Northeastern CT
The Good:
- Lots of rolling hills, which can be relentless at times.....not to mention steep.
- Courteous drivers
- Easy to find main routes with little traffic only a few miles from my house
- Bike shop is under 3 miles from my house
The Bad:
- Lots of rolling hills, which can be relentless at times.....not to mention steep.
- Don't really have much in the way of flat roads
- No real bike lanes on the roads, and the white line on the edges can be very narrow in parts
- Quality of road pavement varies; typically not the nice, really fast and smooth blacktop anywhere
- Amount of sand they lay down in the wintertime is insane, and makes riding around here nearly impossible during that period
- The wind can (and will) come at you from any direction due to the neverending small hills and valleys
- This spring seems to be particularly windy - would give anything for a day with no wind
- Lots of road patching leads to some heavy hits on the frame/wheels
- Winter