Eastern riders and road ideas

[Artmageddon]

Anyone here from the Ohio Valley(Wheeling area, Bellaire, St. Clairsville, Martins Ferry, etc). I grew up there and was just seeing if there is anyone I might know lurking around.

Also, does anyone ever ride the roads around the Wheeling area? I know Hocking and Coshocton seem like the hot spots. I'm not real familiar with the Coshocton area, so I can't really talk about it, but I always thought the roads in the Ohio Valley made most of Hocking look fairly tame.

Not really my interest on the bike , but growing up I used to love cruising around on the back roads in an old beater that we could whip around turns and not care about.

If anyone is looking for some nice twisties not too far out of the way, Check the area out. I suggest ST RT 88 in West Virginia from Wheeling to Bethany, hop on 67, and then 2 for a nice ride down the river. There are some ass puckering turns on 88 and 67, even in a cage. Takes maybe an 1-1.5 hours in a car, but then you can cross back into Ohio for some more. There are also a shit ton more of back roads in that area that I am not familiar with, some going into the PA, I think the Avella area.

In Ohio, try 147 and 149. These were our beer cruises in high school. No cops anywhere, pretty twisty, nice scenery and not a ton of traffic. These are low population areas. 250, 800 and 9 can be pretty cool as well, and I know coming from the south, 7 is a nice casual, scenic route with a few twisties.

Just some suggestions for anyone that may be looking for some new rides and may not be familiar with the area. It's pretty run down now and doesn't get a lot of tourists. The casino and dog race track in Wheeling is always fun as well.

Edited May 26, 2009 by Artmageddon