{"id":62497,"date":"2023-05-27T16:06:12","date_gmt":"2023-05-27T21:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=62497"},"modified":"2023-05-27T16:06:14","modified_gmt":"2023-05-27T21:06:14","slug":"exploring-lancaster-oh-bike-trails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2023\/05\/27\/exploring-lancaster-oh-bike-trails\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring Lancaster OH Bike Trails"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Exploring Lancaster OH Bike Trails 5\/27\/2023\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ukFUq3y7OQ4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Exploring new territory on today&#8217;s bike ride in Lancaster, OH. I created a route using RideWithGPS after looking at the local heatmap for Lancaster. There was a lot of activity around the bike trails. I had no idea where I was riding and my Bolt computer beeped a lot when I strayed from the route. Trial and error was the theme for today&#8217;s ride.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5-27-2023-RWGPS-Heatmap-Lancaster-OH.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"706\" data-attachment-id=\"62498\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2023\/05\/27\/exploring-lancaster-oh-bike-trails\/5-27-2023-rwgps-heatmap-lancaster-oh\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5-27-2023-RWGPS-Heatmap-Lancaster-OH.png?fit=1481%2C871&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1481,871\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"5-27-2023-RWGPS-Heatmap-Lancaster-OH\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5-27-2023-RWGPS-Heatmap-Lancaster-OH.png?fit=600%2C353&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5-27-2023-RWGPS-Heatmap-Lancaster-OH.png?fit=800%2C470&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5-27-2023-RWGPS-Heatmap-Lancaster-OH.png?resize=1200%2C706&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"5-27-2023 RWGPS Heatmap Lancaster OH\" class=\"wp-image-62498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5-27-2023-RWGPS-Heatmap-Lancaster-OH.png?w=1481&amp;ssl=1 1481w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5-27-2023-RWGPS-Heatmap-Lancaster-OH.png?resize=600%2C353&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5-27-2023-RWGPS-Heatmap-Lancaster-OH.png?resize=800%2C470&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5-27-2023-RWGPS-Heatmap-Lancaster-OH.png?resize=640%2C376&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">RWGPS Heatmap Lancaster OH<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The weather is cooler in Lancaster so I waited until 12:51 PM to start the ride. Some of the late start was gathering all of the things that normally are in one place. Rolling away on my Cervelo Caledonia it wasn&#8217;t long until the Bolt computer beeped as I rode off the route. I ignored it for about 1 mile as I circled the mall and found the street that took me to the trailhead. The trail was wide and portions were concrete but mostly asphalt. On the way back I took a trail not on the way to the turn around point at Pleasantview Road. It crossed through Martens Park where the trail detoured on a gravel path to the parking lot so I got a gravel ride in too. The trail went under many streets with a descent and quick ascent, sometimes with a sharp turn on either end. I passed people walking, one jogger, and a number of people on bikes. A couple of homeless people were camped beside the trail. Several parks bordered the trails as well as a creek or river. Check the video for a railroad crossing with posts in the trail. I finished at 2:51 PM after biking 20.51 miles. If I repeated the ride it would be a mile or so shorter eliminating the mistakes I made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/ridewithgps.com\/embeds?type=trip&#038;id=122553312&#038;sampleGraph=true\" style=\"width: 1px; min-width: 100%; height: 700px; border: none;\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"strava-embed-placeholder\" data-embed-type=\"activity\" data-embed-id=\"9152229982\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/strava-embeds.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exploring new territory on today&#8217;s bike ride in Lancaster, OH. I created a route using RideWithGPS after looking at the local heatmap for Lancaster. There was a lot of activity around the bike trails. 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