Local to the area and looking into getting into MTB. Is this a pretty good area to start? Also, how is accessibility? I have been to Ijams but never knew these areas of Knoxville even existed. Surprised it wasn't crowded. Looks like an awesome place.
Knoxville is an amazing place to get into mountain biking, there are so many trails in South Knox that are alk connected and easily accessible then there are even more trail centers 20- 30 minutes of about every direction of downtown Knoxville and plenty of places for all levels of rider. I myself only really started mountain biking in the last few years and learning here has been amazing. There are also a lot of beginner group rides around as well, check out the Knoxville cycling group on Facebook to get involved with some of those. I would say also check out one of the local bike shops and see if they can set you up for a good time a lot of them do rentals and have group rides, I know for sure Harpers Bike Shop does rentals, and I believe TVB does a group ride every Wednesday I was also unaware of what we had here before I started and now that I know, I've realized we are seriously spoiled, a lot of people come to Knoxville just for the trails here. The groups we have managing and building our trails are world-class professionals. Check out AMBC (Appalachian Mountain Bike Club) for more information on them and the trails around here. If you have any other specific questions I'll try my best to answer.
@@sgtgrizzle -Just bought a used Cannondale this morning and will be hitting these trails up tomorrow! I looked at the map and am still confused on what all is considered the "Southern Loop." I guess I will just follow trails around until I am ready to go back. Lol Those black diamonds on the posts mean "Beginners Start Here" right?
@@GoatyHerps THAT'S AWESOME DUDE!! If you are trying to do the full south loop, follow the signs that have the white/red leaf on them, (also here's a map 2.bp.blogspot.com/--iTYivZX4RY/ULEsAOjhkBI/AAAAAAAAGto/LJT-rrcUzZg/s1600/SouthLoop.jpg the leaf you'll be looking for is at the top left) I don't know your fitness/comfort level on the bike, but be aware that it's a decently long ride especially if it's your first. Think about 13 miles and about 1000ft of climbing. If it were my first go I would start at Baker Creek and check out the sycamore loop, then climb redbud crest, and go down Fox Floyd. As for the symbols on the trails they measure the difficulty of the trail, the levels for that goes green/easy, blue/moderate, black diamond/advanced, double black diamond/expert. PS: If you haven't already downloaded trailforks or MTB project on your phone, you should for some good trail maps that also show difficulty. Hope all that helps and you have a good ride dude! 👊👊👊
nice video i live right next to bakers creek it is really fun!
Thanks man glad you enjoyed the video! Baker creek is amazing.. It's So much fun🤘 😁
Good video! Smoother footage too, probably the best I’ve seen of The south loop.
Oh and at 7:23 I think you took a wrong to keep going on the south loop haha but you found a fun rocky section there!
Josh Frankum Ya I wasn't positive on the direction to go there, but that rocky section was fun anyway haha. Glad you liked the video! 🤘
MTBn With Drew lol for sure! Keep up the good footage!
Local to the area and looking into getting into MTB. Is this a pretty good area to start? Also, how is accessibility? I have been to Ijams but never knew these areas of Knoxville even existed. Surprised it wasn't crowded. Looks like an awesome place.
Knoxville is an amazing place to get into mountain biking, there are so many trails in South Knox that are alk connected and easily accessible then there are even more trail centers 20- 30 minutes of about every direction of downtown Knoxville and plenty of places for all levels of rider. I myself only really started mountain biking in the last few years and learning here has been amazing.
There are also a lot of beginner group rides around as well, check out the Knoxville cycling group on Facebook to get involved with some of those. I would say also check out one of the local bike shops and see if they can set you up for a good time a lot of them do rentals and have group rides, I know for sure Harpers Bike Shop does rentals, and I believe TVB does a group ride every Wednesday
I was also unaware of what we had here before I started and now that I know, I've realized we are seriously spoiled, a lot of people come to Knoxville just for the trails here. The groups we have managing and building our trails are world-class professionals. Check out AMBC (Appalachian Mountain Bike Club) for more information on them and the trails around here.
If you have any other specific questions I'll try my best to answer.
@@sgtgrizzle - Thanks for all the info!
@@GoatyHerps Glad to help! 👊
@@sgtgrizzle -Just bought a used Cannondale this morning and will be hitting these trails up tomorrow! I looked at the map and am still confused on what all is considered the "Southern Loop." I guess I will just follow trails around until I am ready to go back. Lol Those black diamonds on the posts mean "Beginners Start Here" right?
@@GoatyHerps THAT'S AWESOME DUDE!!
If you are trying to do the full south loop, follow the signs that have the white/red leaf on them, (also here's a map 2.bp.blogspot.com/--iTYivZX4RY/ULEsAOjhkBI/AAAAAAAAGto/LJT-rrcUzZg/s1600/SouthLoop.jpg the leaf you'll be looking for is at the top left)
I don't know your fitness/comfort level on the bike, but be aware that it's a decently long ride especially if it's your first. Think about 13 miles and about 1000ft of climbing. If it were my first go I would start at Baker Creek and check out the sycamore loop, then climb redbud crest, and go down Fox Floyd.
As for the symbols on the trails they measure the difficulty of the trail,
the levels for that goes green/easy, blue/moderate, black diamond/advanced, double black diamond/expert.
PS: If you haven't already downloaded trailforks or MTB project on your phone, you should for some good trail maps that also show difficulty.
Hope all that helps and you have a good ride dude! 👊👊👊
Yield the trails if you’re still learning. I have run into new riders that have no idea about trail right of way.