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hrhagman
05-23-07, 12:34 AM
Weekly Rides, Early Morning Meets...Tell All!! East Bay, West Bay , Where are you ridding that bike? RI Hans
RatsInTheCellar
05-23-07, 01:46 PM
I'm in Portsmouth..incredibly unfriendly to bicycles, let me tell you. East Main and West Main Roads are the scariest roads ever. I usually hop on the bus with my bike and head to Providence.
low8all
05-23-07, 06:16 PM
Warwick here. Plenty of road but no trails.
buzzman
05-28-07, 05:49 PM
Free Bike Map of RI (http://www.dot.state.ri.us/bikeri/ristatebikemap.pdf)

Maybe this can be of help.

I lived in Newport years ago and East/West Main Roads were treacherous then I'm sorry to hear there's been no improvement. It would be so nice to bike from Providence to Newport but yech!... those roads make it suck.
woloi
05-30-08, 09:26 AM
I'm moving to Newport, RI tomorrow, anyone active in the area?
Jakedatc
05-30-08, 06:03 PM
Bristol here.. i generally go over to Middletown, Tiverton, E. Prov, Swansea to ride. Though i am tryin to hit up more of the Naragansett wheelmen rides when they are fairly close

They are up in Cumberland this sunday and should be fun.
Jake
2manybikes
05-30-08, 07:25 PM
Free Bike Map of RI (http://www.dot.state.ri.us/bikeri/ristatebikemap.pdf)

Maybe this can be of help.

I lived in Newport years ago and East/West Main Roads were treacherous then I'm sorry to hear there's been no improvement. It would be so nice to bike from Providence to Newport but yech!... those roads make it suck.

There is a route down to Newport that does not use them. Just some sidewalk and some grass, a little hard packed dirt. (OK on a road bike) on one of them. No need to ride in east main or west main. You do have to cross east main right at a crosswalk, that in itself is pretty scary. I think I still have images of the route I mapped for a friend. You do have to be very carefull and go slow on the sidewalk and some of the grass/dirt sections.

If you search the forums for "Bailey" you can see a lot of photos of the East Bay Path.

I probably have a lot of photos of riding on that route and in the Newport area. I start in East Providence. The night photo in my sig is the East Bay path.