Weather to Ride or Weather not to Ride???

Thursday April 12th and Saturday April 14th "Chowda' Fest"

That is the question.....

I did a short ride today in sun, clouds, drizzle, rain and hail. Looks like a similar weather pattern again tomorrow. It was still nice to get out and pedal for awhile. Here is a meeting time and place and tomorrow morning look out your window and decide whether or not it is riding weather or not.

11:00 am, ready to ride in North Conway, at the public parking lot behind the Eastern Slope Inn. The ride will be either West Side Road and Passaconaway (20 miles) or a shorter Tour De North Conway (over to Cranmore, up Old Barteltt Road, Intervale Cross, route 16A to Town Hall Road and back). Route choice will be made at the meeting point depending on weather and depending on who (if anyone!!) shows up.

Sunny Warm Saturday!!!

Saturday looks like a great day to ride. I heard that there will be a "Chowda' Fest" on Saturday afternoon in North Fryeburg at the Saco Valley Fire Station. This is where we often meet and park for rides in the North Fryeburg region. It is a benefit for the efforts to restore the Old Stowe Town Hall. It alot of Chowda' tasting and a contest to determine the best Chowda' (can be clam, fish, lobster, corn or vegetarian). Eight dollars give you all you can slurp. Here is the link:

https://kezarlife.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/stow-chowda-fest-flyer-2012.pdf

I am still arranging a meeting/parking place, since I don't want to interfere with the fest by parking in our usual spot.

The festivities and tastings commence at 4:30 pm, so I will set up a sunny, warm, mid-afternoon ride (start at 2:00) over in the North Fryeburg flats and Stow Store area (20 to 25 mile ride).

Check this blog or the Mount Washington Valley Bicycling Club website for more details - I will post details tomorrow night. If you don't want to ride but want to taste chowda, just meet the riders at the fest at 4:30.

www.mwvbicyclingclub.org

Kanc-Passaconaway Loop from Conway Village

Thursday April 5th, 2012

Looks like Thursday will be a fine day for an early spring ride! Sunny and low 50's.

Let's do a short ride from Conway Village up the Kanc to Lower Falls then down Passaconaway Road back to Conway Village. This way we have a tailwind and a downhill ride back to the car. The Kanc has very little traffic in this season and Passaconaway is still gated, so we should have a quiet ride. For a longer option, ride up to Rocky Gorge.

Meet in Conway Village in the parking lot behind the Mountain Center Physical Therapy and the Laconia Savings Bank, near the junction of route 16 and 153.

Ready to Ride at 10:00 am.

Total distance: 15-20 miles depending on how far up the Kanc you travel before returning on Passaconaway Road

Also -- if you would like to ride on Saturday....

There is a Pancake Breakfast at the Bartlett Elementary School on Saturday morning from 8:00 to 11:00. The maple syrup served with the pancakes is made by the 6th graders in the sugarhouse behind the school. All you can eat for $6 (adults) $4 (kids).

How about starting a ride out of the school parking lot (in front of the library) at 10:00 am?

If you want to energize on pancakes beforehand, meet at the school at 9:00.

Either park near the school, or, if you want to ride a bit first, meet at the Attitash parking lot, ready to ride to the pancakes at 8:45 am.

Ride options? One group could do Bear Notch Road, up and back (16 miles round trip from Attitash). Another group can do the River Road and Stillings Grant (11 flat miles round trip from Attitash). More miles? Do Bear Notch up and over and back (26 miles RT) or go up to Crawford Notch.

Put on your calendar: The Mount Washington Valley Bicycling Club Annual Spring Gathering at the Moat is April 24th starting at 5:30 pm: www.mwvbicyclingclub.org

Thursday March 28, 2012

Last Thursday was spectacular!

Looks like we won't get a repeat for this week...

Stay tuned and hopefully we will be able to ride next Thursday!

If you can ride on Saturday, check the Velo club blog -- the weather might be good!!

Thursday March 22nd First Ride of the 2012 Season!

Today is the The First Day of Spring (summer???)!!!

Looks like 2012 might start out as a good season for Thursdaybike. Since we didn't have many sunny warm days for riding last year (remember April, September and October??...) I had better jump at the chance to set up a ThursdayRide in the beautiful weather we have right now (before the April blizzards occur).

Anyone want to get together for a ride this Thursday??

I am setting up an easy, mostly flat, easy going, fun cruise, using the Fryeburg Bikepath as a gateway to roads that we have not done on ThursdayBike. We start on the Fryeburg Bikepath, ride some nicely paved roads in the village, then go behind Fryeburg Academy and out Ice House Road to the top of Lovewell Pond. We can go further if we are energetic - Monomomy Road is really nice!

Meet at the Maine Visitors Center on Route 302, just past the NH-ME border at 10:00 am, ready to ride. Bring water and lunch or snacks. Good luck digging out the shorts, t-shirts and bike gear!!

Thursday, November 17th, 2011

Anyone still want to ride?

How about a short, close to home ride? It is hard to put the bike away when we can't ski.

West Side Road - Passaconaway Road

Start at the public parking lot behind the Eastern Slope Inn.

Ready to Ride at 11:00 am

About 22 miles to the Albany Covered Bridge and back, 25 miles round trip to Lower Falls on the Kanc.

Ride Cancelled for Thursday, November 10th

So its back to the rain on Thursday routine.

Oh well, not a problem. We certainly have had good weather for a long time -- since the snowstorm! Everyone has probably been outside everyday biking, hiking, hauling and stacking wood, raking, garden clean-up -it's time for a day off!

Check the Velo club blog - the weather may be good for a ride on Saturday or Sunday!

Conway Village, Kanc and Passaconaway Loop 10:30am

THURSDAY, November 3rd, 2011

Yeah, here we go November - looks like the ThursdayBike can ride again!!

OK, so let's do an easy fun ride to get the ThursdayBikers back in the saddle!!

Start in Conway Village, at the parking lot behind the bank at the corner of Route 16 and Route 153 - behind Mountain Center Physical Therapy. Ready to ride at 10:30 am.

We ride out of the parking lot across the river on a footbridge then on the south side of Pequaket Pond. There is a short section (0.2 mile) of walkable dirt road, then cross over to Route 16 for a short ride to the Kanc. We can ride up the Kanc as far as we like - perhaps to the Covered Bridge, maybe to Lower Falls or Rocky Gorge - riders can decide depending on temperature. There should be very little traffic! The return is that great ride down Passaconway Road, then to West Side Road back to the parking lot.

Distance? Could be 23 miles, or 25 miles or 29 miles depending on how far up the Kanc we go.
Bring lunch or snacks. A headband or lightweight skullcap is useful to keep the ears warm.