Last weekend's ride
Last week, we (Dancingdeer, H* and I) wanted to ride. So we rode.
Mass Ave from Porter Sq. to Rindge Ave. to the secret underpass to Alewife, and then all the way out the Minuteman to Bedford. We continued through Bedford, down Railroad Ave. and found the continuation of the old railbed, now a dirt trail - which winds scenically along the side of the Great Meadows Wildlife Sanctuary (Ok, according to http://www.town.sudbury.ma.us/services/conservation/custom/landspages/lincoln.asp : "The 78-acre Lincoln Meadows Conservation Reservation located in the northeastern corner of Sudbury Is part of a large, unspoiled 1080-acre area In the Sudbury River Valley. This area includes of the Great Meadows Wildlife Sanctuary (U.S. Department of Interior), the Pantry Brook Reservation (Massachusetts Fish and Game Division), and Round Hill (Sudbury Valley Trustees), all of which are contiguous.")
Instead of searching for the final bit of the path all the way to the bitter end, we turned left on Monument Rd and went into Concord Center, where we could not find an ice cream parlor. This is just wrong.
Out Walden St., across Rt. 2, and a stop at Walden Pond. Continuing on Walden St., left on Baker Bridge Rd. and a quick zoom around the grounds of the DeCordova Museum. Baker Bridge becomes Trapelo Rd., across the Cambridge Reservoir and 128, with a stop at the gas station at the corner of Smith St.
Left onto Smith, right on Concord St., left on Waltham St., right on Marrett Rd., left on Maple St just across Mass Ave., back onto the Minuteman and back to the start.
35.3 miles. One hill (Trapelo Rd., after the reservoir) that's marked on the Rubel bike map with their finest (least significant) hill marking, which kicked my ass. I'm not nearly as studly as I'd like to believe. :)
The next time, if I want to go out to the DeCordova, I'll go out the same way but then reverse the journey home. Much flatter.
Then, 6 days later, i found myself very lucky in regards to equipment failures...
(Thanks to dancingdeer for filling in the blanks...)
Mass Ave from Porter Sq. to Rindge Ave. to the secret underpass to Alewife, and then all the way out the Minuteman to Bedford. We continued through Bedford, down Railroad Ave. and found the continuation of the old railbed, now a dirt trail - which winds scenically along the side of the Great Meadows Wildlife Sanctuary (Ok, according to http://www.town.sudbury.ma.us/services/conservation/custom/landspages/lincoln.asp : "The 78-acre Lincoln Meadows Conservation Reservation located in the northeastern corner of Sudbury Is part of a large, unspoiled 1080-acre area In the Sudbury River Valley. This area includes of the Great Meadows Wildlife Sanctuary (U.S. Department of Interior), the Pantry Brook Reservation (Massachusetts Fish and Game Division), and Round Hill (Sudbury Valley Trustees), all of which are contiguous.")
Instead of searching for the final bit of the path all the way to the bitter end, we turned left on Monument Rd and went into Concord Center, where we could not find an ice cream parlor. This is just wrong.
Out Walden St., across Rt. 2, and a stop at Walden Pond. Continuing on Walden St., left on Baker Bridge Rd. and a quick zoom around the grounds of the DeCordova Museum. Baker Bridge becomes Trapelo Rd., across the Cambridge Reservoir and 128, with a stop at the gas station at the corner of Smith St.
Left onto Smith, right on Concord St., left on Waltham St., right on Marrett Rd., left on Maple St just across Mass Ave., back onto the Minuteman and back to the start.
35.3 miles. One hill (Trapelo Rd., after the reservoir) that's marked on the Rubel bike map with their finest (least significant) hill marking, which kicked my ass. I'm not nearly as studly as I'd like to believe. :)
The next time, if I want to go out to the DeCordova, I'll go out the same way but then reverse the journey home. Much flatter.
Then, 6 days later, i found myself very lucky in regards to equipment failures...
(Thanks to dancingdeer for filling in the blanks...)