Ryleeryno

All good, pretty easy directions for me. Route 6-W to Route 32-N and a right on N Eagleville Rd.

JNorm

Yeah doesnt look too bad for me either. Hopefully a friend of mine can come and co-pilot

blonduathlongrl

I think you guys will have to count me out
my dear controlling mother is coming for a vacation, I will be here to serve and slave for her.
Ill keep peaking to see if the dates keep changing in case.

too bad

GuitarWizard

Bummer. We will have to employ someone to bring a camera and take pictures of all the hills you'll be missing .

Ryleeryno

I'll try to bring my girlfriend's new point-and-shoot along. She's never know its gone until it's returned with salt all over it.

blonduathlongrl

just scream out loud " hills are your friends" for me a couple times, It'll be like I was part of it.

JNorm

Well at least I don't need to worry about your aeros behind me on the descents

GuitarWizard

Here is the tentative route:

https://www.routeslip.com/routes/53251

JoeOxfordCT

Routeslip is still working ???

Looks good....lots of hills...I like it..

GuitarWizard

Yeah....I just tried it today for ****s and giggles, and whaddaya know....after months of not being able to save anything, I was able to save stuff today!

It's a sign.

JoeOxfordCT

Yup, you're right. When I first followed the link it hung up like it always did/does.....I switched over to BF to write you and when I went back to check it and whatta ya know it was up !!

blonduathlongrl

first, you'd have to worry about having me behind you at the first place

JoeOxfordCT

Oh snap !!!

Mose

I ride all those roads regularly. Combining 244 with Bigelow Hollow will net you some good elevation gains. I love coming south on 89 from 190..... long flats and downhills... you can just scream.

Homebrew01

Is it as simple as unscrewing the limit screw a half turn or so ?? Or, the cable is too tight and needs a bit of slack to allow it to travel a tiny bit more. I would think the guys at the shop would have checked that, but you never know. Sometimes mechanics check things on the bike stand and they work fine, but don't always road test. I'm just up the street from Cycle Fitness .... bring it by at lunch and I'll take a look.

GuitarWizard

Yeah, unfortunately we'll be going the other way on Rte. 89

I wonder if we've crossed paths...

JoeOxfordCT

That's a very generous offer. I will pack my bike with me tomorrow when I go to work. PM me with your contact info.

Ryleeryno

Oh boy! That's the hilliest ride I'll ever ride; over 4,000ft!!! The most i've done is 2,300ft at 85miles. I'm going to be hurting after this....

Homebrew01

I did about 3500 ft this morning before work in 55 miles. Rode from Bridgewater, through Roxbury, Washington and Kent. Lots of nice hilly backroads !!

GuitarWizard

That 29T cassette looking pretty good right about now, eh?

I think you'll be hurting during this too. See...you'll have to do both weekends, because you'll be stronger for the second ride

Homebrew01

29 !? Nah, I used the 39-23 except the steep part of Skiff Mtn road in Kent where I "cracked" and used 39-25

Ryleeryno

I'll familiarize the route for week 2 that way . Hey, I have yet to push my bike up a hill so I never take the easy way out. Even at 230lbs when I started riding I always muscled up the strength to push hard.

GuitarWizard

I succumbed to the 36x27 through Bigelow Hollow. What I lack in power, I make up for in excuses

JoeOxfordCT

We need to get together and ride..

I don't get as far up as Kent & Bridgewater but I love riding in Woodbury, Roxbury, Washington, & Litchfield. I used to live in Woodbury..I miss it still.
Oxford's nice though..
Plenty o' hills !!!

Mose

Haha, I've done that a couple times too, and it's definitely a bear of a climb. The road surface is pretty rough too which doesn't help anything. But a great workout. And an absolute scream to descend the west side of BH.

We may very well have been by each other, I was riding a route from N. Woodstock though BH to 89 & 190, down to 44, then into Eastford on 44 and back into Woodstock on 198 a couple times a week before I was sidelined for the last couple weeks with some knee pain. I have a couple friends at Uconn, so I've ridden down there a fair bit too.