I was asked in the other sandbox about recommended roads to ride ---
Last year since so few people had ridden in Alabama most of them wanted to stay in large groups. Maybe this year I'm hopeful people will get out and explore a little bit!
With that being said, these are the Alabama State highway numbers I threw out for everyone last year:
East of I-65 and south of I-20, you'll want to look at State Roads, 9, 14, 22, 25, 48, 49, 77, 148, 229, 281 (281 is the Cheaha State Park road that we did both days last year)
West of I-65 and south of I-20/59, some of the same numbers and a couple of others, 14, 22, 25, 69, 183, 191 - much further south, below Selma, I also love 10, 21, 41 and 47.
For those that want to venture north of the Tuscaloosa area, I recommend US 43, AL 17, 18, 69, 96 and 171 just to name a few.
I posted a suggested route for those that wanted to run up to Little River Canyon, but I don't think anyone did that. A group did hit the canyon on their departure, but not on one of the days we where we had festivities lined up in the evening.
The roads listed above will offer some minor to moderate level of technical riding, but always are variety of beautiful countryside. If anyone has any other suggested roads or places to visit please post them up! Also, if anyone would like for me to help them set up a nice route for the day just shoot me a PM.