St. Thomas U.S.V.I.

Hi YaMon,

I just saw your USVI post... I've lived here for a few years now, and while no trails (single or double track) exist on STT, the riding can be very satisfying. While I tend to stay off the main roads, many side roads through neighborhoods or just through no-where start at one point and loop around to end at another. Most of the roads will vary from bad cement to bad asphalt to dirt to sand and back again. The hills (up AND down) can be killers on your legs/brakes/drivetrain. I have a regular route I ride with all types of "obstacles" to try to keep/improve my skills and also to not become bored with "the same 'ol thing". My ride is a bit of overkill for here (FS Trance 4 with upgrades to front fork, brakes, shifters and drivetrain), but I didn't want to go "cheap" or have anything too needy in the way of maintenance.

A lot of people ride bikes out of economic necessity (K-Mart specials). The PD just bought some Treks and had formal training in police-use riding but they're primarily downtown where the tourists hang around to shop/eat/drink. There are surprisingly quite a few "roadies" out there but as previous posters suggested, they're taking their lives in their own hands.

Overall bikes are appreciated by everyone here, but they're more task/need-specific than on the mainland, with more recreational uses.