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Old 07-06-13, 07:13 AM
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Originally Posted by jaytxvo
Anyone know any good downhill areas that I can hit 30-40 mph on?
It's not in town, but in Belmont. There is a stretch of Concord Rd from Pleasant St to Winter St with a sharp downhill where breaking 30 is easy, maybe breaking 40 if you crank hard enough. The pavement is decent mostly and it has a long flat runout.

Way out in Lincoln, Rhode Island you can go east on Wilbur Rd and kill yourself at the rt246 crossing at the bottom, but the half mile before that stop sign gives you a chance to burn out your brake pads.

You do realize, don't you, that if you start and end at the same place your downhill must always be paired with an equivalent amount of climbing. There is an entire contingent of cycling who hold that the pain of uphill is more than half the fun, that it tests your resolve, allows you to prove and improve yourself, and puts everything else into perspective. The downhill make a very quick desert which quickly dissolves into emptiness.
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