DATE: May 30, 2015 to May 30, 2015
Road Cycling "Ride with Pride" 45-Mile Bike Ride

Meeting Time: 11:30 AM

Event Coordinator: frogmeadow
Brattleboro, VT
US

Max # People: 99

Trip Guiding / Event Fee: No, I will not be asking participants for money

Difficulty Level: Moderate to Strenuous

SUMMARY:

Celebrate upcoming Gay Pride Month and join Scott and Dave from Frog Meadow for a 45-mile ride through the beautiful farmland & hills of Southern Vermont and Western Massachusetts and the Connecticut River Valley.

This ride is like riding through a real picture postcard, passing small family farms with dairy cows in their pastures and corn fields. The ride is moderately hilly, hillier than the "Tri State Ride" that we have posted here in the past.

Click the link for a Google Map of the route:

https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=US-5+N%2FCalvin+Coolidge+Memorial+Hwy&daddr=Guilford+Center+Rd+to:Brattleboro+Rd+to:42.6424795,-72.6082767+to:Barton+Rd+to:Cross+Rd+to:Dole+Rd+to:W+Gill+Rd+to:Main+Rd+to:N+Cross+Rd+to:N+Cross+Rd+to:Bald+Mountain+Rd+to:Burke+Flat+Rd+to:US-5+N%2FBrattleboro+Rd+to:Keets+Brook+Rd+to:US-5+S%2FCalvin+Coolidge+Memorial+Hwy&hl=en&sll=42.810325,-72.581649&sspn=0.022007,0.045447&geocode=FQBWjQIde5is-w%3BFSUZjQIdsDus-w%3BFbdviwId_8yr-w%3BFS-sigId7BWs-ymdHNBp0yXhiTH3fRdPua9ydA%3BFf2tigId3hus-w%3BFdv_igIdTOSs-w%3BFSbVigIdUG2t-w%3BFZxZigIdExOt-w%3BFU2migId3r6t-w%3BFTbtigIdMwiu-w%3BFUsUiwIdSGWt-w%3BFXAZiwIdQySt-w%3BFd9ciwIdhQSt-w%3BFXPdiwIdyZ2s-w%3BFZYcjAIdrfur-w%3BFb1WjQIdIJis-w&mra=mi&mrsp=15&sz=15&via=3&t=m&z=15).

Participants should be experienced cyclists and have road bikes, not hybrids or mountain bikes. We will be riding at a moderate pace of 14-15 mph. Maps will be provided. We will meet in the village of Algiers in the town of Guilford Vermont at the Guilford Store (point "A" on the google Map) at noon and expect to be done by 4:00 to 5:00 pm. Afterwards participants are welcome to come to Frog Meadow for a hot tub and dip in the pond and BYOB snacks and refreshments!

If you're participating in the Outriders Boston to Provincetown Bike Ride on 6/21 this is an excellent training ride!

Note that overnight lodging at Frog Meadow is available should you be travelling from out of town and that Gay Outdoors paid members are eligible to recieve a 10% discount when booking!

Raindate: 5/31

Driving directions to the location and spot to meet at:

The Guilford Country Store is located at 638 Calvin Coolidge Hwy (also known as Route 5). From Interstate 91 Take Exit 1 in Vermont and proceed south on Route 5/Canal Street approximately 1.6 miles. The Guilford Country Store will be on the left as you enter the Village of Algiers which is within the town of Guilford. Please plan to arrive by 11.30AM so that we may leave PROMPTLY at noon.