New to Tampa Bay...new to Tri...like to meet cyclists

Welcome to BT.  I'm actually moving to Brandon (over by the mall) in 2 weeks.

There are "okay" hills in San Antonio (30 minutes north) and the "mountains" of Florida in Clermont (about an hour or so away, near Orlando).

I'm going to be training for IMKY next year, so I'll definitely be into hill training.  If you're looking for flats, go over to Flatwoods Park.  11 mile of pristine paved blacktop with no traffic.

I'm in the Tampa area and will be training for IM WI over the next year so will be biking as much hills as possible. San Antonio is decent, like the previous poster stated. North on I-75. You really need to go out there with a guide or group especially for your dirst few rides, but probably for every ride. Lots of different routes out there and easy to get lost if you don't know where yuo're going, as it's all open rural roads.

Haven't been to Clermont yet but I'm sure we will be hitting that up at least once a month when we get to actual Ironman training as opposed to just building and maintaining base.

Other bike trails besides Flatwoods would be Suncoast (about 40 miles one direction, mostly flat except up towards the end of the trail there are some rolling hills) and Withlacoochie Trail (nicetrail through small towns and parks, lots of shade, also roughly 40+ miles one direction.) Both of those trails are well-paved, have places to stop and re-fill water bottles, etc. My main places to ride consist of these 4, Suncoast, Flatwoods, San Antonio, and somewhat less, Withlacoochie. Will be adding Clermont to the mix soon.