Originally Posted by
brianogilvie
The only other climb is on the Manhan Rail Trail, up and over the bridge that crosses Route 10, since there had been a grade crossing there when it was a railroad. But again, it's memorable only because the rest of the trail is so flat!
Had a disorganized week so started the Northampton adventure by trying the train trip up with a smaller unicycle than originally planned, which pointed towards a family ride with my sister's crew rather than anything serious on my own. Worked well - littlest one on the trail-a-bike, elder on his own two wheels, sister and brother-in-law trading the single and tow bikes, and crazy uncle on the unicycle. Somehow we forgot to take pictures of the parade.
That bridge hill was useful - had to specify to my nephew that we were racing to the top of it, not up and back down the other side, as he has a freewheel and I don't.
Trail overall does seem quite nice; some roots poking through (again?) a bit south of the train station but other than that in good condition.