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Trail Description:
Spider Loop (for want of a better name - also known as "the same old place we always ride", or simply "The Fence") is a favorite place for advanced mountain bikers to hone their technical skills; in fact some will tell you there's no place else on Okinawa to ride. It consists of a series of short trails, each with its own character. The Loop is mostly singletrack, with surfaces ranging from dirt to clay to gravel to (ugh) pavement. There are gnarly technical climbs and bugs-to-fill-in-the-gaps-in-your-smiling-teeth downhill plunges. If you ride at all aggressively, then suspension is a must.
How to get there:
Turn right (north) onto Route 58 out of Kadena AB Gate 4. Follow Rte. 58 approximately 7 km north until you see a restaurant on the left with 3 large pigs and a steer out front. You can't miss this. Go .9 km past the pigs and there will be a traffic light. Turn right and go to the end of the road. Park here.
Additional Notes:
Visit Okinawa Mountain Biker's Association's website at omba.tripod.com for more details.
| Posted by: Spider Rider on 1/18/2010 |
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Get more details about MTB in Okinawa and lots of photos at http://fattiretales.blogspot.com .
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| Posted by: Doug Heller on 6/5/2005 |
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Can you say "banana spider"?!
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| Posted by: Randall Hale on 3/26/2005 |
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Let 'Spider Run', then, be the better name. For that's what my partner and I originally called it when we created the trail system in the early nineties (92-96). The original loop comprised some 27 miles and has survived substantially intact -- or so I am told -- with some subsequent additions, as have many of the names for certain sections that we originally supplied. If you rode these trails in the early days, you would understand why the term 'spider' is so appropriate.
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