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French Broad River Film

RIDE: French Broad River | MILES: 105 | LOCATION: Ashville, NC

Blue Ridge Parkway was America’s first, and ultimately longest rural parkway, connecting Shenandoah National Park in Virginia with the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina. From Boone, Blowing Rock, Beech Mountain and Assault on Mt. Mitchell to Skyline Drive, the parkway’s wicked climbs and rugged terrain is steeped in cycling lore and history. French Broad River, a 105 loop out of Asheville, North Carolina, is an exemplary century-long sample of this amazingly epic cycling region.