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Conference noted::bicycle

Title:	Bicycling
Notice:	Bicycling for Fun
Moderator:	JAMIN::WASSER

Created:	Mon Apr 14 1986
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	3214
Total number of notes:	31946

450.0. "HILLS, HILLS, AND MORE HILLS!" by CHEAPR::NORTON () Tue Sep 01 1987 14:01

    There's a really great ride that I'd like to do on September 12
    (or September 13 if it rains on the 12th).
    
    It's a revision of a ride from SHORT BIKE RIDES IN GREATER BOSTON
    AND CENTRAL MASS.  According to the book, it's a 30-mile loop starting
    and ending in No. Brookfield.  I'd like to customize it a little
    and make it a 60-mile loop starting from my house in Princeton.  
    
    It's such a pretty ride, you won't even notice the killer hills.
    Hopefully, in a couple of weeks we'll have enough foliage to make
    it even prettier.  So here's the plan:
    
    Meet at my house in time to be ready to LEAVE at 9:30.  We'll ride
    the 15 miles to Barre where we pick up the real ride.  The real
    ride goes through New Braintree, No. Brookfield, and a bunch of
    other pretty towns.  Then we go back through Barre back to Princeton.
    
    My house is on Route 31 in Princeton, 2 miles south of the center
    of town where Routes 62 and 31 intersect.  I'll put my flourescent
    orange jacket over the mailbox again.
    
    If you have HALT, bring it.  A spare pair of knees might come in
    handy, too.  
                                         
    Kathy

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
450.1	How about the following week end ?	MENTOR::REG		`Tue Sep 01 1987 14:48`	8
	I remember the last time we tried to do that one..... Sorry, but I have a shorter though steeper ride scheduled for 13th., which I thought you were going to do this year ? Reg
450.2	Schedule gets real full this time o'year...	MENTOR::REG		`Tue Sep 01 1987 14:51`	6
	Oh, 13th is also Tiverton, I s'pose North B'field would be a good thing to do the day before though ? Reg
450.3	ex	CHEAPR::NORTON		`Tue Sep 01 1987 16:25`	13
	Oh, I forgot all about Tiverton. How's this: Let's push it out till October 3 with October 4 for a raindate. That should get all the September centuries (and Mt. Washington hill climbs, for any mountain madmen out there) out of the way. Also, foliage season should be great by then. So, we'll leave from my house at 9:30 on October 3 for a 60 mile ride. There aren't a whole lot of places to stop for food, so bring some along. I'll make some brownies or something for afterwards. Kathy
450.4	Apple Dumplings ?	EUCLID::PAULHUS	Chris @ MLO 8-3/T13 dtn 223-6871	`Wed Sep 02 1987 15:03`	9
	sniff sniff sniff Do I smell Apple Dumplings?!? Thanks for changing it from September. I may try to borrow Bill Darby's Lightning for the weekend - it's a recumbent that should be good on hills. - Chris
450.5		CHEAPR::NORTON		`Thu Sep 03 1987 09:23`	2
	Yes, I think we could squeeze an apple dumpling in there. The ride happens to go dangerously close to Brookfield Orchard.
450.6	October is a good month	3D::LAWRENCE		`Thu Sep 10 1987 00:25`	1
	count me in... really miss them hills of Princeton and parts west...
450.7	Reminder	HPSMEG::REG		`Fri Oct 02 1987 15:08`	5
	Like TOMORROW already ? Reg
450.8	It didn't rain TAHT much...	MENTOR::REG		`Wed Oct 07 1987 11:46`	8
	Super ride Kathy, thanks again ! The rest of this note should be reserved for the excuses of those who didn't show up. Reg
450.9	The audacity of some people :-)>	AMUN::CRITZ	Ya know what I mean, Vern	`Wed Oct 07 1987 12:29`	6
	Well! I was shingling our church's roof. And besides, my mommie was here from Ohio. Scott
450.10	~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> woosh	JETSAM::HANAUER	Mike... Bicycle~to~Ice~Cream	`Wed Oct 07 1987 13:00`	7
	I was there. Nobody saw me cause I'm greased lightnin on them hills :-) And besides that, getting out of bed was hard to do. ~Mike
450.11	Not My Fault, Either	HPSVAX::MILLER	I Heart My Picture of a Dog	`Tue Oct 13 1987 13:22`	6
	I was all set to leave for Kathy's when I decided to reset my Avocet Cyclocomputer. I pushed the requisite buttons in what I still believe was the correct sequence, and the stupid sun began to set, right then and there! Well, I knew I didn't have time to get to Kathy's before dark, and not having a light, I decided to wait till next year.
450.12		CHEAPR::NORTON		`Tue Oct 13 1987 13:59`	7
	That's wierd, Gary. I didn't think the sun ever came up that day. Actually, it was a very nice ride. That's the second time we've had that ride, and so far an average of 1.5 people have ridden each time. Maybe next year! K.