“What a great taste of the South the UGRR riders of future are going to get! The pretty and historic Mobile, town squares of courthouses and Confederate memorials, tall loblolly pines, and the brown waters of the slow-moving Tombigbee and Tennessee Rivers...it's like pedaling through a Faulkner novel.”
–Dennis Coello, Cycletouring Photojournalist

“So you talk about hardships. Imagine walking the thousands of miles that constitutes the UGRR?  Imagine the people along the route that created safe houses. So my point here is that there is no amount of discomfort that you will experience on a bicycle that is greater than the discomfort, the fear and the danger of actually being caught and killed and lynched that the slaves experienced in actually walking the UGRR. And it’s that history that we must lift up, embrace across race. It is a history of freedom and something that we can all celebrate”
-Dr. Stephen Thomas, Director, Center for Minority Health

“I think, as African Americans travel this route, they’ll really come face to face with the heroes of the times, the black and white heroes and they’ll really get to know -- the Josiah Hensons, the Martin Delaneys, and the John Parkers -- and they can look at those heroes and emulate them in this time."
-Virginia Sullivan, New Routes Coordinator, Adventure Cycling

"Adventure Cycling’s maps for the route steer cyclists along safe, low-traffic roads, and feature elevation profiles, historical notes, and information on camping, lodging, and worthwhile historical sites along the way. It also happens to have lots of incredible riding. "
- Carla Majernik, Director of Routes and Mapping, Adventure Cycling

"Adventure Cycling does a great job of establishing, supporting, and promoting long-distance bicycling routes. This new Underground Railroad route project will have a broad appeal, and we're delighted to help develop it."
- Tim Blumenthal, Executive Director, Bikes Belong

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