Wednesday, April 20, 2011

2011 Cycling Season

Hi ThursdayBikers!

Welcome to the 2011 Cycling season! It was great to see so many ThursdayBikers at the Velo Club Party at the Moat yesterday!

I typically post the Thursday rides on the blog on Tuesday night, but with difficult forecasts I sometimes need to wait until Wednesday night before I can plan a ride around the weather.

Last year the group had already done 3 rides by now (but the skiing was over…)!! We rode every Thursday in April, starting April 1st, but, we did not ride any Thursdays in June. Everything always seems to balance. I guess we can look forward to great riding in June this year!!

I have not set up a ride for tomorrow, April 21 because the weather looks a bit too cold and windy for our first grand opening ride of the year. Perhaps you can use part of the day to prepare your bike for the upcoming season? (or- do a short ride to prepare you seat for the season??)


To start getting excited about riding and exploring, here are some fun rides that will be included again this season:

Lupine Ride in Randolph and Jefferson
Bethel to Bryant Pond Loop
Wing Road/Hazen Airport Loop in Jefferson
Franconia Notch Bike Path
Vermont Side of the Connecticut River
Franconia/Sugar Hill/Bath Loop
Littleton via River Road
Lost Nation Loop

Some new rides I plan to put together for this season:

Brownfield-Fryeburg rides which will include the new 1.5 mile section or the Mountain Division Rail Trail in Fryeburg (to be started this spring!)
Parsonsfield-Cornish
Dunn Notch-Grafton Notch

So, pump the tires and lube the chain! See you next week!!

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