Fryeburg, Brownfield, Frog Alley and Hemlock Covered Bridge Loop 9:00 am
Fryeburg, Brownfield, Frog Alley and Hemlock Covered Bridge Loop 9:00 am
Tuesday, August 6, 2019
This is the ride that started the Tuesday Dirt and Pavement Rides! It is a fun ride with lots of variety!
This ride will include good pavement, fair pavement, bike path, good dirt roads, good sandy roads, farm roads and a covered bridge. The first half of the ride is almost all paved, the second half is almost all dirt roads.
It has been done using a road bike, but you will like the dirt roads more on wider tires. A mountain bike will work but you will enjoy the pavement more on less knobby tires. A hybrid style bike is perfect.
We start at the Saco Valley Fire Station in North Fryeburg, same as usual, and bike south on 113 to Fryeburg Village. We get on the bike path for a short bit and end up near the airport and follow some nice dirt roads in the tress, then onto Haleytown Road and into Brownfield. After a short easy hill, we end up on dirt roads that take us back to North Fryeburg. We will go over the Hemlock Covered Bridge, then Frog Alley along the Old Saco River. Farm roads along the turf fields return us to North Fryeburg. We emerge from the dirt roads onto Old River Road at the junction with McNeil, then about a mile back to the cars via Harbor Road.
This is a really flat ride as compared to our usual adventures. Longer, but flat (915 ft elevation gain in 38 miles!).
Total Distance: 38 miles.
Shorter option: If you want to cut out 10 paved miles I can put a plan together so that you meet us at the bike path. We can organize the return of you and your bike from North Fryeburg. Just email me and I will make it happen.
The weather looks good for this!
Carpool? Meet at the scenic vista in Intervale at 8:00 am for carpooling up and over Hurricane Mt Road to North Fryeburg.
Meet: 9:00 am at the park next to the fire station, ready to ride.
Where: Parking area along the park next to the Saco Valley Fire Station in North Fryeburg, on the corner of Route 113 and South Chatham Road.
Bring water, snacks and/or lunch to eat - a good lunch spot is at the Hemlock Covered Bridge.
Map: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/28784962
Last week's ride:
Drone photo of the group? No, Gordon took this excellent photo perched and balanced up on top of the bridge railing. The broken bone in his hand did not seem to bother his photographic abilities:
A wheelly good variety of tire options:
Cross New Hampshire Adventure Trail sticker sighting:
Tuesday, August 6, 2019
This is the ride that started the Tuesday Dirt and Pavement Rides! It is a fun ride with lots of variety!
This ride will include good pavement, fair pavement, bike path, good dirt roads, good sandy roads, farm roads and a covered bridge. The first half of the ride is almost all paved, the second half is almost all dirt roads.
It has been done using a road bike, but you will like the dirt roads more on wider tires. A mountain bike will work but you will enjoy the pavement more on less knobby tires. A hybrid style bike is perfect.
We start at the Saco Valley Fire Station in North Fryeburg, same as usual, and bike south on 113 to Fryeburg Village. We get on the bike path for a short bit and end up near the airport and follow some nice dirt roads in the tress, then onto Haleytown Road and into Brownfield. After a short easy hill, we end up on dirt roads that take us back to North Fryeburg. We will go over the Hemlock Covered Bridge, then Frog Alley along the Old Saco River. Farm roads along the turf fields return us to North Fryeburg. We emerge from the dirt roads onto Old River Road at the junction with McNeil, then about a mile back to the cars via Harbor Road.
This is a really flat ride as compared to our usual adventures. Longer, but flat (915 ft elevation gain in 38 miles!).
Total Distance: 38 miles.
Shorter option: If you want to cut out 10 paved miles I can put a plan together so that you meet us at the bike path. We can organize the return of you and your bike from North Fryeburg. Just email me and I will make it happen.
The weather looks good for this!
Carpool? Meet at the scenic vista in Intervale at 8:00 am for carpooling up and over Hurricane Mt Road to North Fryeburg.
Meet: 9:00 am at the park next to the fire station, ready to ride.
Where: Parking area along the park next to the Saco Valley Fire Station in North Fryeburg, on the corner of Route 113 and South Chatham Road.
Bring water, snacks and/or lunch to eat - a good lunch spot is at the Hemlock Covered Bridge.
Map: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/28784962
Last week's ride:
Drone photo of the group? No, Gordon took this excellent photo perched and balanced up on top of the bridge railing. The broken bone in his hand did not seem to bother his photographic abilities:
A wheelly good variety of tire options:
Cross New Hampshire Adventure Trail sticker sighting:
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