Tuesday Morning Ride 4/17, 6am

[pace21]

Repeating the loop we did last Thursday, 25 miles, lots of elevation. Hoping to link some of the climbs and lengthen them to solid 6-10 minute efforts with regrouping. Berlin Park n Ride, clip in at 6am. See last week's post for a basic loop map.

[BrettR]

Most Likely in, hoping I will be recovered by then??

[swawersik]

No kids this week = In.

[onegeardoug]

Most Likely in, hoping I will be recovered by then??

I'm not recovered either. But, hoping to join in for the fun tomorrow.

[ahamilton]

Most probably in. I'll either be early, or not coming, so don't wait.

[onegeardoug]

...so don't wait.

There's no waiting on weekday rides, as is evidenced by me being 3 minutes late last week and chasing for 20 minutes to catch you guys!

[ahamilton]

I thought you rode backwards until you met us...

[rusto]

In.

[rusto]

Chris, could you repost the route? I'd like to pop it into my Garmin.

[pace21]

Will do tonight. Although the Garminism of my routes has been *suspect* lately....

[pace21]

Here's the loop. RideWithGPS has been failing me lately though:

http://ridewithgps.com/routes/1070410

[JeremyC]

Brett you should join MRC (oops I hope Jerry doesn't see this, although he should too :) )

[ahamilton]

I love this loop, but I think we are going to have a problem with parking if - I mean, when - it gets more popular. When we got back today there weren't many open slots in the commuter parking lot. I was wondering if we should look for a place close to the start where parking won't be frowned upon by non-cyclists. Berlin center would be great, because we could completely avoid Rt 62, but the aerial views don't show any large parking areas. There seems to be quite a few diagonal slots in front of the church on Woodward, though.

Any thoughts?

[rusto]

Could we ask Berlin Orchards? We'd be out of there long before they even open...

[Tfrost]

Colonial candies is an exit north of the park and ride, 117 and 495. No one is buying candy that early in the morning, usually.

[swawersik]

There's the patio furnature place just up the street, too.

However, the place least likely to irritate anyone is the "Big Box" mall just down 62 towards Hudson Center. It's a big dirt pile on Google maps, but I'm pretty sure its finished by now. I haven't seen it, but I'm guessing there's acres of parking.

[ahamilton]

There's the patio furnature place just up the street, too.

However, the place least likely to irritate anyone is the "Big Box" mall just down 62 towards Hudson Center. It's a big dirt pile on Google maps, but I'm pretty sure its finished by now. I haven't seen it, but I'm guessing there's acres of parking.

It's finished enough. There is a Lowe's and a BJ's (no juvenile comments, please) up there with mega parking, but we'd have to ride on Rt 62 a lot farther than we do now, which is a PITA at that time of the morning.

[rusto]

I meant Berlin FARM.

[JeremyC]

Doesn't "Park n Ride" mean park your car and ride your bike?

[onegeardoug]

Doesn't "Park n Ride" mean park your car and ride your bike?

My thought exactly!

[pace21]

Maybe if we all park down the end, out of sight out of mind?