Originally Posted by
Jim from Boston
If I leave before about 5:45 AM, I can ride the Jamaicaway and am passed by at most about 10 cars in a two-mile stretch. The VFW Parkway is OK even later because it has a shoulder, and the cars usually pass in clusters. Route 1 proper (Providence Highway), in Dedham, is wide with a wide shoulder, and lightly traveled even as late as about 6:30 AM. I always ride 1A from Dedham into Norwood.
Most of my riding in Metrowest is on weekends, so I'm sure you have a much different view on weekdays.
Hey Jim - did you ever see that guy who used to ride that sideways bicycle around Kenmore Sq? I ride Waltham->Burlington and will (with some housebuying luck) be riding Sudbury->Burlington sometime this summer. What do you think of the riding north of Framingham? The area seems to be pretty thick with recreational cyclists on the weekends but I haven't done much riding out there myself.