Originally Posted by
bravo106
Claremont Rd. from Bernardsville to Mendham (~ 2½ mi) . . .
In Hunterdon County, I miss riding up Stanton Rd. from Rte 523 and then making a right up Stanton Mountain Rd (~ 8-9 mi if you loop back around & up to the top of the reservoir). And just north of Rte 22 in Lebanon/Tewksbury, there are a network of roads that you could connect for some sweet climbing - Cokesbury Rd., Bissell, Deer Hill, Rockaway, Philhower, etc.
Thanks for suggesting those -- I added several of them to my
list of NJ climbs.
Originally Posted by
bravo106
This past Wednesday, I did Summit, Johnston, and Claremont all in the same ride, with descents down Hill Hollow and Summit on the way back.
That sure is getting around to some different places.
If you're going as far southwest as Johnston, you might want to go a little further and at least take a look at Warrenville Rd (starts at Rt 22, so you might want to reach it from the top by way of Rock Rd west from Washington Rock). Warrenville Rd gets lots of traffic, but I like it better than Summit Rd because there are fewer lanes of traffic, so there's usually more space to ride along the side of it -- and the curves are not as tight as one on Summit, so the cars can see me better.
Ken