| 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 |
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I'm toying with riding to Boston from S. Nashua for a few of the MDC free concerts. I've been going to Walden Pond a few weeks now and it's about 33.5 miles each way. I take back roads to Groton and then 119 to 2/2a to 62 in Concord Center. Then I go right on Walden Road. If I keep going on 62, I'll end up in Bedford and merge with 225 whereby I can get the Minuteman Bike Path. It is 18 miles from Bedford to the hatch shell. 18+33+(some small delta from Walden to Bedford) means it's a century ride with a rest in the middle. I'm not opposed to this, but if I could get it down closer to 80 miles, that would be better. Anyone think of a way to shorten this by 10-20 miles? I could always take the bike on my car and leave the car at LKG, which would cut out ~40 miles overall. Right now I am comfortable in the 60-75 mile range/day one weekend day per week. I can't quite see doing one century per week yet... I suppose it is possible. Tim
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| 2991.1 | PCBUOA::KRATZ | Wed Jul 12 1995 19:16 | 20 | ||
Try...
Out of Nashua, about a 1/2 mile west of ZKO on 111, there's a bumpy
road that goes south next to some ballfields (unfortunately off the Mass
Bike Map, but it quickly crosses the Mass line and becomes freshly-paved
Hardy Rd). If this is convenient to get to for you, take Hardy to
Thorndike, right on Thorndike to High, left on High to 113 in Dunstable.
Go east on 113 for about a mile, take a right on Lowell, right on Swan
which becomes Tyngsboro Rd and eventually merges into Depot Rd. Left on
Coldspring, quick right on Providence, left on Main, quick right on
Tadmuck and go under 495. Left on Chelmsford, quick right on Old Lowell,
and then down to 225. 225 to Bedford, pick up the bike trail, and so on.
This at least keeps you away from the 119, 2A mess and probably saves
a few miles. You can also continue on Chelmsford, which turns into
Parkerville. Once in the Carlisle State Forest, there's a couple of
other roads from there that bring you down to 225 that look about the
same distance as taking Old Lowell down.
I'm familiar with most of this route, but no guarantees... Kratz
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| 2991.2 | UHUH::LUCIA | http://asaab.zko.dec.com/people/tjl/biography.html | Fri Jul 14 1995 14:17 | 5 | |
Thanks...I'm somewhat familiar with parts of that. Since it sticks closer to rt. 3, it is more N/S rather than heading west and then east again (groton to 119) Tim | |||||
| 2991.3 | UHUH::LUCIA | http://asaab.zko.dec.com/people/tjl/biography.html | Fri Jul 14 1995 14:18 | 2 | |
Oh, and that bumpy road is freshly paved itself now. Ride/run it many times per week. | |||||