sneekyjesus
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Does this exist? There's a million of these rutty roads around that I'd love to steal for my cross bike, but I just can't find them to make a route.
Trailforks for Off road vehicles
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olegbabich
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not sure if you are looking for something like this -
The Trans New Jersey Trail ( TNJT)
https://advtracks.online/tracks/view/544_the_trans_new_jersey_trail_tnjt
The Trans New Jersey Trail ( TNJT)
https://advtracks.online/tracks/view/544_the_trans_new_jersey_trail_tnjt
JonF
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I've ridden most of the southern half of the TNJT on my KTM Enduro and i can tell you i would not want to bike most of it. Rife with sugar sand and impossible-for-a-bike water crossings makes even fat biking a challenge without at least 20HP and 250cc's of ICE propulsion.
That said, the TNJT passes through many of the prominent state parks in the pinelands, many of which have miles upon miles of what we call dirt highways: wide, hard packed and well marked dirt roads that anyone can anything on--likely CX nirvana. One could easily make a really long meandering loop solely out of the dirt roads in Brendan Byrne state park and adjacent Pasadena and Bass River. Just wandering aimlessly down there you can have a lot of fun as there are plenty of side trails you can take a look to see if its rideable to you, and if not, just keepo riding the roads. Be advised that as soon as you step off the dirt roads, the sand gets deep and the whoops can become long and distinguished. BB and surrounding areas have plenty of cell reception so you can easily navigate out if you get disoriented.
I'd also suggest that anything south of rt 72, namely Wharton, is going to get very sandy quickly (save for Batsto which is decent) even on the main trails. You'll also find that wharton has piss poor cell reception and some areas with none whatsoever (Even on VZW) so without a tracker GPS, you might find yourself with Jimmy Hoffa for a spell.
One thing i generally do when curious about what's ridable in a new area is to check the Strava Heatmap to see what the locals ride. From that you can see the popular trails and roads that are known to the public but also the trails that are lesser known, but still ridden. While its not a route per se, here's some of the roads and trails people commonly ride in Brendan Byrne. Everything between rt 70, 72 and Woodmansie/Savoy rd is fair game. Even *some* the TNJT parts that go through BB would be ridable on a bike.
www.strava.com
That said, the TNJT passes through many of the prominent state parks in the pinelands, many of which have miles upon miles of what we call dirt highways: wide, hard packed and well marked dirt roads that anyone can anything on--likely CX nirvana. One could easily make a really long meandering loop solely out of the dirt roads in Brendan Byrne state park and adjacent Pasadena and Bass River. Just wandering aimlessly down there you can have a lot of fun as there are plenty of side trails you can take a look to see if its rideable to you, and if not, just keepo riding the roads. Be advised that as soon as you step off the dirt roads, the sand gets deep and the whoops can become long and distinguished. BB and surrounding areas have plenty of cell reception so you can easily navigate out if you get disoriented.
I'd also suggest that anything south of rt 72, namely Wharton, is going to get very sandy quickly (save for Batsto which is decent) even on the main trails. You'll also find that wharton has piss poor cell reception and some areas with none whatsoever (Even on VZW) so without a tracker GPS, you might find yourself with Jimmy Hoffa for a spell.
One thing i generally do when curious about what's ridable in a new area is to check the Strava Heatmap to see what the locals ride. From that you can see the popular trails and roads that are known to the public but also the trails that are lesser known, but still ridden. While its not a route per se, here's some of the roads and trails people commonly ride in Brendan Byrne. Everything between rt 70, 72 and Woodmansie/Savoy rd is fair game. Even *some* the TNJT parts that go through BB would be ridable on a bike.
Strava's Global Heatmap
The Global Heatmap shows 'heat' made by aggregated, public activities over the last year. The heatmap is updated monthly.
www.strava.com