Has anyone here biked the Barley Belt? Just wondering if there's a good pathway from going from Inglewood to Manchester area?
Me and some friends from out of town are looking to bike over to Inglewood and have a pint or two, and then bike over to Manchester area..maybe hit up some BBQ at Paddy's and have another pint or two. The maps I've seen on the internet, aren't great.
Biked it several times - beyond the 42nd Ave pathway there isn't much bicycle infrastructure. Luckily there's next to zero traffic on a weekend or evening (except for 42nd Ave, very glad there's a path). Roads are near empty with good site lines so easy to cut around the work yards on Darthmouth Road between Ramsay and Manchester - very stress free by bike.
Prior to the pandemic, Manchester had developed a weird chill party vibe because there's no one around on a Saturday except people bicycling between Inglewood, Paddy's/Banded Peak/Born Colorado/Cabin Brewery cluster and Annex / Establishment node further south. Perfect for bicycling as each cluster is less than 10 minutes from the others. Definitely a neat story emerging the past decade of old, obsolete industrial park getting an strange new lease on life through breweries and minigolf / games places.
The cluster farthest to the east gets the least bicycle traffic (Village/OT/Legends 7), largely due to the lack of a pathway on 42 Ave and the hill. It's probably a reasonable easy ride now, but we always skipped it because of how dangerous 42 is for anyone not inside a multi-ton truck.
Worth checking out by bicycle - but don't rely on their Barley Belt branded maps as not all breweries participate I don't think so you won't get the full picture.
