RR: New England Charm

Ride-A-Lot said:

Work has me in Cape Cod, MA for a week. I didn't think I would have
time for the bike, except maybe a late night spin in the health club.
However, I arrived at the resort around 1:00 and didn't have to be at
the meeting until six. I figured if I get to the rental shop by two I
may be able to squeak a couple of hours in. I figured it would be just
the paved bike path (Cape Cod Rail Trail) but I would find out it was
much more.

So I ended up with a Gary Fisher hybrid. Can you say POS? The RST up
front was the softest thing I have ever ridden and the suspension
seatpost was an abomination. Still, I will make the best of it.

Off I go on what is actually a quite scenic bike path. Passing my
inlets (which I had to partake in). That's right, no bike clothes and
no helmet. Gee, I'm such a rebel.

http://www.schnauzers.ws/images/080706/IMG_4328.jpg

http://www.schnauzers.ws/images/080706/IMG_4331.jpg

Wow! This looks familiar. Just like back in my native home of New
Jersey, a cranberry bog.

http://www.schnauzers.ws/images/080706/IMG_4332.jpg

All along the way, I kept seeing some singletrack into the woods. So on
the way back, I took most of them. Som were short and others proved to
be the usual tight twisty singletrack I learned to ride on in New
Jersey. Roots and an occassional rock, plus lots of sugar sand.

http://www.schnauzers.ws/images/080706/IMG_4334.jpg

http://www.schnauzers.ws/images/080706/IMG_4335.jpg

http://www.schnauzers.ws/images/080706/IMG_4336.jpg

What a great find. Even if it was a hybrid, I manage to push it a bit
further than intended on the dirt.

All totaled, I did about 25 miles in less than two hours, although only
about five of those were on dirt. Still, for a squishy 26" wheeled bike
with knobby tires and not enough air in them, I managed to keep up with
some of the roadies.

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o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-o
www.schnauzers.ws Your safe you had to up there due to your job. You know that thing has a knickstand use it. Enjoy while you can work calling. Mine today starts at 1 pm till 10. Caffine will be my little helper when your use to 630 am till 330 pm. Next day will be the killer, hump day. Call it working for the weekend. Which every day is work and ride day for you.

Ride-A-Lot said:

Work has me in Cape Cod, MA for a week.

Cape Cod in the summer for work! Lucky!
Do they also send you to Hawaii in the winter?
New England has some of the best mt. biking there is. Defintly some very
challenging terrain to be found. Enjoy it while you are there.

Ride-A-Lot said:

Work has me in Cape Cod, MA for a week. I didn't think I would have
time for the bike, except maybe a late night spin in the health club.
However, I arrived at the resort around 1:00 and didn't have to be at
the meeting until six. I figured if I get to the rental shop by two I
may be able to squeak a couple of hours in. I figured it would be just
the paved bike path (Cape Cod Rail Trail) but I would find out it was
much more.

....

Thanks for the post. This brings back some memories for me, because
when I was a kid my grandmother lived in Hyannis about a block from the
beach. (My father sold the Cape Cod house to buy a farm in Western
Mass.)

Quoted message said:

So I ended up with a Gary Fisher hybrid. Can you say POS? The RST up
front was the softest thing I have ever ridden and the suspension
seatpost was an abomination. Still, I will make the best of it.

Hey now. I used to ride a Gary Fisher Hybrid to work every day, winter
and summer, in Idaho. It never let me down.

Quoted message said:

Off I go on what is actually a quite scenic bike path. Passing my
inlets (which I had to partake in). That's right, no bike clothes and
no helmet. Gee, I'm such a rebel.

It's a great bike shop that will let you make your own decisions.

Quoted message said:

http://www.schnauzers.ws/images/080706/IMG_4328.jpg

http://www.schnauzers.ws/images/080706/IMG_4331.jpg

Wow! This looks familiar. Just like back in my native home of New
Jersey, a cranberry bog.

http://www.schnauzers.ws/images/080706/IMG_4332.jpg

All along the way, I kept seeing some singletrack into the woods. So on
the way back, I took most of them. Som were short and others proved to
be the usual tight twisty singletrack I learned to ride on in New
Jersey. Roots and an occassional rock, plus lots of sugar sand.

http://www.schnauzers.ws/images/080706/IMG_4334.jpg

http://www.schnauzers.ws/images/080706/IMG_4335.jpg

http://www.schnauzers.ws/images/080706/IMG_4336.jpg

What a great find. Even if it was a hybrid, I manage to push it a bit
further than intended on the dirt.

All totaled, I did about 25 miles in less than two hours, although only
about five of those were on dirt. Still, for a squishy 26" wheeled bike
with knobby tires and not enough air in them, I managed to keep up with
some of the roadies.

The roadies were just toying with you.

Dave
The Minister of Misinformation