 Whether you like biking on flat land or mountain trails or whether you own a bike or not, there are many ways you can still get your biking fill. And this week's Northwoods Adventure at Clayton Castle explores some different biking options in the Brainerd Lakes area. Riding a bicycle is one of the most popular leisure outdoor activities in the Northwoods. And people are coming from all over the country to ride in the Brainerd Lakes area where there are a number of different ways you can ride as well as multiple places including the Cayuna State Country Recreation Area in Crosby. The Cayuna Country State Rec area is, I'd say, a magical destination for mountain biking because it's man-made to start with. You know, that bedrock came out of the earth. It was mined out years ago. So in central Minnesota, we have big chunks of rock that you just can't see around here. And then it's red. I mean, if you come here and you ride your bike, everyone will know where you went. I'm the president of the Cayuna Lakes Mountain Bike Crew, a group that not only rides but also helps upkeep the trails around the Cayuna Lakes area. We have volunteers out here actually working the dirt, making sure it's of the excellence quality that Cayuna has been known to be, and making it the safest possible mountain bike destination it can be. Now, if you're like me and don't own a bike, there are multiple places in the Brainerd Lakes area where you can rent one for an afternoon joy ride. Like Martin's Sports Shop, for example. The store sees a number of different people who come in looking to rent a bike. We see all kinds. We see a lot of our tourists come to the area that either can't transport their bikes because they don't have room or they don't own bikes. Or some of the locals just bike once or twice a year and with the Paul Bunyan Trail just a couple hundred yards right out our front door, it just makes it easy for them to stop in and rent a bike. Between the Cayuna Lakes Country State Recreation Area and the Paul Bunyan State Trail, which you can take all the way up to Bemidji, the bicycle riding in the Brainerd Lakes area has become a fabric of the community. The biking culture in the Brainerd Lakes area has really changed over the years with the Cayuna mountain biking over there and with the Paul Bunyan Trail going from Baxter, Brainerd up to Bemidji, it's really changed a lot and given people a lot of opportunities as a biking area. Reporting for This Week's Northwoods Adventure, Clayton Castle, Lakeland News. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.