bergzot said:Hi,
13th march I'm going for a business trip to Boston, MA. On saturday I have a
free day and I want to make a MTB-trip.
Can you please suggest a nice trip (I have intermediate MTB skills). Is a
GPS track available? Where can I rent a bike? How to get there (by train,
car, ...) from downtown Boston?
Many thanks,
bergzot at g m a i l .c o m
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Will you have access to a vehicle? There is some stellar riding in
Exeter, NH, which is about an hour (at the speed limit, though you'd
be the only car on a MA highway going 65) north of Boston. There's a
train Boston to Exeter as well, though you'd have to plan it in
advance to get a bike onto the train. Look up "Fort Rock" and "Exeter
woods". There is some stuff closer, but it's not as good. IMO, Fort
Rock is worth the <1 hour drive threefold. Maps of the trails can be
found online (google fort rock Exeter), and there is a bigger, better
copy available from Exeter town hall for something like $2. If you
decide to go the NH route, let me know via email - I may have an idea
that could help you out on a bike. I might even be able to sneak out
and join you, though I can't promise that just yet.
I believe you can still rent bikes from Back Bay Cycles, which is in
the city, but you'd have to call them to be sure. 617.247
We're currently under a severe winter weather alert that's supposed to
dump a bunch of snow on us. If this actually happens (never trust New
England weather) and doesn't melt out before you get out this way, you
may want to consider Cape Cod. Again, you'd be under an hour from
Boston, and it'd be worth the car time to step up the riding. It
tends not to snow on the Cape for whatever reason, so if we've got 6"
left on the ground in NH the cape should be dry. There's some decent
& popular riding down on the cape on RT-151 just off RT-28 (literally
at the exit) in Bourne and the weather's the best around this time of
year.
There is some riding right in the city, but it's way tame. Good place
to spin out on most trails, or take your kids/grammy/road bike, but
not much fun overall. I can't recall the names precisely, but could
find it for you if you really want to go that route. If you don't
want to go as far as the two places I mentioned above, you may wish to
check out Lynn Woods in Lynn MA. That's about a 20 minute drive north
of the city or you can take the train to Lynn Station and ride the 2
miles to the reservation.
It's farther, but I'd be doing you an injustice not to mention Bear
Brook state park in NH as well. Awesome riding, but probably farther
(1.5hrs) and harder to get to than what you're looking for. I still
had to mention it.
I can't help you with the GPS thing, I usually bring a map or just
ride till I'm lost and found again.
I'm rambling. Let me know more about what you want and I'll try to
narrow it down.
Dan
