SOL in Columbus, OH - a Smart-guided Short One-way Loop Bikeway Tour

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You can do the tour solo/with your favorite peeps, or try to generate a group ride of Meetup CycleNuts by RSVPing here and posting the day and time you are interested in others joining you. Either way, have fun on your memory-making adventure, and thank you for being a CycleNut!

### SOL in Columbus, OH

- A Smart-guided Short One-way Loop Bikeway Tour

Short One-way Loop (SOL) in Columbus on bikeways. The smart-guided tour is mostly through scenic riverside parks with a quick downtown peek. All of that in 10 miles!

83% of the route is bikeway, and the rest is Google Maps designated "bicycle-friendly roads". This short ride passes through several beautiful riverside parks. Passing through downtown the route runs alongside Huntington Park baseball stadium, Nationwide Arena hockey stadium, near North Market (worth a stop if you enjoy markets with lots of tasty treats), within a few blocks of the state capitol, convention center, art museum, center of science and industry, several first-class hotels, and much more (see Points of Interest list below).

Easily, anywhere along the way, the tour can be detoured to nearby points of interest. This smart-guided route comes with CycleNuts' 50% downhill guarantee. Sweating is optional. If your bike has gears, you might use them to climb in a few spots. All bikes are appropriate for this smart-guided tour (even a single-speed if you do not mind walking your bike up the spots mentioned). The route is shaded about 50% of the way. Sweating is optional - you set your pace, starting time, and touring agenda.

Points of interest:
COSI
Scioto River
North Market
German Village
The Scioto Mile
Brewery District
Huntington Park
Nationwide Arena
Columbus Union Station Arch
Greater Columbus Convention Center

The Meetup plan = Show up, Rally with whoever else shows up, and Roll following the smart-guided instructions. This is a smart guided tour route that can be ridden any day or time, solo or with others. It is only posted with a repeating set time and date with a tour leader to fit the Meetup format, and, more importantly, to encourage you to get out and ride when it is convenient for you. If you are going to ride it and would like the company of others, then simply RSVP and post in the comments when it is that you are going to ride - date and time.

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This is a repeating event on the calendar*, but the date and time do not necessarily need to be what is posted. If you are interested in riding with a group, then simply RSVP and leave a message in the comment section giving the date and time you would like others to join you. If you are interested in riding by yourself or with your private group of friends, then simply do it.*

The mission of this format is to create a catalog of free group tour routes available for CycleNuts to ride as a group, or solo, in an area spanning several states. The goal is to get people out cycling either in groups or solo. The vision is a cycling community with resources available for bike tours, bike talk, and a format for lives experienced at the speed of bike.