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Hello all,
I was wondering if anyone could recomend a good bike trail for me and my 5 year old boy.We will be moving in the Apex area at the end of the month and I am looking for some activities to keep him busy.Do any of these trails have areas that I can teach him to ride?Or is a park the best place for this?I am use to having a road bike but from what I have been reading on here I will be buying a hybrid model.I am not a big mountain bike fan but I realize that a road bike would not be the best on some of these trails.
We just did a portion of the American Tobacco Trail this weekend, it is a nice wide trail. It's a "rails to trails" program so the uphills are at a low incline.
Another option would be Harris Lake park. There are paved walkways around the grassy areas and playground, and once he gets more adventurous there are trails through the woods.
Are there areas on these trails for teaching bike riding or I am I better off in a park or parking lot somewhere?
American Tobacco Trail (ATT) is going to be too crowded to actually teach. There are runners, walkers, and other cyclist on a path that is probably 9 feet wide. Not a good veunue to teach, but a great place once the initial skill is there.
For a place to teach, you might think about Harris Lake Park (or any number of parks). It has a nice, flat, grassy field.
In my experience, once my daughter learned to ride without training wheels, AT was a great place to hone the skills, and to extend her range.
Are there areas on these trails for teaching bike riding or I am I better off in a park or parking lot somewhere?
The Cary Greenways that connect neighborhoods have some nice wide/level spots. That is where my kids learned. Maybe you could also scope out basketball courts in parks when they are not in use (I've seen a lot of kids learning on bikes at White Oak Park). I also have seen a lot of kids in our neighborhood learn to ride bikes in the cul-de-sacs (as long as you don't live in HS )
I have heard of some spectacular wipeouts on the Tobacco Trail involving young kids on bikes on peak days/times, so I would only take little ones there after they master the fundamentals and only at low traffic times.
The Cary Greenways that connect neighborhoods have some nice wide/level spots. That is where my kids learned. Maybe you could also scope out basketball courts in parks when they are not in use (I've seen a lot of kids learning on bikes at White Oak Park). I also have seen a lot of kids in our neighborhood learn to ride bikes in the cul-de-sacs (as long as you don't live in HS )
I have heard of some spectacular wipeouts on the Tobacco Trail involving young kids on bikes on peak days/times, so I would only take little ones there after they master the fundamentals and only at low traffic times.
Yes I have heard about the Holy Springs problem.,I hope that gets resolved by the time we are looking to buy a house
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