Thanks for the post.
I've ridden many of the rails to trails like the Ashuwillticook, the Norwottuck, the Cape Cod Rail Trail and the Minute Man and found them welcome respites from the road and extremely scenic- and they've gotten me where I wanted to go.
I use the Ashuwillticook as part of an 80 mile loop up Mount Greylock and I make just as good, if not better, time on it than on Rte. 8 which is my road route
I'll be curious if this thread gets much life in this forum. Posters in A&S seem far more interested in never ending debates on wearing helmets and "taking the lane" than in projects that might actually improve the cycling environment.- sorry to be such a cynic maybe I'll be proven wrong.
