TechKnowGN

So yesterday morning, I got on the bike to get away from the worst night of nightmares I've had in my life. 10 miles before work, and even before breakfast at that. I have to say it feels good to be out moving on the bike paths of the Charles River that early.

The biggest change I've had to get used to in a sea of changes, is how much earlier the sun comes up here. It's almost an hour earlier. With my getting into work a bit around 8:30 each day, getting up at 6:30 allows me to get in a ride in the morning, and still be out of work before 5. This is probably part of what has thrown off my sleep cycle so much.

Biking along a river in the morning is breathtaking. Bridgeworkers repairing or repainting the various bridges, the rowing crews from any of the multitude of universities in the area (4 major schools have boathouses within easy sight of our street), plus the early morning sailing classes make for an interesting mix of water traffic to observe.

Then there's the traffic around me on the path: other cyclists, runners, walkers, rollerbladers, and skateboarders all doing some version of "sharing the road". Plus, there's the tai chi folks, the "boot camp" people, and guys getting a quick workout in before work.

This part of the morning is something I'm going to endeavor not to take for granted. The only thing I would change is that there would be a "high speed lane" so i wouldn't have to start and stop so much at various intersections with main roads. My avg speed for these rides is between 12-14 MPH, but much of that is due to the broken pattern of the ride.

Our evening ride was more of a tour. Riding to Boston Common (but not in much of it due to restrictions), catching the preparations for a play, before moving closer to the waterfront. A free jazz concert was going on at Government Center, so we took a minute to listen before moving on. The freedom trail works its way through downtown Boston, and we rode on that a while before winding up along the water. Crossing the bridge over to the airport area, we stood on a pier watching planes land from Europe and boats head out further into the harbor and beyond. We saw a cargo container ship being loaded, and folks fishing off the end of a shipping wharf.

We rode back through downtown in the semi-dark (remind me to get more lights next week! LOL), and really enjoyed the second half of my day on the bike.

jyossarian

Welcome to the east coast where we do things right. Even Boston. Did you move there?

Neil_B

No photographs?

TechKnowGN

Yep, arrived 7/21.

TechKnowGN

We've taken a few, but haven't uploaded any yet, and none from the past couple rides. I will this weekend though for sure.

hendrick81

I love boston, wished i lived there......

maddmaxx 

If you finally get out of town with the bike, you might try exploring parts of Cape Cod. Welcome to New England, your going to like it here.

CJKarl

The few times a year my wife and I can get away we like to spend a weekend in Boston. Our favorite thing is to bring our hybrids, have the hotel wake us at 5:00 and ride around Boston about 5:30. The only people around are garbage man and folks that haven't ended their partying yet. It's really cool buzzing around the city with hardly any traffic.

Wogster

Just wait, you may notice that if you go by the clock that sun is rising just a little later, and setting just a little earlier, wait until winter, when the sun doesn't rise until nearly 8AM and is long set by 5PM.

cod.peace

Welcome to the area! The riding west of the city, around and about Concord, is great. Cyclists are everywhere on weekends in nice weather. You can pick up the Minuteman bike path at Alewife station in Cambridge and get out to Bedford, MA that way.

Neil_B

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