Posted: Fri Aug. 19, 2005 4:51 pm
standardize your start points at someplace appropriate. For example, start the Oak St. loop at the HS. While the loop goes around, you're gonna want some place to meet/park to ride the loop (unless you live on it like I do). Also, unless there's a regularly scheduled club ride, you might also list all loops as starting from the largest town on the loop. So the "West Springfield" loop would also start at Newport HS, even though it goes through Sunapee, Georges Mills, W. Springfield and Grantham. The "Tyson" loop, however, would be listed as starting from the Ascutney Park and Ride, even though it goes through Ludlow. (For those of you who haven't ridden it, this loop includes a 6-mile climb, on Tyson Rd. from S. Reading to Echo Lake, that takes about a half hour and is over 15% at some points.) "If you brake, you don't win." Racer Mario Cipollini
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