Dear AdventuRiders,
Well the weather looks decent for Monday. It should be around 70 degrees and Mostly Cloudy in the morning and about 75 and Cloudy in the afternoon. The rain is supposed to hold off until 4:00.
On Monday, June 10th -Westford, Forge Pond Beach
- 9:30 AM - the Morning Recreation Ride will leave.
- 11:30 AM - We should be back.
- Starting Point Map - Forge Pond Beach, Westford.
- Route Map - Westford - Cow Pond.
- Distance - 14 miles
- Elevation Gain - 250 feet (medium)
- Unpaved - 2 miles.
- Equipment - Any well maintained bike will work.
AR Index = Roughly 16 flat, paved miles.
11:30 AM - LUNCH Pizzeria Presti
- 12:30 PM - the Afternoon Beginner Ride will leave.
- 2:30 PM - We should be back.
- Starting Point Map - Forge Pond Beach, Westford.
- Route Map - Westford - Nabnasset - Stone Arch.
- Distance - 12 miles
- Elevation Gain - 200 feet (easy)
- Unpaved - 1 mile.
- Equipment - Any well maintained bike will work.
AR Index = Roughly 14 flat, paved miles.
On Wednesday, June 12th -Providence, RI
Another new ride? Yup, this ride starts at the park in Providence where we turned around on the Woonsocket ride. From there we ride down very leafy Blackstone Blvd before crossing the river to the East Bay Bike Path. We will take some detours along the coast in Barrington before returning.
LUNCH is TBD.
- 10:00 AM - We will leave from Lippitt Memorial Park.
- 12:30 PM- ish - Lunch somewhere.
- 3:00 PM - We should be back.
- Starting Point Map - Lippitt Memorial Park - Providence.
- Route Map - Providence - Barrington - EBBP.
- Distance - 30 miles.
- Elevation Gain - 500 feet - pretty flat actually.
- Unpaved - None.
- Equipment - I plan to bring my road bike.
AR Index - Roughly equal to 35 flat, smooth miles.
On Friday, June 14th - Westminster
Get ready for a gorgeous ride around Mount Wachusett. It's a bit outside our 30 minute starting point radius around Groton, but Route 2 is pretty quick.
The Fitness Ride will take us west to the Mount Wachusett region. We will start in Westminster, climb UP toward the west shoulder of Mount Wachusett on some scenic backroads before zooming DOWN to beautiful views at Princeton. From there we ride to Gardner passing many lakes before turning back to Westminster. There are a couple of significant hills at the beginning of the ride including a Cat 5 (easiest category) as we pass the mountain. From there it is rolling hills back to Westminster.
- 9:30 AM - The Fitness Ride will leave.
- 1:00 PM - We should be back.
- Starting Point Map - Westminster Bandshell
- Route Map - Westminster - Princeton - Audubon
- Distance - 25 miles
- Elevation Gain - 800 feet (more difficult)
- Unpaved - 1/2 mile - a few very rough spots
- Equipment - I plan to bring my ROAD bike.
AR Index - roughly equal to 35 flat, smooth miles.
Hope to see you there,
Bill and Carole