Hey everyone. Just got my daughter her first mountain bike.
Looking for some basic dirt trails or even just forest service roads for her to ride to get the hang of it.
We rode Shevlin park a couple times on her old crappy bike. We could of course ride that again, but its a little short. She was not ready to go across and ride the hill side back for the loop. Just up to that point and back. She could do it on this bike now that she has gears, but I want her to really feel comfortable on it before trying. And we would like to try some different areas too.
So. Any other easy rides like Shevlin? I see the maps with all the main trails on them, but what about other trails? Are those just maintained trails? I know ive been out hunting and hiking and saw mountain bikes on all sorts of different trails that are not on any of those trail maps. One was around Charlton Lake and Found Lake and around Gerdine Butte, etc.
Was thinking DRT, but looking at some youtube vids of it, that even may be a little much for her right now. She is 9, but this is her first shifting bike.
Dont mind just hitting some FS roads, but would like a somewhat trail if I could.
Any thoughts, ideas?
Looking for some basic dirt trails or even just forest service roads for her to ride to get the hang of it.
We rode Shevlin park a couple times on her old crappy bike. We could of course ride that again, but its a little short. She was not ready to go across and ride the hill side back for the loop. Just up to that point and back. She could do it on this bike now that she has gears, but I want her to really feel comfortable on it before trying. And we would like to try some different areas too.
So. Any other easy rides like Shevlin? I see the maps with all the main trails on them, but what about other trails? Are those just maintained trails? I know ive been out hunting and hiking and saw mountain bikes on all sorts of different trails that are not on any of those trail maps. One was around Charlton Lake and Found Lake and around Gerdine Butte, etc.
Was thinking DRT, but looking at some youtube vids of it, that even may be a little much for her right now. She is 9, but this is her first shifting bike.
Dont mind just hitting some FS roads, but would like a somewhat trail if I could.
Any thoughts, ideas?