Take a ride with The Original Grey Beard Biker™
The past few weeks, since I knew I would need neck surgery, have been dark for me. It has been a cumulation of things: shorter days, with it dark by 4:30 PM, knowing that I have less twilight rides ahead of me, than behind me, less riding because it’s dark before I am done working and this damn bum neck! So when I went out to ride, on December 1, and it was cloudy, I edited this clip to be dark. Very Dark. Enjoy the ride on my Adams Loop. Recorded on December 1, 2025.
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Yesterday was an absolutely gorgeous day for a ride in Middle Tennessee. Bright sunshine and temperatures in the low 70s – but the wind was something else! Enjoy a peaceful ride on the Adams Loop with me. The skies, sunset and music were amazing. Recorded on November 15, 2025.
Somehow, I never rendered or edited this video. I believe it was the first video I took with the new DJI Action 5 Pro camera. This was before I bought the wireless remote – so no telemetry data. It was prior to using a pair of wireless mics – so the music can barely be heard. But it is a ride on the Cumberland Plateau. Recored in April 2025.
I don’t miss a chance to get a ride in this time of year. With the days getting so short, there are many days when I am not done in time to ride – unless it’s in the dark. I managed to get out yesterday, but it was too late to ride my usual Adams Loop, and take video. So this is the shorter loop – what I call the Red River Loop. The skies were not as beautiful, but it didn’t matter. I still got the ride in. Enjoy the music and the ride, with me. Recorded on November 12, 2025.
This ride was recored on November 8 – not October 8. This is a route you won’t see often. This is backroads through Montgomery County, TN and through Guthrie, KY. It was completely about chasing the sun. Or as I prefer to say – chasing the one and only Son – Jesus Christ. I hope you enjoy the beautiful skies and music. There were some different tunes popping on my playlist. Recorded November 8, 2025.
I was able to break out of jail (work) early enough yesterday to get a short ride in. The destination: Cheatham Lake & Lock/Dam. The bike was ‘Merica! Tennessee is always beautiful in the fall – and this day didn’t let me down. Enjoy the ride! Recorded on November 6, 2025
So, yesterday, I left the house at 3:30 to go vote in the special election for Mark Green’s replacement in TN CD-7. I had told my boss that I might be out for a while, as the lines might be bad. This was a ruse. I was planning to go vote, but I took the long way to the place! It was so gorgeous, with small whispy clouds, blue skies and temperatures near 70. This is longer than most of my videos, as the skies were so beautiful and my music playlist didn’t disappoint me. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do! The funniest thing was that the special election wasn’t yesterday. It is on December 4. LOL! Recorded on November 4, 2025.
The Devil’s Triangle is very different depending on which direction you ride it. If you ride it counterclockwise, the way I am riding it here, the eastern leg of the Triangle is gnarly, to say the least. The uphill switchbacks will provide you plenty of ass puckering exhilaration. By the time you get to the western leg, where I took this video clip, it almost seems like child’s play. But trust me – the switchbacks on this section are very sneaky – and tricky. The radius tightens in the middle of them, and you can find yourself in some bad situations if you enter too fast – especially if there is oncoming traffic. You will hear one of my obligatory floorboard drags, at approximately 3 minutes 55 seconds. Enjoy the ride! If you want to learn more about The Devil’s Triangle, check out my blog post, Here.
Enjoy a Ride on the East Leg of Tennessee’s Devil’s Triangle. It has been a bit since I have ridden this monster motorcycle route. So I had to go back to my older GoPro videos and update this 4K/60 video. This is from May 11, 2020 and I am riding the Triangle counter clockwise. This is the most difficult/technical route to ride this historic old mining/logging road. When you ride the east leg of the Triangle, counterclockwise, the severe switchbacks are steeply uphill and you’re on the inside of them – making them far tighter. You better be an experienced rider or you may be back at the bottom of the entry with your bike on its side. Gear selection is critical. To say the least. I have always liked the POV from the fairing mounted camera, but it is misleading with the wide angle GoPro mounted that far out front, making it appear like you are over the centerline of the road. There are a couple spots, in these videos, where I do use the other lane, but it is to avoid areas prone to washouts and gravel on the road. The video quality is good, for 2020, but I like the POV, and 4K/100 resolution, which the engine guard mounted DJI Action 5 Pro camera provides. And it is much more interesting with the telemetry data embedded on the videos. Enjoy. If you want to learn more about The Devil’s Triangle, check out my blog post, Here.
This is the second clip from last night’s ride of the Adams Loop. Turning the clocks back an hour, this weekend, will suck. I hate it when it gets dark so damn early. Enjoy the ride! Recorded on October 30, 2025
Last night was the last weeknight I could ride before we turn the clocks back one hour this weekend. Since it’s been raining since Sunday, I jumped at this opportunity to ride the Adams Loop. Starting next week, with the shortened days and losing an hour of afternoon daylight, I would have to leave the house by 3:30 to get this ride in before dark. This is the first 1/2 of the Adams Loop. Enjoy! Recorded on October 30, 2025
Greetings, friends! Unfortunately, with the exception of shorter rides, my 2025 riding season has wound down. It isn’t because you cannot ride here year round, but rather an inevitable surgery on my cervical spine. This will cause me to take a 90-day break from riding to heal. The surgery is posterior cervical fusion of my C3 to T1 vertebrae where I am suffering severe stenosis and myelopathy. That said, I have compiled a video of my spring-to-fall year in review. I hope you enjoy it! Recorded May through October 2025. Thank you for watching and following me all year!
Best Regards,
The Original Grey Beard Biker™
Chasing the sun on the tail end of the Adams Loop. There was definitely a chill in the air. 95% of the crops are harvested. The tobacco barns are drying the cut tobacco and I needed a jacket – with the temperature 58 at the end of my ride. Recorded on October 19, 2025.
This is an older, lower resolution video of a ride on New Found Gap Road. NFG is US 441 between Gatlinburg, TN and Cherokee, NC. While the 1080 video is lower resolution, you cannot miss the beauty of fall in the Appalachian Mountains.
Summer has always been my favorite season. I love the heat. I love the long days. And I love riding when it hot outside. But 2025 was a rough summer, with two weeks in a row near 100. Not to mention it was incredibly humid here in Middle Tennessee. So this ride on Adams Loop, on a fall evening, was very refreshing. Temperatures in the mid-70s and low humidity. Plus I got to take my grandson’s girlfriend along. Recorded on October 14, 2025
This is the second video from last night’s ride on the Adams Loop. Love the sunset and clouds. Recorded on October 7, 2025
Good day, friends. After two days of rain, the sun came out yesterday afternoon, and I was able to take one of my Twilight Rides. This is the first leg of my Adams Loop. Recorded on October 7, 2025
On Tuesday night, I rode the Adams Loop in a hybrid fashion. Up, and back, on TN-76 Hwy. The best sun chasing is on the return loop. Having arrived, up in Adams, a bit early, for sun chasing, I had a bit of time to kill. For some reason, I ended up heading north, to the KY border, on Keysburg Rd. I used to ride this road weekly with my best friend, Poj. I have only ridden it a couple of times since Poj died in a tragic motorcycle vs. farm machinery accident. And I was especially blessed since one of Poj’s favorite songs came up on the evening’s ride: Travelin’ Man, by Bob Seger. RIP, brother. July 3, 2021
All y’all have ridden the Adams Loop with me many times on here. That circuitous route takes backroads from Clarksville to Adams, Tennessee, and back to Clarksville on TN Hwy 76. I’ve always believed that the 76 portion is one of the most beautiful sections of road nearby. So last night, I decided to take video riding to Adams and back on 76 – so you can see what it looks like from both directions. Enjoy the ride, scenery and tunes! Recorded on September 30, 2025.
Fall is in the air in Middle Tennessee. While the weekend daytime temperatures were near 90, the evening temps were very nice. Enjoy an evening ride with The Original Grey Beard Biker™ on the Adams Loop. This was recorded on September 29, 2025.
If you want to really see what rural life, in Middle Tennessee, is like, a drive south, on TN Hwy 46, from Leiper’s Fork, will take you to the junction of Hwy 7. Take this back north to the Natchez Trace Parkway. Ride the parkway back to Hwy 46 and return to Leiper’s Fork. Turn left on Old Hwy 96 and you can take that all the way to Hwy 100. You’ll see some of the most beautiful rolling hill, woodlots and horse farms. This ride was recorded on Saturday, September 27, 2025.
If you find yourself in Middle Tennessee, make sure to ride the Natchez Trace Parkway, from just southwest of Nashville to Leiper’s Fork. And when you’re in The Fork, grab a bite, and an adult beverage, at Fox & Locke. You can thank me now. This ride was recorded on Saturday, September 27, 2025.
Last night was a beautiful night for a ride to Cheatham Lake/Lock and Dam. I enjoy living near this great park, owned by the Army Corps of Engineers. It is the only lock and dam downstream from Nashville, until you reach the dam just upstream from the Ohio River. After riding through the park, at Cheatham Lake, it was a nice jaunt back to Clarksville on Sweethome Road, Thomasville Road and U.S. Highway 41A. This DJI Action 5 Pro camera is really awesome. There are a few spots where it got a bit shaky. And that was due to the fact that it was almost completely pitch black. Enjoy the ride, and the music.
After taking a 2+ week sabbatical from riding, as I may need neck surgery, I had to take a ride tonight! It was nothing special, in the grand scheme of things, but I needed some wind therapy. Enjoy a ride with me on the Adams Loop!
Last night, I tried to catch the setting sun on the Adams Loop. The sun laughed at me since I got a late start. But the skies were beautiful and the music was great!
Riding the “Missing Link” of Foothills Parkway between Townsend, TN and Wear’s Valley, TN. The Missing Link is perhaps the most scenic ride in all of Appalachia. It is called the Missing Link because it took over 50 years to complete the 1.5 mile section of road. Construction technology took this long to make the hanging bridges which hug the side of the foothills. When I ride this section, from Townsend, I feel like I am riding into heaven – with Wear’s Valley off to my right. This was recorded in May 2020 shortly after this section opened. For more information on the Missing Link, click HERE. Enjoy!
Riding The Adams Loop – recorded on August 11, 2025:
Riding Tennessee Highway 12 to Cheatham Lock & Dam. Recorded on August 4, 2025:
Planes, trains and automobiles… Well, no planes, but there’s a motorcycle, rain and rainbow. Not to mention a beautiful sunset. Recorded on August 3, 2025:
Jamming tunes and chasing the sun – the Adams Loop on July 27, 2025:
Riding GBB’s Adams Loop on July 24, 2025 – A local road which winds through row crop fields and woodlots in Middle Tennessee:
Riding the Blue Ridge Parkway Motor Road northeast from Cherokee, NC on July 6, 2025:
Riding the Famous Moonshiner 28 between Franklin and Highlands, NC on July 5, 2025
Wayah Road between Franklin and Topton, NC on July 5, 2025:
Riding the Cherohala Skyway on July 4, 2025:
Riding River Road to Bald River Falls on July 4, 2025:
Enjoy a Twilight Ride in Middle Tennessee. Recorded on June 29, 2025:
Riding Middle Tennessee and Southern Kentucky on June 26, 2025. The sunset was beautiful:
Chasing the setting sun on the Adams Loop with the Zac Brown Band on June 22, 2025:
Riding the beautiful Natchez Trace Parkway on June 20, 2025:
Riding Leiper’s Creek Road on my birthday – June 20, 2025! You will see some of the most beautiful country Middle Tennessee offers in this video:
Riding the Adams Loop, in Middle Tennessee, on June 15, 2025:
Riding Tennessee Highways 12 and 49 in Cheatham and Dickson counties on June 10, 2025: