As I post this, it is the day before the Will Bike 4 Food ride. My fundraising goal has been met, which is awesome! I’ve made my matching donation and am making sure I’m prepared for tomorrow morning. Two days ago I went on my final training ride. This time I rode up to Shelburne … Read more
For my training ride a week ago, I chose a route that would let me get in a lot of miles, but with only a moderate amount of hill climbing. This meant spending a bunch of time on numbered highways. I first headed north out of Holyoke on Route 5, and went up to Northampton, … Read more
The Friday before last I went on a ride out to the town of Ware, and took a bit different route than I’ve used other times. I started by riding east through South Hadley, Granby, and Belchertown on roads I’d used in the past, until I passed Route 21 in Belchertown. Just past it, I … Read more
On Labor Day, I drove to Hadley with my bike, parking next to the Mass Central Rail Trail in the town center. I headed east on the trail into Amherst, then went north through the UMass campus, and headed up route 63 into the town of Leverett. I rode all the way through Leverett on … Read more
The Friday just before Labor Day, I went on a ride to a town I’d been in once before, as well as some towns I’ve been in several times, but I went on a bunch of roads that were new to me. I headed west from home to the Ashley Reservoir, and went south along … Read more
A couple of weeks ago, I did my first training ride for Will Bike 4 Food. I’ve taken a bunch of Fridays off to make sure that I have time for training (and to hedge against bad weather on weekends), and this was on the last Friday in August. I headed west from home, riding … Read more
September is here, and with it comes the annual Will Bike 4 Food fundraiser for the Food Bank of Western Mass. I’m participating again, and will be doing 100 miles once more, as there will be an organized, in-person event this time. It takes place on Sept. 26, and the route will be the same … Read more
Last Saturday I went for the bonus ride that I promised to do for Will Bike 4 Food. I did something I’ve only done once before, which is to ride a complete circuit around the Quabbin Reservoir. I began by driving to Belchertown with my bike, and parking by the Jabish Brook conservation area on … Read more
For my eighth and final ride this month, I drove out to the Berkshires to do a loop in the Northwestern corner of the state. Above is the map of the route I had planned (click images to embiggen). I parked in the town of Lanesborough, at the southern end of the Ashuwillticook Rail Trail. … Read more
This past Thursday, I went on my seventh trip, heading south and east from home to a town I had never been to, and had only barely heard of. That would be Wales (not to be confused with the slightly more well known place in the UK). I began by heading across the CT River … Read more