durham to chapel hill on erwin road

[brunop]

dudes! i came down from boston to visit my folks and my girlfriend who just moved to durham for a year. i took her singlespeed steamroller out for a little local spin and took erwin road from durham to chapel hill and back for a little 25 mile out n' back. what a great road! nice pavement and wide enough even with quick traffic. nice rollin' little hills to make a singlspeeder get outta the saddle a coupla times. real nice ride!

oh yeah, and the beer is pretty good at the carolina brewery on franklin street.:beer::beer::beer:

[pigah]

That's my daily commute. It is perfect to get some exercise, but not too long in terms of time.

I have to say that I probably wouldn't dig the Franklin St. hill on a fixie (up or down)

[dookie]

have her take you to tyler's taproom in durham...

i'd offer to meet you for a ride, but i'm gone for the weekend as of tomorrow.

[skiffrun]

dudes! i came down from boston to visit my folks and my girlfriend who just moved to durham for a year. i took her singlespeed steamroller out for a little local spin and took erwin road from durham to chapel hill and back for a little 25 mile out n' back. what a great road! nice pavement and wide enough even with quick traffic. nice rollin' little hills to make a singlspeeder get outta the saddle a coupla times. real nice ride!

oh yeah, and the beer is pretty good at the carolina brewery on franklin street.:beer::beer::beer:You would have really loved it 20 years ago when Erwin Rd had only a few farm houses and no traffic and was a time-short cut (not distance) and/or calm ride from CH to Duke. It always seems so busy now - even though I know it isn't really - it's just that since I don't live over that way anymore, my perception of what it ought to look like is trapped in the time-warp from ~ 1990. (Sort of like "you can't go home again" syndrome.)

[brunop]

That's my daily commute. It is perfect to get some exercise, but not too long in terms of time.

I have to say that I probably wouldn't dig the Franklin St. hill on a fixie (up or down)

it is a pretty good hill goin' up on a SS. but man o man, is it fun goin' down.:eek: i tucked a little and hit 32 mph coastin'. thinkin' of ridin'on to pittsboro tomorrow.

and i went back last night to carolina brewery.:beer:

[pigah]

I posted this already on the commuting forum already, but I hit 44 mph on Franklin last night. There was a bit of a tailwind and a school bus about 50m ahead that broke the wind for me. Wheee!


edit: Oh if you want to go on a ride from Durham, there are some good roads north and west of there that are pretty untravelled. Just map out a ride on google maps that avoids the state highways.

[Redrom]

there are some good roads north and west of there that are pretty untravelled. Just map out a ride on google maps that avoids the state highways.

Sure, they're nice on a Sunday morning, but keep away during the commute -- Danger Will Robinson!