Any of you out there? Looking forward to all the improvements slated to happen in our area soon...We NEED complete streets now!
Any of you out there? Looking forward to all the improvements slated to happen in our area soon...We NEED complete streets now!
I frequently ride in Little Compton and Tiverton...looking to expand to West Port this weekend. Where are you riding?
You should check out the Narragansett Wheelmen rides. I've never been, but they look good.
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I live in Bristol and ride frequently with the Narragansett Bay Wheelmen which I think is a great club. http://nbwclub.org/ The latest photos on the club's opening page show some pics of the Jan. 1 ride. It was a short 25 miles but very sweet with great views from the foot of Westport out toward Cuttyhhunk and Martha's Vinyard in Buzzards Bay. The club has rides scheduled all winter long. From Bristol to Tiverton is a very short drive so I go over the Saconett River often and ride the area all the was to Dartmouth. There are many quiet country roads that are a pleasure to ride.
That sounds really nice! I should come down and do a ride with you guys. Are they open to the public? I need to get in shape for the MS150.
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Anyone is welcome to meet up and ride with the club members on NBW rides. The only one that requires any pre-registration is their annual "The Flattest Century in the East" in September. Members get early registration, then it's open to the public until it's filled.Originally Posted by IchbinJay
My buddy did that ride last year (2011). I heard it's brutal, as I'm sure every century is.
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IchbinJay, I especially like to ride the area between Tiverton, Rhode Island and Dartmouth, Mass. There are many county roads through farm lands, wild flowers, cows, horses etc. It is surprisingly cool in mid-summer as many roads are shaded and it is mostly quite flat. Many rides are in other parts of R. I. and southerm/coastal Mass. So far I've found drivers to be thoughtful and curteous. It is not necessary to be a member to join a club ride. The club does an outstanding job or cycling advocacy with the state so I believe it is worthwhile paying the nominal dues for that reason alone. Find a ride on the website that looks appealing and just show up. See ya out there.
how flat is the"The Flattest Century in the East" now a days?
the last one i did(# 23 & 24) in the tivertown area wasn't to flat, glad i did the 50miles or so part.
I heard something similar too.
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Flat is a relative term. While the Flattest Century is not dead flat, it is much flatter than rides in the western states. I once traced a typical 50 mile route for me in that area with Map My Ride and was very surprised that total elevation gain was 1800 ft. because it felt much flatter than that to me. I recently made a protractor like gizmo to be used with a level to measure the slopes on a few of my routes. It turns out some of those hills were not anywhere as steep as I thought. In any case, the Wheelmen rides always have a variety of 3 or 4 distances so that people of all fitness levels will find something suitable and no one need feel in over their head.
I just read on their Yahoo groups page that they have 5 centuries scheduled for this year.
I'm a new member and my experience with the Wheelmen this year has been that in early Spring rides slowly ramp up the distance from, say, 25 or so miles to anywhere from 30 to 60 miles by early Summer. There is always a range of distances for different abilities. By mid-Summer distances are as high as 80 to 100 miles and maybe even a double metric century thrown in. By the time the Flattest Century takes place there have been several opportunities to work up to that distance. This is quite an old club, over 100 years, with much experience in managing rides. My opinion is they do a wonderful job of accommodating all abilities as well as cycling advocacy with state government.
Looks like they have a 200 km ride scheduled for August 19, along with a century and some shorter rides. And it starts in the Southcoast---Middleboro. The first century of the year comes up in May, starting in Seekonk, and it goes out to Plymouth and back.
It should also be said that for the south shore double metric ride in August, the range of distances is 25, 54, 75, 100 and 125 miles. Something for every one. My longest distance in 2010 was 71 miles at about the same time of year and was a very big deal of me. I hope to be at least that fit in 2011.
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