Lancaster to DeBanvilles General Store 9:30 am in Lancaster B/3/49

Thursday September 1, 2022

One of the ThursdayBike Group's favorite places is the Vermont side of the Connecticut River. Vermont Route 102 is a quiet rural road that is very scenic, plenty of Holstein cows along the way. ...very Vermont and very green!

This ride follows the southern section of VT102, starting from Lancaster and ending at DeBanville's General Store in Bloomfield, VT. Get food and ice cream at the lunch stop, but bring some food to have on the bike to fuel you along the way. The store opens at 11:00 am.

Weather: Looks great! 

Ride Starts: 9:30, ready to ride, from the parking lot of Shaw's Supermarket in Lancaster, on the right side of Route 3 North, just north of the town center. The drive takes about an hour to Lancaster from the traffic light in Glen. Dave Sias will be your host for the ride.

Carpool if you like: Meet in the Attitash parking lot, far end away from the lifts, 8:15 am. Otherwise see you in Lancaster.

Terrain: Lots of flat and some very gradual ups and downs, a couple of rolling hills requiring some work. MWV Bike Club Ride Code: B/3/49

How far: 49 miles. See map below. (If you just have to get that 50 mile ride in for your record books - just continue up Route 102 from DeBanville's until your odometer says 25.00 then turn back!!)

Shorter Option?!!! Drive up a bit further up Route 3 north and cross the CT River via the bridge into Guildhall, VT and start from there. Park alongside the Town Green (bear right after you cross the bridge, then make a left alongside the green). This will take 18 miles off and give you a great 31 mile ride. 

Directions: Take Route 302 to the Twin Mountain 4-corners stoplight. Take a right onto Route 3 north. Follow Route 3 though Whitefield, then continue on Route 3 into Lancaster. Shaw's Supermarket is on the right, approximately 0.5 mile north of the center of Lancaster on Route 3. It is across the street from Dunkin Donuts. Park at the part of the lot closest to the road, furthest from the store entrance.

Bring: Snacks and water. 

Map:

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/13189233

Ride to The Basin 9:30 am B/2/29

Thursday, August 25th, 2022

How about a ride to The Basin?  It is always a beautiful, fun ride, roads are quiet and the weather looks good! 

Meet in North Fryeburg at the corner of South Chatham Road and Route 113, in the park next to the Saco Valley Fire Station. As you already know, please do not block the fire station parking area. There is no porta potty there, but there is one at the Little White Church, so stop there on the way, or, we will bike by it on our way out for another opportunity. 

Start, Ready to Ride, at 9:30 am

We will head to Fish Street first and MacNeil, then out on Union Hill and Meadow to the Stow Store and do the loop section the counterclockwise way then up 113 to The Basin.

Heading back will be a good ride, a few uphills, but mostly downhill, hope for a tailwind!

Total mileage: 29.   This ride allows for many options to shorten or lengthen the ride and choice of route to get from place to place. 

If you want a longer ride, start at the Maine Visitor's Center to add a total of 18 more miles (9 miles each way), for a total of 47 relatively easy miles. If you start riding from the Visitor's Center by 8:40 you should easily meet the group at the Fire Station or at the little white church as they turn onto Fish Street to head to MacNeil. 

Here is a map:  https://ridewithgps.com/routes/30519118

RIde Cancelled due to Rainy Weather

Thursday August 18th, 2022

Thursday's forecast looks rainy and gloomy, so let's just cancel the ride and wait until better weather next week!

We need this rain, it is nice to have it.

Fryeburg and Monotomy Road plus Froagies Ice Cream 9:30 am B/2/22

Thursday August 11, 2022

Let's try a ride out of the Fryeburg Visitor's Center for this Thursday. I have been frustrated with all the varieties of weather forecasts over the past few days, and no matter how hard I have tried to outsmart the showers, we have been rained upon or totally soaked... but then the sun came out!

According to the current forecasts, it should be OK to ride starting at 9:30 tomorrow and do a relatively short and easy out/back spin on the bike path, cruise the backstreets of Fryeburg Village then head out Ice House Road to Menotomy Road. We can add Froagie's Ice Cream Shop (Laurel's favorite) to the ride.

We will have a few guests joining us for ride! Both Barbara and I have visitors who like to bike! Yay!

Meet at the Maine Visitor's Center in Fryeburg, just over the state line on Route 302.

Be ready to ride at 9:30 am. 

Here is a map of the ride: 

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/13100838

Wonalancet Loop. 9:00 am B/3/23

Thursday, August 4, 2022

Rachel and Deborah will host The Wonalancet Loop!  This is a really scenic ride in Tamworth and Wonalancet. Rachel has shown us the dirt roads of Tamworth, but this time, she and Deb will show you the scenic paved roads! 

Meet in Tamworth Village, in the public parking lot just after the Distillery, There is a porta potty there.

Be ready to ride at 9:00....beat the heat!

The ride is about 23 miles with about 1200 feet of elevation gain.

The club rating for this ride is B/3/23

Here is a map:  Note that this map starts the route at the school, but Rachel and Deborah's ride will start at the public parking lot in Tamworth Village, next to the distillery:

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/27349245