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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

797.0. "A NEW PRINCETON HILLS RIDE - 8/7/88" by MCIS2::NORTON () Wed Jul 27 1988 09:04

    Larry Camilli and I would like to invite everybody on a new Princeton
    Hills ride on Sunday, August 7.  It's a 60-mile ride from Princeton 
    into Barre, then through small towns like Hardwick, New Braintree, 
    No. Brookfield, etc.  It's a very pretty ride with lots of scenic back 
    roads (mostly in good condition), cows, corn, hills, etc.  We can make 
    a side trip to Brookfield Orchards for hot apple dumplings a la mode.
    
    We'll start from my house at 9:00 a.m.  The ride will end at Larry's 
    house for Ben & Jerry's ice cream.
    
    Here are directions to the start:
    
    Directions:  Find your way to the center of Princeton.  We're 2
    		 miles SOUTH of the center, on Route 31, #236,  about 1/2 
    		 mile past the Mountain Barn restaurant.  If you go south
    		 on Route 31 and pass the Holden town line, you've gone
     		 too far.
    
    		 I'll put my flourescent orange jacket over the mailbox.
    		 The mailbox is across the street from the driveway.
    
    		 If you need better directions, please send me mail
    		 and let me know where you're coming from.

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797.1	Hill into Barre on 62 a killer	UMBIKE::KLASMAN		`Wed Jul 27 1988 13:47`	10
	> Larry Camilli and I would like to invite everybody on a new Princeton > Hills ride on Sunday, August 7. It's a 60-mile ride from Princeton > into Barre, then through small towns like Hardwick, New Braintree, > No. Brookfield, etc. It's a very pretty ride with lots of scenic back Are you planning on riding into Barre up the hill on 62? Its a killer (was part of the 300k and 600k BMB qualifier courses). The last time we were out there (Jun 25th), the hill on 62 was completely torn up for road work. Kevin
797.2	If it's torn up, we'll improvise	MCIS2::NORTON		`Thu Jul 28 1988 08:45`	5
	I was by there about 2 weeks ago and it was still torn up. But you can turn right just before the big hill and go up a longer, but not quite as steep hill. Both hills end up in the same place. Kathy
797.3	Just the hill I want to ride without pavement	CREDIT::HOLDEN		`Thu Jul 28 1988 08:51`	9
	I was up there last Saturday (the 23rd) and it was not really torn up but it certainly wasn't repaved either. I managed to get up the thing because I didn't feel like going around. To do that I had to ride in selected parts where there was enough pavement to get the traction necessary to get up it. This meant riding on the left side going up and still spinning the rear wheel a few times. It can be done but be careful if you try it.
797.4	I'll probably be doing Burke Mt. while you're grinding away on this	MENTOR::REG	Just browsing; HONEST, I'm BROKE !	`Fri Jul 29 1988 11:07`	9
	Arrgghhh ! NOW she tells us there's another way up ! Last time I was on that route the road heading OUT of Barre was also torn up, looked to be a major sewer project. FIRST time up that hill into Barre I was pulling out of double toe straps riding about a 51 x 19 fixed (slowly). Reg
797.5	Invitation Acceptance	WITNES::MACONE		`Fri Jul 29 1988 15:32`	9
	I am hoping on attending this ride. Gosh, 9:00 sounds early though! I've never ridden through that area though so it should be a nice ride. Where does Larry Camilli live? Thanx for the invite. -Nancy
797.6	Ride End Point	EAGLE1::CAMILLI		`Mon Aug 01 1988 15:08`	5
	I also live in Princeton. Ending the ride at my house instead of Kathy's does lengthen it by several hundred feet, which might make a difference after 60 miles and the hill into Barre. But I'm buying the ice cream...