Awesome work Ed! I really enjoy your coverage of the local food and beverage options! Speaking of which, the flight at Bugnutty's looked terrific!

Great video, Ed! I had a few of bonus observations for anyone trying out this ride: * There is also a great bike shop in Cocoa Village itself that is open on Sunday -- The Village Cycle Shoppe. * Even if the nature center isn't open, parking is still available at the Riverwalk Park. I know a lot of people park there and cycle north. * If you are planning to view a launch as part of this ride, Nicol Park (~2 miles north of the end of the ride) is a pretty good option. US1 has fast traffic, but it's also got a consistent bike line. I find it fairly rideable, especially on the weekends.

A lot of memories here. I lived in High Point just north of 528 from 2005 to 2019. I have ridden this ride hundreds of times - a beautiful ride. The default ride for the Spacecoast Freewheelers for many years.

Way to go Ed! We love your videos.

Nice urban ride

Wow, Ed. A really great expose of the SLT. It is part of my ride from Apopka taking the West Orange Trail all on one bike trail. I usually miss all the history on Clermont as I zoom through on my road bike. I will extend this ride to loop back through Groveland via Lake Minnehaha back to Clermont. I was biking in Clermont when the orange groves were winding down in the 80s,

Great Orland trails

AADT = annual average daily traffic

Wow, this ride looks inviting so I added it to me existing route with the Cady Trail from Lake Baldwin and I can detour east and then back north to the Cady trail to Winter Park. Thanks.

Thanks Ed. I'm in Apopka for 3 months so will do this route. Looks interesting. Why no cue sheet? I did a TRACE on the route to get a cue sheet to know where I am going.

Relative low cost of housing😂😂 maybe 25 years ago.

Thanks for answering my post. Your video was super valuable, covering quite a few options.

Ty Ed can't wait to ride your trails TY😊😊😊😊😊

Great video. I've been meaning to take this trail with a visit to Peebles BBQ. It would be great if they added trails to Lake Alfred and downtown Lakeland.

Ty😊😊😊😊

What a great job showing bike. Paths, sidewalks etc..i might visit this area using your bike knowledge 😊😊😊😊😊😊

Ty😊😊😊😊😊😊

I've always gone north from the Polk City Trailhead, confining myself to the Van Fleet Trail. Many times... After seeing this, it's clear that I need to go south next time, and I've already loaded it into my Garmin Edge 1030+. Thank you for sharing another great route and showing me the error of my ways, Ed!

That's a nice ride. Already done Lake Monroe thanks to you, now I'll have to add this route in the near future

Great vid, loved the FL Poly Tech insights!

Ed, I'm an experienced bicycle tourist (I recently cycled the Keys from Key West to Key Largo) but I'm looking to 'motel' this one. Would you say there are motels along the Trail? Great video!

Awesome video, I can’t wait to explore WOT. I been in Apopka for 15 years

Thanks for sharing this Ed! Had no idea this loop existed! Definitely going to ride this route soon

Awesome video. Thx for sharing, we need those info in order to expand our cycling network in central fl

Good work as always!

Good job Ed! Happy Holidays

Do I take the Withlahoochee trail south towards Dade City? It looks like one map has it going West and not getting on that trail. Or did you just stop at the Withlahoochee for point of reference?"

Good morning Mr. Ed Thank to your video I personally yesterday do the route to new smyrna beach 🏖️ such beautiful weather there. I just wanted to say thank you. For your videos, for all of us. ❤️🙏

Great video, Ed. You were right in my back yard. I live right off Hancock. Rode most of the roads you were on. Lots of great scenery and a little exercise on top of that with the hills in the area. Thanks for taking the time to create the video.

Another outstanding, informative video suggesting where we might enjoy riding our bikes. Your time and effort is greatly appreciated, Ed. Now if I could only talk my wife into riding on a couple of those roads. LOL

Thank You ED 🙏🏿. You are THE MAN ! This is really,really HELPFUL. Your INTEL/RECON is EXCELLENT !!! 👍🏾. 🤜🏾🤛🏾🚴🏾

Thank you Ed… are these files downloadable to Kamoot?

This is my weekly ride! I love to see others enjoying it as well

Good info. Heading down there in Feb. Thanks Ed!

Very thorough and informative video as usual Ed, thank you. I last connected with you on your Lake Monroe loop video. Depending on my wife's work schedule im planing on either Thanksgiving week or the following week to get some rides in on my Me-Mover (stand up bike). I'm looking at doing Lake Monroe, then Marjorie Harris, then Gainseville to Hawthorne. Also the official schedule of our next Comrades On Wheels event is March 3rd through 5th with optional rides on 1st and 2nd. This will be our 7th consecutive year. If you'd like to goof off with some crazy old people on crazy bikes, you're welcome to meet with us on any day you like.

Great to see you back on the trails.

The best, most accurate information yet, from any cyclists. Can't thank you enough, Ed.

It's great to see that you are out documenting the trails again. Is the footage from Titusville current? I know that earlier in the year, there was construction just past the Max Brewer Bridge, and I wasn't sure if it was still an issue.

Outstanding coverage of one of the most stressful parts of the C2C. Fantastic job integrating your previous videos and love all the maps and your clear and concise explanation. Look forward to your future videos! Would love to see coverage of the current condition of the Heart of Florida trail.

I loved this video out of all videos you did the best of showing the trail and explaining . Even I can understand and follow. I get lost iny back yard. Ty

Yay. More sprawl coming soon.

You are a Central Florida treasure!

Ed, you are greatly appreciated!

I sometimes ride from Altamonte Springs to Clermont and back to Altamonte for my weekly "metric century" ride. I avoid being on the "big roads" for too long and take a convoluted but safe route mostly through neighborhoods, and I'll share my route here. From Seminole Wekiva Trail, before approaching Bear Lake Road, there are a couple of small gaps in the vegetation on the right that people use in the adjacent neighborhood. I use one to get on Don Mar Street, turn right on Bear Lake Road and stay there very briefly before turning left on Bear Lake Circle / Linneal Beach Drive. There's a lot of raised road humps here but I don't mind. I take that street almost to its end and turn left on Oranole Way. Then I turn right on 441 and ride the shoulder a short distance to turn left at Benbow Court, what I call the "Walmart light" and ride the access road along the outparcel buildings towards the Sam's Club and make another left onto Hiawassee Road. This way, I avoid the 441/Hiawassee intersection. Then I turn right onto a very short side street called Piedmont Wekiva Road, and from there make another right onto Apopka Blvd. I go about half a mile then make a left onto Lakeville Road. From there I make the first right onto Tindaro Drive. In that neighborhood there there's a few options of which streets to take but I generally immediately turn left onto Margarete Crescent Drive, right at Sheeler Oaks Drive / Cherrybark Road, left at Lacey Oaks Drive, left at Sheeler Hills Drive, and finally I cross Sheeler Avenue onto Perlite Place. Do note that this section is rather hilly by Florida standards and less experienced riders might have to walk the incline up Perlite, or Lacey Oaks if heading in the opposite direction. This is another neighborhood with a couple of options but I go here to avoid the Sheeler / Keene intersection. From Perlite it's a right onto Panical Drive, left at Abilia Alley, right at Bonsai Street, left at Liner Avenue, and finally I make a right turn onto Keene Road. From there it's just a third of a mile to the Old Apopka / Clarcona Road intersection where the large greenhouses are and I make a left onto the West Orange Trail. From there, it's all paved trail riding to downtown Clermont. I know it seems like a lot of turns and I had to run this route a couple of times with Google Maps before I memorized it. At about 5 miles between Seminole Wekiva and West Orange Trail, my route is not that bad but I'm always looking for ways to improve it. From my experience, only the 441/Hiawassee sections of my route are sketchy but I keep my time on them to a minimum. Often I don't ride on Hiawassee's car lanes at all and instead ride the sidewalk here. If only FDOT could spare a sliver of land alongside 414 and build a trial like the new Wekiva Parkway has, this would easily solve the gap. There's a railroad along there too that can be considered that has more shade but it's an active railroad as far as I'm aware, maybe it can be a rail with trail setup?

Ed, I've missed your trail videos. Hoping you are doing ok and will be back to posting vids soon.

I love these back roads. I prefer them to the bike trails. Beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

The lake overlook you stopped at right before the Buckingham estates is called lake Irish. ☘️

Ed do you have a Facebook page?

Nicely done, Ed. Best video on trail I’ve seen. Good detail from both audio and video. Thanks for the time you put into this.

Excellent video Ed. I would add one comment from my own experience: Sometimes riding on a 2-lane back road with zero shoulder and 55+ mph traffic can be more dangerous than riding along a 55 mph road with a 3-foot bike lane.