Originally Posted by
chiefsilverback
I picked up a riding buddy for this trip, who happens to work with the Selectman for Stoddard so he got some good intel on the roads around there. The route we've settled on for out outbound leg is heading out NW from Peterborough to Harrisville, up to Nelson, then due north on the Monadnock-Sunapee Greenway, cross 9 and pickup Center Pond Rd to Stoddard. Head up 123 a short way and then use Jeft Rd to go round the west side of Pitcher mountain to Washington. Just under 40 miles and 4000' of climbing. Here's hoping we can pick up a chilled 6 pack at the store in Washington!
We'll take a variation of the route you shared for the return, maybe come down the east of 202, through Antrim and Bennington?
Thanks for sharing the route. I'll give it a try one of these days. One thousand feet of climbing for every 10 miles sounds typical for this area.
FWIW I rode from Peterborough to Harrisville on Monday. Hancock Road from 137 to Jaquith Rd. was completely torn up down to loose dirt. They will be re-paving all the way up to Harrisville. Had to do some walking, even with 650b x 42 knobby tires.