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 BYOB (Bring Your Own Basket) Picnic Tour - Columbus Park of Roses Today was definitely a wonderful and very exciting day for me. I have never been to the Park of Roses before. And only thing I can say is it was beautiful beautiful and beautiful! I can't wait to visit it again. ❤️😊 ~ Kit _____ A very nice adventure to a beautiful spot right off of the Olentangy Trail! The Columbus Park of Roses is definitely worth a repeat. Thank you Kit for another excellent BYOB Picnic Tour! Beautiful cool Summer day to tour, today, we travelled 22 miles, averaged 9.9 mph, and spent about 2 1/2 hours on the saddle. Total tour time 3 1/2 hours. Oh...our pbj and fruit lunches were tasty and the after-tour stop topped off this fun day with a pair of Franky's delicious Coneys at Talitta's Southwest Cafe. ~ Jef

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Pack your lunch for this fun cross town adventure to "one of the premier botanical gardens in the midwest." Inniswood Gardens is "a natural woodland...home to native wildflowers, wildlife and waterways which provides a majestic backdrop to... beautifully landscaped gardens and lawns." source: https://www.inniswood.org/ This tour was a success. The company was excellent. The weather perfect. And the expertly planned route allowed us to escape the crowded bikeways to and from our destination.--- We arrived at Inniswood just as the full capacity barricades were being set. Even still, this beautifully designed park was not overcrowded with visitors. The picnic area even had enough tables for each of us to socially distance ourselves while enjoying our picnic lunches.--- Tour data: Total distance 26.28 miles, Maximum speed 21.4 MPH, Average speed 11.4 MPH, Saddle time 2 hours 17 minutes, Total tour time 4 hours.

This casual-paced (about 11 MPH) tour in Knox County featured beautiful Spring scenery along The Kokosing Gap Trail and The Mohican Valley Trail, which has a separate lane for Amish Horse Carriages with a tasty midway refreshment stop in Howard, OH.

This week wrapped up 8 weekends of Coronavirus lock-down and 8 weekends of fun CycleNuts Solo Tours. For nearly two months CycleNuts pitched in to fight back against the spread of Coronavirus by social distancing solo tours while encouraging cyclists to stay active and engaged in their well-being. Thanks to all who participated!

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March 7, 2020   We didn't let winter pass before experiencing it up close and personal on this bike tour! The 35 mile bikeway tour began in Urbana, OH with Brewfontaine Brewery in Bellefontaine, OH as the turnaround spot and a tasty treat stop along the way (cleverly positioned for those of us with a sweet tooth) at City Sweets & Creamery. Points of interest: Simon Kenton Trail, Oldest Concrete Street in America Historical Marker, a restored train depot, McKinley Street (the shortest street in America!), George Bartholomew statue, and Mad River Wilderness Area.

 Of course there aren't any buffalo in Ohio - but there are bison! Bring a camera and let's see if we can get any to pose for a CycleNuts tour picture. This is a 25 mile tour with a nice trail-side refreshment stop midway. Route is 74% bikeway (a mix of paved and crushed stone) with CycleNuts 50% downhill guarantee. Expect touring time allowed for Battelle Darby Creek Nature Center and buffalo viewing. Points of interest: Camp Chase Trail/Ohio-to-Erie Trail, Battelle Darby Creek Metro Park and Nature Center, Darby Dan Farm's practice race track, Big Run Metro Park ("one of the largest parks" in the Cbus metro park system and "home to one of the few non-roadway [soap box] derby hills in the country", and Darby Creek Trail.