EBCC

The last month of the summer is upon us. I’m not planning on any event rides this month (D2R2 is $160!). This weekend we’re volunteering at the Beckley Furnace pit stop for the TOTLH ride on Sunday. So that leaves us with four weeks of weekday evening rides, and four weekend rides including one on the Labor Day weekend.

The following are my proposed rides for the rest of August. All are listed for Saturday, but weather may move them to Sunday. All of these will include a lunch stop.

1) 8/11: Westfield - Northampton, MA 51 miles and 2200’ of climbing. https://ridewithgps.com/routes/27175336

2) 8/18: Great Barrington to Shaker Village, MA 45 miles, 2,000’ of climbing. https://ridewithgps.com/routes/28229316

3) 8/25: Shelburne Falls-Heath-Hawley-Ashfield 46 miles, 3500’ of climbing. https://ridewithgps.com/routes/28229218

4) 9/1: Brattleboro-Grafton-Townsend, VT 65 miles, 3500’ of climbing. https://ridewithgps.com/routes/25225118

For September and October I plan on a few rides near the shore. Early November brings "Monica’s Ride” (I don’t ride with the group-I’m too slow) Up the Mt Riga Rd in Salisbury then down to Copake Falls or over to Catamount and the ride home. If you have any preference for a particular ride area let me know and I’ll put something together. I do know that I’d like to do a Millbrook, NY to Poughkeepsie/Hudson River Bridge ride. And, I’ll probably do some weekday rides of 30 - 35 miles all of which are TBD.

Don