Definitely Too Much Bike Here | Creekside Loop | Fightingtown Creek Part 1

There's a river in Blue Ridge, GA, called #Fightingtown Creek that is a tributary of the Ocoee River, and the name is an incomplete translation of its native Cherokee name, which comes from its vicinity to a site where warring tribal leaders met.
In 2021 the Friends of Fightingtown Creek Nature Preserve was launched, and in 2023-ish, The Southeastern Trust for Parks and Land, Inc. (SE Trust), created a park and nature preserve project on 190 acres of natural land located +/- 3 miles west of Blue Ridge, GA. The property is wholly owned without debt or obligation by SE Trust. Trail builders Ken Nix and Scott Stewart lead the trail building. Ken’s other SE Trust trail projects include Talking Rock Nature Park and Pumpkinvine Creek Nature Park..
Personally, I loved this trail system. It is fast, flowy, quiet, the loops are well stacked and signage is great. An #emtb is a blast on this trail but really, it is a little TOO MUCH BIKE for around there. It's a really long trek from my house, but I do plan to go back on a CW day with the singlespeed and see how much I like it then.
Bike: Orbea Wild FS/Kona Honzo ESD SS/YT Jeffsy 29 AL One
Camera: GoPro Hero 12 Black & GoPro Hero 7 Black
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Bike computer: Garmin Edge 1040 www.garmin.com/en-US/p/731139

[@ebikesandthings]

Nice nice! Trails are great there.

[@TooMuchBike]

Thanks!!

[@Mtbdrumrunner]

Dude how awesome this is! I was just looking at that map last week, the guy Jeremy rides there but... This is badass! Comment part 1 complete

[@Mtbdrumrunner]

Goal to be the nicest guy out on the trail? hmm, slight understatement, but this might be my favorite video to date, such great narratives and come along for the vibes going on with it. I don't think it's too much bike...there's never too much bike, just not enough TooMuchBike! This was awesome, appreciate the great video!

[@TooMuchBike]

Wow, thanks!

[@daveboyd5765]

Glad you made it out there....what did you think? Hope it was worth the drive.

[@TooMuchBike]

It totally was. Had a great ride!

[@KenNix-rg8zg]

Glad you enjoyed the ride. To answer your question about the property before Southeastern Trust acquired the property it was owned by a non-profit that acted as some kind of half way house/retreat for troubled youth. Its my understanding they had more locations in different states and one of the locations was sued for abusing some of the kids. The law suit caused them to fold their doors and this is where Southeastern Trust came into the picture. Sad story but the property turned into a great addition to the community.

[@TooMuchBike]

Yeah, that's quite a history. You all are doing great work on the trails here and at TR. I can't wait to get back up there. Thanks for the feedback and the info! 🤟

[@draussenimharz]

Hi! These trails are really flowy. You’re wearing cool gloves, which brand are they? Lars

[@TooMuchBike]

Handup Gloves! :) handupgloves.com/collections/all-gloves

[@draussenimharz]

@@TooMuchBike great. Thank you