blonduathlongrl

true, Im in NH, I was wearing shorts riding two weeks ago and now we just had 10 inches of snow as of yesterday!

SwimBike

so who do you all ride with? NHCC? GSW? I know there are a few seacoast clubs too, UNH has one.

Wil Davis

GSW, CRW, NSC plus lots of solos.

- Wil

BarryJo

Snow sleet and rain yesterday with the sanders laying down the sand and salt last night, three days of heavy rain coming up Sunday night into next week. Getting any consistant training rides in has been next to impossible this spring.... I don't care though, I'm going out tonight, tomorrow and Sunday and will push myself hard for two of the three days - gotta take em while you can, even if it means overtaxing yourself to get yourself in condition. There'll be plenty of time for recovery starting Sunday afternoon into next week.

BarryJo

So how many miles does everyone plan on riding once the sun breaks out in earnest this Friday? I'll probabably do an easy 20 miles on friday, and then 50 on Saturday when Spring finally arrives.

Is it my imagination or has the beginning of this bike season been one of the worst in recent memory? Or maybe I feel this way the start of every bike season. This weather though does make one appreciate the fine weather that's suppose to be coming up and lasting into next week.

I hope everyone gets a chance to get out an enjoy it.

georgemoe

Newb here from Central MA. Got out on 3/31 for just under 20 miles. Great day. Went out the week after on Saturday for about the same distance. Chilly! I'm just now getting back into biking. I've had a 2000 Specialized Hardrock for 7 years now but only have maybe 50 miles plus the 35 or so put on this season. Not much. Prior to that 15 yrs or so ago I had a Bridgestone road bike. I'm just looking to put so casual miles on now that I'm almost pushing 50. Jut discovered this site a month or so ago and really enjoy it. I'll definately be out Saturday on the Ayer rail trail. Friday through Monday looks the best with more rain for the end of next week. Ugggg!

chele519

I'm in Derry. I've just started riding again and have done an orientation ride with GSW. I'm also taking their LAB Road I class at NH Tech that started last week. I'm hoping to be able to take part in the Seacoast Century in Sept if I can get comfortable on the roads.

SwimBike

Chele- The seacost century is a great ride! nice and flat, great views, but can get a bit windy in some spots. I will hopefully be doing that century ride again this year with GSW!

chele519

Well, I'll be happy if I can do the 25 miles. I'm normally a runner but after a stress fracture that sidelined me for 3 months this year, I want to do more cross training. I need a goal for motivation so I thought that would be a good one since you don't have to do the full 100. I know the area is beautiful and I think it would be a lot of fun.

telos469

Im in winchester. tons of trails out my back door, right on the corner of nh, 7 miles from mass, 12 from vt

SwimBike

chele- stress fractures = no fun. I have been there before. After training some on the bike you will see your milage go up. I first thought people who did 30+ mile rides were nuts however now I do that daily (ive only been cycling for a year).

have you tried swimming at all too? Swimming provides AMAZING cross training for cardio and what not and is also very easy on the bones

chele519

I'm sure I could get my mileage up to 25 without a problem, I've done 10 easy but my endurance is low in general since I took so much time off. My biggest problem is getting used to riding in traffic. I'm still nervous there and need to work on that primarily. If I can get that taken care of, the ride itself would be fine.

I did some swimming while recovering from the stress fracture. I got a little bored though, swimming laps. There is a town beach so once it is warmer weather, I'm planning to do some swimming there. I used to do open water swim training with a triathlon group but that was years ago. I did find it much more interesting than the pool.

Mel_bikes

I ride with them and they are a lot of fun. The Monday rides have cue sheets and average around 16.5. They will be running a pace line practice at some point in the next few weeks. The Sat night rides are faster but cue sheets are still provided.

jazzy_cyclist

Are you referring to Souhegan or Goodale's? I've done a few of the Souhegan Monday night rides. They started with 20+ people and it seems to be growing. In fact I'm hoping to do their time trial this weekend (this is with the Sat night guys).

Mel_bikes

Souhegan
I am wondering about this week and the time trial. Weather isn't great for that

rickbb

I'm in Kittery and have been doing fun rides up and down the coast. Can anyone give me any ideas for a 40 to 50 mile ride in the Newburyport area (not from Kittery!)? Thanks!

jazzy_cyclist

I think the Charles River Wheelmen had a ride out of Newburyport to Exeter (?) in the last week or two. I was going to do it but I think it was raining. Check their web site -- they often have the cue sheets listed.

retromullet

I know I'm kinda bumping the thread. But I just joined, and I am from the Lowell/Dracut area. Getting back into road cycling as my past bike was broken and so was the wallet.


-Charlie

jazzy_cyclist

Welcome Charlie!

kenta

The head (err, or tail) of the trail is about a 10 minute drive from my place in Nashua. Compared to say the Minute Man, I like the NRRT much more because I've found it to be far less crowded. The only problem is that I always want to, and often do stop at the Ice cream place along trail.

Speaking of this, anyone recommend any nearby off-street rides like this in the Northern MA/S.NH area? I often hit Great Brooke Farms (Carlisle, MA) for mt.biking and Mine Falls (Nashua, NH).

retromullet

Great brooke state park is a really good one. There is also the Dracut/Lowell/Tyngsboro town forest.

LCI_Brian

Wakefield, MA native, now living in So Cal - but I always bring a bike when I come to visit.

blonduathlongrl

for those of you interested we are trying to put together a ride for this coming Sunday, it would start off from Hampton NH.
pm me for more details.
So far we have about 7 bf members.

JNorm

Newbie from Manchvegas here. Riding for about a year when my crew season would allow.

Ritehsedad

Norm!!!! Cheers!