New River Trail - Cycling the 57.7-Mile Gravel Trail - Galax to Fries to Pulaski, Virginia

Jaydog takes on his longest rail trail so far with the all gravel New River Trail State Park Rail Trail.

I'm on the Giant Revolt again but this time with an all new Advanced Pro Frame! The frame itself is a huge upgrade and was swapped out free of charge by Mole Hill Bikes in Dayton, Virginia due to a defect on the Advanced 3 bike frame.

Aside from the advantages of this frame, I suffered a lot on this ride in my race against the sun. I've ridden 60-miles before but not on an all gravel trail so this could have been one of the factors that caused me so much suffering later in the ride.

You can watch the ride unfold from beginning to end (recommended option) or jump around using the scene selection listed below. Either way, I hope you enjoy the video. Even with the body aches and pains, it was another wonderful ride offering beautiful and serene sights and sounds from wildlife (saw many deer on this ride) and the river and creek it parallels for much of its length, plus two tunnels!

This was not a leisurely ride for me! Total ride time was around 5 to 6 hours with the total length of the final video coming in around 1-hour, 20-minutes. In an effort to get regular content moving again on the channel, I am breaking this one up into 2 or 3 parts (as the full-length video is still in post-production).

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Information about the New River Trail State Park at the TrailLink website:
https://www.traillink.com/trail/new-r...

Scene Selection:
0:00 Intro/Tease for the New River Trail
1:56 Ride Begins at the Red Caboose in Galax, Va
3:07 Bridges across Chestnut Creek
4:40 Birds, Trees, Barns, and Prepped Bonfire Pit along the way to Cliffview Campground | Backpack Contents
8:06 Bridge Crossings over Chestnut Creek again with cute pup, Triple C Farm, and first Deer Sighting of the day
10:44 Moving again across Route 793 and through thick woods | Vehicle Dropoff in Pulaski and tire inflation banter
13:33 Onward to first unexpected tunnel !!!
16:12 Moving again to Railroad Bridge across the New River to Fries Junction
18:20 Onto Fries Trail Access Point - How do you pronounce Fries? And, how far am I riding today?
21:00 The Push to Fries (Freeze?) | Nice scenic ride into town
23:45 Surprised Groundhog! & Fries Trailhead with another Red Caboose | More Trail Length/Map talk
26:51 Pushing hard on the 5.5-Miles back to Fries Junction
29:36 Fries Junction & End of Part One as I begin to cover new ground on the way to Pulaski




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