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Oct 2nd Dirt ride
A gravel grinder up Mt Riga, down Sunset Rock, and back over to N. Egermont via Ox Bow Rd & Phelps Rd. Lunch will be at Mom's in S. Egermont then back to Salisbury via the dirt roads on the cobble. Start is at 9:00 am from behind the grocery store on Railroad St. This is a slow (uphill) ride of about 35 miles and 3,500' of climbing. No one left behind. Good if you'd like to get your feet wet on the dirt. Bring money for lunch. Route
This route looks very interesting. Dont have the time to ride it at this time, but think it is a good route for the future. Thanks for posting Don. ---Randy---
Hey Don. What do you think about me and Sarah coming along on the tandem? I can put some 32 or 34MM tires on it. As long as there isn't anything that would require a MTB we should be ok. Bike has pretty low gearing with triple.
Ron
The tandem should be OK, You're both great riders, and Sarah has already done the climb up to Bald Mtn. There are a few 10% places. I just hope they haven't graded it in the past week or so. The part after lunch is a piece of cake. I've ridden that on my road bike many times. Hope to see you there! D
I forgot to mention I've eliminated the section down from Sunset Rock and the area to the north of RT 23. There's not much dirt over there. so we're down to 35 miles and 2,500' of climbing. https://ridewithgps.com/routes/16835907
Due to weather Sunday is looking "iffy". I'll post Sat evening if the ride is cancelled or not.
The ride is "ON" for tomorrow 10/2, but the start time has changed to 9:45 am.
