attractions or refreshments and the Smart Guide will continue the route from wherever you are when you are ready to roll.

CycleNuts Group Rides on Meetup

are an alternative cycle touring experience where seeing and socializing take emphasis over speed and (ugh!) sweat. Join along on bikeway touring adventures to destinations near and far as we strive for the

  • Goal: to create bikeway touring opportunities for cyclists of all types to enjoy together
  • Mission: to encourage casual cyclists and cyclists interested in casual cycling to tour together
  • Vision: a united cycling community that tours together on bikeway adventures for the holistic benefit of all

What to expect - Casual social cycle touring where exercise is optional, everybody finishes together, and nobody is dropped, abandoned, or left to fend for their self (unless they wish to be). Expect a slow pace under 11 mph average with CycleNuts’ 50% downhill guarantee. Sweating is optional. Pictures, merriment, and other tourist activities heartily encouraged. Allow ample time for the nature of CycleNuts tours including

  • Trail-side breaks
  • Eating and drinking
  • Picture taking and posing
  • Pacing with the slowest riders
  • Looking at cool stuff along the way
  • And other sorts of tourist activities – as well as unforeseen detours, breakdowns, and delays of various sorts.

Helmets are not mandatory - cycleNuts tours give preference to bikeways - bicycle trails and protected bicycle lanes. Routes may include dedicated bicycle lanes on streets, bicycle ‘friendly’ streets, and of necessity, regular streets, parking lots, sidewalks, and unpaved trails. Darkness may be experienced on evening or early morning rides. Lights in good working order at all times on CycleNuts tours are a great idea – to be seen and to see!

SAG-free - CycleNuts tours, including travel and over-night accommodations, are self-supported with the slightest of guidance. SAG is not provided. Carpools and caravans are individual choices. Emergency road support – if necessary – may be a creative, collective group effort or you may need to fend for yourself. Be prepared with options.

Recommended Gear - A cycle (uni, bi, tri, tandem, E, recumbent, or cycle/trailer rig). Protective gear of your choice. ID. Front and rear lighting. Communication device. Spare tube. Patch kit. Air pump. Wrench kit. Cycle lock. Water. Energy bar. Funds for refreshment breaks and emergencies. Sun screen. Pest repellent.

Recommended Preparation – Pre-check (before you load that bike for transport to the starting spot) brakes, tire pressure, lights, and rideability. Consider what you are wearing on tour and what you may need for changing weather conditions.

Yes – CycleNuts will offer cycling events in all four seasons – what else could be expected from CycleNuts?

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