Recently, I was getting a bicycle serviced at a local shop, and a gentleman in front of me asked at the counter “Do you rent bikes and bike locks here? I’m in town for a few days and wanted to ride around town.”
It’s beautiful outside the Nest Realty office right now, and the weather is almost perfect – if you like crisp days, like me. Haven’t had much of a chance to ride the bike to appointments this spring, however, and today’s no different … too many appointments in too many places, and not enough time to get back and forth.
The Huckleberry Trail is one of the best kept secrets in Blacksburg, in my opinion. Honestly. Laid over top of the route of an old railroad line, it’s so easy to hop on a bicycle and ride the trail from the entrance at the Blacksburg Library and take it all the way to the New River Mall, or use it as a stop to points between. And it’s well used – I know a woman in her 80’s who walks 5 miles on the trail every day. I have a former client who rides it to work. And daily you’ll see walkers/joggers/speed demons out logging miles. Now, it’s getting even better.
The New River Valley Bicycle Association needs your help