Best places to ride in Midwest?

  • February 5, 2010 12:31 PM PST
    I live in NE Indiana, and was curious about the best places to ride in the Midwest.  Anybody with any thoughts?  Not exactly riding weather tonight...20 degrees and snowin' like hell. 
  • February 5, 2010 12:37 PM PST
    Brace your self gonna really snow out there! Maybe you should consider riding a snowmobile for awhile lol! Seriously be safe out there!
  • February 5, 2010 12:51 PM PST
    I've been snowmobiling some but most of the time we don't have enough snow to make it worth having one. I do spend alot of time on 4 wheelers though. Good year round fun.
  • February 5, 2010 1:06 PM PST
    Some of the best riding in Wisconsin is the "Kettle Moraine" area. This would be west of Madison & just northwest of Janesville.
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    February 9, 2010 11:20 AM PST
    The "Midwest" is a hell'va big area. - Greenbay is as far as I ever got on 2 wheels
    I like the UP
  • February 9, 2010 11:40 AM PST
    Find a highway designatied as "scenic" or one that runs along a river or over the hills. Some of the best I've been on ar in Arkansas and the Black Hills of SD.
  • February 9, 2010 12:12 PM PST
    how about brown county indiana an on down to lake patoka
  • February 15, 2010 12:57 PM PST
    Southern Indiana is nice rocky. The wooded hills make for interesting rides. Alot different than Northern Indiana. I live in Fort Wayne.
  • February 28, 2010 8:18 AM PST
    all we have in ne, corn and cows. And the CORNHUSKERS! GO BIG RED
  • April 7, 2010 4:23 AM PDT
    Gotta agree with that, corn and cows, you can see how "senic" thing are around here in my pic. But out in the Nebraska panhandle and Chadron areas it's not too bad.............and it's close to the Black Hills.
  • April 7, 2010 5:21 AM PDT
    SE Mn in the bluff country will give you all the valleys and curves and hills you can ride. NE Mn will give you ridges and curves and woods.
  • May 2, 2010 12:20 PM PDT
    I live in the Blackhills of South Dakota, and there are miles of beautiful riding here, lots of camping and beautiful sites to see!!!
  • May 3, 2010 11:23 AM PDT
    I'm in NE Indiana, and one of my favorite areas is Wabash County. Lots of history and beautiful scenery. Only an hour from FTW. Also, between FTW and Columbia City there are some nice roads. These rides are shorter but great for anything from 30 minutes to a couple of hours.
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    May 3, 2010 12:07 PM PDT
    The western edge of Iowa isn't to bad. Some nice low hills and bluffs. Pretty much along the river.
    Do a Google search on "Loess Hills" and see some photos.
  • May 3, 2010 12:18 PM PDT
    I have to agree w/ bikersalesrep. Wisconsin Kettle Moraine area. Had my bike blessed yesterday and the 300 of us, sheriff escorted to Kettle Moraine area. also in fall check out Tomahawk Run up north in Wisconsin.
  • June 10, 2010 1:46 AM PDT
    badlands of ND. Theodore Roosevelt national park, town of medora in particular. nice area. here is the website to the park. http://www.nps.gov/thro/index.htm
  • July 1, 2010 7:31 AM PDT
    lots of great riding in NoDak wide-open spaces and lots of great small towns and no need to lock your bike basically no crime.
  • November 5, 2010 3:17 PM PDT
    I live in NW Iowa and there are some good rides here if you stay close to the river - but dawn and dusk watch for deer headed toward the river
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    November 7, 2010 4:57 AM PST
    I'm from NW Ohio originally, (Toledo). I liked the ride down 75 towards Logan county. I'm not sure which highway you would take from where you are, but I'm sure it feeds into 75 at some point. Then take a right and head South. Look for "Old Mans Cave". All the feeder roads off of 75 and heading in a southerly direction, are really picturesque. And if it's not too late, you can see the colors in the leaves, but not for much longer.
    Ride Free
    Tweek
  • December 27, 2010 7:03 AM PST
    I am from Saskatchewan Canada, and I love to ride the the northern US states. I love Montana, ND, SD and plan on trying MN this season. The badlands of ND are very cool I hit them every year on my way down to Sturgis. I really liked the Fort Peck area in Montana also.
  • December 27, 2010 8:49 PM PST
    River Road in Grafton Ill is an awsome ride. It starts out in Alton Ill and you ride about 10 miles to Grafton cross the Missouri River (ithink thats the river) on a ferry onto a penessula and there is an awsome resurant to eat at right there at the ferry dock lots of twisties along this ride its only about a 25 mile ride but well worht the trip
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    December 28, 2010 5:32 PM PST
    For those who think NE is all flat.... Get south of the Platte River Valley (I-80). There is some really nice country until you get to KS. (just kidding)
  • December 29, 2010 7:49 AM PST
    Eastern Oklahoma has some great riding. North to South. Scenic 10 is great.
  • February 14, 2011 1:26 PM PST
    I live in Lafayette IN and I really like heading to North Carolina. The scenery there is to die for
  • April 9, 2011 3:32 AM PDT
    If you have the time... Go up the western side of Lake Michigan, across to Ashland, WI then Duluth, MN widing your way along the river back to Stillwater, MN. Plan this ride in September and end-up at The AMA Pro Grand National at beautiiful - Canterbury Park on the 24th of Sept. in Shakopee, MN (Minneapolis Metro area). You will never forget it and thank me for life!