The Hills & Countryside of San Antonio & Dade City, Florida!

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4 жыл бұрын

Believe it or not, there are hills just north of the bustling metropolis of Tampa, Florida. The area is very popular with bay area cyclists, and many of the roads are a fixture of the Wednesday and Sunday morning training rides the depart from the San Antonio ballpark field. Yours truly resided once upon a time in Tampa, and used to partake in roadie group rides during the late 1990's and early 2000's.
A lot of changed since then. I quit roadie racing almost 10 years ago, and split from the Tampa Bay area around late 2004. One of the things I never did when I resided there, was to explore the area's dirt and gravelly roads. There isn't a ton of them as with other parts of the world, but what's there is very good and there are plenty of rolling hills. Granted, these aren't big hills or climbs, but enough to break the monotony of always riding a flat road.
In this episode, JOM of the Gravel Cyclist crew begins a 90ish mile ride out of the small and quaint town of San Antonio, Florida. The ride heads over to Zephyhills, followed by Dade City, then back towards San Antonio via the historic abbey of St. Leo, Florida. Plenty of lovely scenery and beautiful Florida towns in this video.
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San Antonio, Florida - sanantonioflorida.org
Zephyrhills, Florida - ci.zephyrhills.fl.us
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St. Leo University, Florida - saintleo.edu
St. Leo Abbey - http:/saintleoabbey.org
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Пікірлер: 36

@davidnall4445 4 жыл бұрын

Love your videos. They help me get out and explore my area of SE Michigan. Hills of Florida, who knew.

@marioantoniocrespoMexican92 Жыл бұрын

I love that Mexican restaurant right next to you in San Antonio Florida. I grew up in zepherhil & dade city area from 1993-2002

@slls693rgr 3 жыл бұрын

Great video of the area, thanks for sharing.

@tracypippenger4806 3 жыл бұрын

I used to live on PHELPS rd would ride around to Bailey Hill rd very steep for Florida. Also lehup Hill on ft.king looking at lake Pasadena very scenic.

@cujomtb250 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome video as usual. Great riding to be had in that area.

@robertcaddoo7694 4 жыл бұрын

I enjoy your videos Jom. Keep it going. Back in the late 60's early 70's I attended USF in North Tampa. On Sundays we would drive to Pasco county to buy beer 'cause you couldn't in Hillsborough.

@GravelCyclist 4 жыл бұрын

Wow, I can only imagine how the county looked back then.

@brucecameron6297 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for that ride it brought back some good memories

@GravelCyclist 4 жыл бұрын

Where are you residing nowadays, Bruce?

@jameswitte5676 4 жыл бұрын

Can you post your routes? I occasionally cycle on the road there. Thanks

@richardm9688 4 жыл бұрын

Good video, it was nice to see scenery and a place which is quite different from my own backyard riding. The US is way more spacious than the UK!

@andyheilmann1656 4 жыл бұрын

The road was closed tho... Haha I'm surprised you didn't get yelled at, but no harm no fowl

@davidbusciglio5529 2 ай бұрын

Three years late to this video party, but yeah, this region of Florida is uncharacteristically hilly, with frequent stretches of rolling terrain, compared to much of the state. Part of the " Brooksville Ridge " that runs up the state " spine ", from around Zephyrhills in Pasco, on the south, north past, and incl Brooksville in Hernando County, up through the northern limits of Citrus County. More of this, too, up in the panhandle from Tallahassee west thru near Crestview and north to the AL/GA state lines, except even more rugged (" the red hills " region, the locals call it). Ravines, rolling steep terrain characterized in part by clay/sandstone and limestone outcrops, esp at the " Red Rock " bluffs along the Appalachiacola River (80 - 100 ft bluffs above river level) at Torreya State Park. Other locations of similar nature, too, incl the upper reaches of the Big Shoals region of the Suwanee River (" Big Shoals " - the only stretch of class III rapids over any riverine water body in Florida).

@05Stowe 4 жыл бұрын

I've really been enjoying your videos since finding your channel. Does your site have a store section? I could use a new cap and would like to pick one up to support your page.

@GravelCyclist 4 жыл бұрын

Hi there... I did a short run of caps, they are currently out. T-shirts is all I have at this time, as you can tell, I don't push them hard. If you're interested, message me through the website, I have Medium to XL available. Thanks!

@05Stowe 4 жыл бұрын

Gravel Cyclist thanks! I’m good on tees, but I’ll keep an eye out for more caps.

@mikegretkowski7312 4 жыл бұрын

JOM great video--can almost feel the heat!. Are you using two Go Pro's--one on handlebars and the other handheld?

@GravelCyclist 4 жыл бұрын

Correct, two GoPro's. I have a third one I will use at races on the rear of the bike, if Covid ever goes away... mind you, my high fitness = gone haha. But I am loving riding around enjoying life.

@bulsy2 9 ай бұрын

Only 3 years and already so much has changed on those roads 😭

@GravelCyclist 9 ай бұрын

I am guessing a bunch of them are paved. There was construction early in the video. Very sad how developers have ruined Tampa's surroundings.

@bulsy2 9 ай бұрын

@@GravelCyclist ya, lots of construction. They put in new roads. And even more people in the area make the roads more crowded.

@RoninCycling 4 жыл бұрын

I was checking out your titanium bike videos. Have you ridden the Alchemy Ronin Ti?

@GravelCyclist 4 жыл бұрын

Sorry Dorian, no time on any Alchemy.

@RoninCycling 4 жыл бұрын

@@GravelCyclist Me either. I hope to one day I will be in the market for a titanium bike next year.

@favnvs1 3 жыл бұрын

Hi looking to get into gravel riding but confused as to gearing, would you recommend x1 or x2 chainset is there much of a difference between the obvious double amount of gear choice. I’d mainly be using on towpaths and dirt roads, nothing too steep. Thanks

@GravelCyclist 3 жыл бұрын

2x crankset / chainset every time. I strongly believe a 1x setup is a horrible compromise, especially considering how good today's front derailleurs are.

@favnvs1 3 жыл бұрын

Gravel Cyclist thanks for the advice

@GravelCyclist 3 жыл бұрын

Trevor, good luck with your bike / drivetrain choice! We are lucky to have to many choices nowadays.

@captquest1 4 жыл бұрын

going to ride in that area soon. Hoping to find some of your maps.

@GravelCyclist 4 жыл бұрын

I won't be sharing my route, if you watched the video, you'll see why early on.

@duncanmurray473 4 жыл бұрын

Hi, what shoes were you wearing in this video?

@GravelCyclist 4 жыл бұрын

Northwave Extreme XCM, which I believe are discontinued, so google around. The orange camo was a limited run I believe, thankful I have two pairs, love them!

@savell234 4 жыл бұрын

Are free roaming dogs much of a problem on these types of rides? I have them in Texas and its a problem.

@GravelCyclist 4 жыл бұрын

Dogs feature in many of my videos... seen a lot of those critters in FL, GA, SC, NC... I have no problems dealing with them being cheeky, whereas they're a problem for some riders. I understand your viewpoint, particularly if the dog is overly aggressive.