| > Does anyone have any information about a "Boston - Cape Cod Bikeway".
> Id like to know where it starts and ends, as well as the route.
> In addition, does anyone have a mileage and/or average time
> estimate.
I've ridden parts of it.
Actually it goes from Cape Ann to Cape Cod, and includes some branches
to bike routes that go to Richmond and Montreal. The map is available
from the AYH store at 1020 Comm Ave since it goes near hostels on the
cape. You can also get it by sending a SASE to CTPS at 27 School St.
in Boston.
It was helpful in finding to rail-trail section along the midcape.
Near Boston it commits all the sins of published bike routes. There
are trips onto side streets to avoid large intersections when the
turns it makes are more dangerous than any straight-through
intersection. In the Back Bay, the turns are too frequent to follow
them all. I was lucky that I had all day to find things. In Jamaica
Plain it follows jogging paths marked "No Bikes" and at one point
turns off to a mud path through the bushes as a short cut.
I think that the total distance is about 140 from Boston to P-town.
Your milage may vary. On the cape your speed will depend on the wind
direction. We hostel hopped and spent 4 days getting there, because
I didn't know how experienced the group was. Return was by ferry.
My next trip was with an experienced group, and we ignored the bike
path, getting to Truro in a day.
Don't take the information in the route map as gospel, just take it as a
suggestion. Take a real map with you.
-Jeff Bell
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| Why waste all that precious time *staying* on the cape? I know
of a ride that allows one to enjoy all of Cape Cod quickly and
efficiently.
Readers of this conference may have read about a challenging late
summer ride, called Boston-Montreal-Boston (details in note 517).
This ride is modeled after the famous Paris-Brest-Paris ride. Along
with the ride are a series of shorter rides designed to prepare
and qualify riders for the main event. Several DEC riders are planning
on doing the ride and the qualifiers.
The third of the qualifiers is slated to go from Boston (Newton
actually) to Provincetown and back. This is a distance of about
400 kilometers, or 248 miles. The first ride, scheduled for May
7th is 200k (124 miles) and the second is 300k (186 miles).
This is the second year that the 2, 3, and 400k rides have been
run in this area. Though I didn't continue with the series beyond
the 400k last year, I found the 3 rides to be very challenging and
exciting. It was a worthwhile experience just to do these 3.
If you are interested in this ride, you'll need to sign up for the
other two as well. Sign up information is in note 517, but remember
the first ride is in just over a week (May 7th).
Oh yeah, one other thing. You won't be wasting time on this ride.
The time limit on the ride is 27 hours (I think). It starts at
4AM saturday, june 11th. Last year everyone who finished, did so
in less than 22 or 23 hours! Believe it or not, it was a lot of
fun.
Regards,
Peter Kibbler
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