local

Ah yesterday SC and I rode local.  Did about 10 miles in an hour or so.  I've learned to enjoy the local trails.  It's great to meet up with a good buddy and  just ride out from the house for a good workout.  My legs are still feeling the burn today.

It's okay for me to repeat a loop in the same ride.  The 2nd or 3rd time around I can improve and try to pick a different line.

Ride local Fun ride

Today I guided a fun tour around Quincy.  WX was hot and humid.  Still a fun ride.  C and S joined me from  work.  Trying to get them to buy actual mountain bikes.  We rode around the trails near my house, then rode N. on Quincy Shore Drive and then into some trails, along the edges of Squnatum.

It's fun showing off great trails.

me so thorny!

JB and I rode 15 miles today.  Great ride. I felt strong the whole ride for a change.  We checked out the local Quincy trails, then road to Eaton's Pond trails in Braintree.  Lots of thorns.  But no flats.  The thorns cut me up a bit on my arms. Enough so that my wife in an alarming tone said:  "what happened to you!"

After Eatons we road to Faxon Park, and checked out some of the trails there.  Lost s of thorns there to.  Faxon might me a good place to check out in the winter.

It was a fine day for a ride. I reflected on our ride as I watched my bike dry off.  Looking at the worn tread, and thinking of all fun rides of the past.

The wx was fine for a ride.  Cloudy, and some drizzle.


Happy Trails!

Ride Local

Today Steve and I hit the local stuff.  12 miles.  WX was great.  We road the trails around the Marshes and then we hit some trails in Houghs Neck.  I never new there was that much riding in the Neck.  We rode the Dike Trail and some stuff in an area called the Crusher.  This was an old Granite type of processing place.

This was a fun ride, and made me think that Quincy has more to offer for trail riding.

Mountain Biking today in the Blue Hills

Due to the extra dry thaw this year the DCR South ended the bike ban early! So today I did some of the Blue Hills.  I wanted to check out stuff that I have not done before.  The wx was great, under 60F, and cloudy.  Perfect for riding.  Started at after 8AM and finished after 10:30 AM.

Started on Wolcolt Path, then right onto 1122, then right onto 1121 (Eustis Trail)  Then at 1183 I was looking at the map to decide what's next.  A nice jogger asked me If i was lost. After chatting with him about good trails to check out, I realized he had found my ham radio!  How lucky for me!  I though he was a ham, and he happen to have the same radio as me.

Based on the joggers advice i took Chestnut Run Path to Border Path, then left onto Rotch Path at 1114.  This got me back to Wolcott Path, from there I did the loop at top of Houghtons Hill.  This was very nice break at the top of that hill.  I put my call out on the Bridgewater 2m machine (147.18) a few time.  No one was around, but the machine was sounding solid from up there.

Now it's 9:00 AM.  I take trail back down to Wolcolth path, cross over and at 1160 I take the Hancock Hill Path.  Now this was where I had to walk the bike though some tough sections.  I hope to improve my riding skills more in this section in the future.  It's a great trail for views, it's up high.  From this trail I was back on Chestnut Run Path.  I then road again Border Path and Roach Path.  I then road Wolcolt Path back to the main road.

I was still feeling good, so I crossed over Hillside St.  and I road the 6 mile Intermediate Loop.  I took it easy on that side, but still happy with my timing, and I did not have too many breaks.

I can't wait to my next Blue Hills ride!  Next time I'll bring more water.  70 OZ was not enough, and it was not even sunny or hot.