Ten riders on Aerobic Cruiser hybrid bikes were among the people enjoying the newly opened Shelby Farms Greenline trails Saturday morning.
The 6.5 mile trail on a former railroad line follows Sam Cooper Boulevard from Chickasaw Country Club to the west side of Shelby Farms by the federal prison. When it officially opens in October, it will extend to Tillman, but that section wasn’t open Saturday morning.
The trail is flat, smooth, quiet, and shady most of the way and there seemed to be an equal number of joggers, walkers, and cyclists checking it out. It is about ten feet wide in most stretches, with an unpaved three-foot shoulder on each side. We started at High Point, where businessman Charles McVean is preparing a couple of bays in a little shopping center to repair bikes, organize Aerobic Cruiser trips, and sell snacks, beer and wine, and bike supplies. There’s a nice new outdoor deck on the north end of the buildings.
