Time from Columbia to Boonville

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Mike Upsall from Louisville on 6/23/2009 3:20:02 PM:

Can someone give me a time estimate on riding from Columbia to Boonville via the Katy Trail? After spending the night in Columbia, I plan to ride to Boonville and my wife will drive and pick me up there as we continue west. I'm a better than average rider but will be on a road bike with 700X23C tires, and I have a feeling I won't be able to do 25 mph on the Katy surface. I planned to do this last year but got washed out by an absolute deluge that didn't stop until we were in Kansas City.

Trek on 6/23/2009 3:44:05 PM:

Looking on the milage chart its close to 20 from Boonville to Huntsdale....add on the 9 miles for the MKT spur to Columbia and you're looking at approx. 30 miles...depending on where your start and end points are in each town. Our option to ride similar tires is the Santana with 700 x 28's on it. We can clip along with the rear axle loaded at 18 to 20 with relative ease. You could probably beat that without the loaded panniers.

robert Johnson from Robert on 6/24/2009 1:52:55 PM:

I would count on going slower than that on the MKT portion. The trail is in decent shape
but certainly rougher and looser than the KATY. Also there will be more traffic and people
will probably be frightened of speeds as high as those.

I tend to ride about 16 mph on that section of trail which is probably too fast for
conditions in all honesty. Definitely slow down to about 12 or so and be sure to announce
your presence when overtaking pedestrians and other bicyclists.

"On your left" seems to be the accepted phrase in Columbia.

Enjoy your visit.

Mike Upsall from Louisville, Ky. on 6/25/2009 11:16:22 AM:

Thanks for the information.

I rode the MKT to Katy and back a few years ago on a trail bike and know you can't exactly speed along getting to the Katy, so I'm going to allow a couple hours and just take it easy.

Mark from Columbia, MO on 6/25/2009 3:22:47 PM:

We rode the MKT from Columbia to the Katy and back last Saturday. The downhill trip averaged 12.5 mph, while the return (uphill) trip averaged 11 mph. Personally, I like to take a break every hour or so. My guess for your trip would be about 3 to 4 hours depending on how fast you pedal and how many breaks you take.

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