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Originally Posted by
Machka
Map
Computer
Compass
Even when the times we've cycled in France.
Have you been to France?
Have you been to Boston? Just this week I posted a reply to a Californian asking about a route here, after investigating it on Google.
Originally Posted by
LindaB
We're currently planning to head south from Concord MA, following MA-126, then connecting to the Blackstone River Bikeway and into Providence. Here's what we have so far: ridewithgps.com/routes/7920591 . When viewed in Google street view, 126 doesn't look like a great place to ride. Opinions? Alternate roads? …
Originally Posted by
Jim from Boston
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My favorite map for the Metro Boston area is the AAA Metropolitan Boston map. It covers a wide area, including west beyond Concord and south to Blackstone and the Rhode Island border.[/B] The scale is small enough to show many excellent cycling backroads, as thin gray or black routes. I do have extra maps.
As you may not already know (posting from California),
Metro Boston has very confusing, seemingly haphazard roads. Many streets, particularly the one you are riding on are not marked; they surreptiously change names; and in rotary intersections it's easy to lose your sense of direction.
So I supplement the paper map with my I-phone, at least to identify where I am on the map. Nonetheless, cycling here is scenic and superb, IMO (as a cross country cyclist).
I have ridden Rte 126 on many occasions…
Originally Posted by
berner
Jim from Boston has given you fair warning about Boston area roads. I rode today, 40 miles in the Rehoboth area and, yep, I got lost, sort of. Several of the town or county roads I was on did not have signs which caused some uncertainty resulting in a slightly shorter distance than was planned. Fortunately, every roads leads somewhere and I eventually ambled back to known territory. I wasn't scared a bit.
Originally Posted by
LindaB
Thanks Jim & Berner. I'm feeling a lot better about just riding 126 - though will look for some side roads. Most look like they involve quite a few extra miles. As for the AAA map - I already have the one you describe, Jim, with the city of Boston on one side, and the greater Boston area (and a bit of Rhode Island) on the reverse....