Cleveland, OH: Bedford Coffee Route

Cleveland, OH: Bedford Coffee Route

Connect bike routes along the Emerald Necklace with city streets, add a coffee stop in Bedford, and you’ve got a perfect Cleveland ride for a chilly day.

Author:	Spokehead7
Date:	19 Nov 2007 6:20:00 AM
Activity:	Bicycling ActivitySearchBicycling
State:	Ohio (OH)
Distance:	38.06 mi (Change units)
Elevation:	Total Gain: 1398 ft Total Loss: 1397 ft Net Change: 1 ft
Difficulty:	5 / 10
Tags:	Ohio, Bedford, Cleveland
Rating:	Unrated Rate it

This rolling ride follows a bike route through some of Cleveland’s Metro Parks (dubbed the Emerald Necklace) from the Cedar-Lee district to Bedford and back on a shorter route. It’s a great ride for winter days when you want to get out and spin for a few hours and have a hot drink along the way. Start at the Stone Oven or Phoenix Coffee Shop, head east and south to the Chagrin River Valley, and take another java stop 23 miles in at Arabica Coffee or Cyber Pete's in Bedford. That should keep you energized for the last 15 miles of the route. This is a gently rolling route, with the exception of the drop into and back out of the Chagrin River Valley. Most of the roads have wide shoulders or bike lanes. The route through the Emerald Necklace is a designated bike route, and the parks have bike paths that parallel the road in most places, too. When you head out of Bedford, there’s a brief busy stretch on Richmond Rd., but there’s a bike lane on Brainard Rd. for your escape north back to Cedar-Lee.

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Cleveland, OH: Bedford Coffee Route

Dist: 38.06 mi	Points: 153	Calories: none
Time: none	Speed: 0.0 mph	Pace: 0:00 / mi

Distance	Instruction		Distance to next
0.00 mi	Start	Meet at the Stone Oven or Phoenix Coffee Shop	Then go 0.03 mi
0.03 mi	Turn Right	East on Meadowbrook Blvd.	Then go 0.95 mi
0.98 mi	Turn Right	onto Eaton Rd at stop sign	Then go 0.48 mi
1.46 mi	Turn Left	onto Fairmount Blvd	Then go 3.36 mi
4.83 mi	Bear Left	to stay on Fairmount	Then go 0.44 mi
5.27 mi	Bear Left	to stay on Fairmount	Then go 0.10 mi
5.36 mi	Sharp Right	to stay on Fairmount	Then go 1.97 mi
7.34 mi	Straight	Fairmount drops into valley in 3/4 miles. Break at bottom for right turn at light.	Then go 1.95 mi
9.28 mi	Turn Right	at bottom of hill at light; onto Chagrin River Rd	Then go 5.04 mi
14.33 mi	Sharp Right	onto Sulphur Springs Dr; head uphill	Then go 0.64 mi
14.97 mi	Turn Right	Cleveland Metroparks Parkway	Then go 0.98 mi
15.95 mi	Straight	Stay on Cleveland Metroparks Parkway	Then go 4.38 mi
20.33 mi	Turn Left	onto Richmond Rd for short stretch	Then go 0.27 mi
20.60 mi	Turn Right	at first road to continue on Parkway	Then go 2.09 mi
22.69 mi	Turn Right	onto Broadway for trip into Bedford	Then go 0.30 mi
23.00 mi	Point Of Interest	Downtown Bedford	Then go 0.14 mi
23.13 mi	Point Of Interest	Arabica Coffee Shop	Then go 0.21 mi
23.34 mi	Point Of Interest	Pete's Cyber Coffee Shop	Then go 0.15 mi
23.50 mi	Sharp Right	onto Columbus Rd	Then go 2.67 mi
26.17 mi	Turn Left	onto Richmond Rd	Then go 0.52 mi
26.69 mi	Turn Right	onto Cannon Rd	Then go 0.18 mi
26.87 mi	Bear Left	through RR tunnel	Then go 0.10 mi
26.96 mi	Turn Right	at stop sign	Then go 0.06 mi
27.03 mi	Turn Left	onto Brainard Rd	Then go 3.64 mi
30.66 mi	Bear Left	to stay on Brainard	Then go 0.24 mi
30.90 mi	Turn Right	Use bikepath for short cut-through to old Brainard Rd.	Then go 0.92 mi
31.83 mi	Turn Right	onto Shaker Circle for roundabout way to turn left	Then go 0.17 mi
31.99 mi	Straight	onto Shaker Blvd	Then go 2.69 mi
34.68 mi	Straight	onto South Park Blvd	Then go 2.00 mi
36.68 mi	Bear Right	then down and uphil to light	Then go 0.23 mi
36.91 mi	Bear Right	5-way light; take second road on right	Then go 0.11 mi
37.02 mi	Bear Left	then cross Fairmount onto Stratford Rd	Then go 0.68 mi
37.70 mi	Turn Right	onto Essex Rd	Then go 0.33 mi
38.03 mi	Turn Left	into parking lot of shops