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Does anyone here have any experience on traveling by bicycle in Vermont? I
don't want an organized tour; I like to just meander around and wherever I wind up in the evening I try and find a place to stay. Any tips? thanks, Pat in TX |
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"PatTX" wrote: Does anyone here have any experience on traveling by bicycle in Vermont? I don't want an organized tour; I like to just meander around and wherever I wind up in the evening I try and find a place to stay. Any tips? http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/l...05&doctype=jou rnal |
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"PatTX" wrote in message ... Does anyone here have any experience on traveling by bicycle in Vermont? I don't want an organized tour; I like to just meander around and wherever I wind up in the evening I try and find a place to stay. Any tips? thanks, Pat in TX ==== I have cycled from southern NH to Montreal and back a couple of times.. My thoughts: cycling in Vermont is mostly north/south. Going east west can be tough because of the mountains.. There isn't too much traffic, the scenery is beyond beautiful. Plenty of places to stay; Inns, B & B's, motels, etc.. the camping can be a little sparce.. I have guerilla camped a few times.. I've also camped on private property, dairy farm. Just asked the farmer first. |
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On Oct 19, 5:52*pm, "PatTX" wrote:
Does anyone here have any experience on traveling by bicycle in Vermont? I don't want an organized tour; I like to just meander around and wherever I wind up in the evening I try and find a place to stay. *Any tips? thanks, Pat in TX Here's part of my trip report in 2004 covering Vermont: Monday, May 24, 2004 - Day 3 Left motel at 5:00 and rode until 10:45, reaching Brattleboro, Vermont - 70 miles. I brought the bike to a shop for work on the steering, which is quite loose. Fortunately, they took care of me right away. Overtightening the assembly had damaged the ball bearings. Obviously, it was my mistake in reassembly that caused the problem. I went to a restaurant to wait and have some breakfast. Weather is probably in upper 50s. Temperature hasn't changed. It's mostly overcast; a little drizzle and light rain, but mostly just cloudy. I've had my glasses on and off a couple of times, because they tend to fog up. I had thought I was going to make Mass again, but what I thought was the beginning of a 7:00 a.m. Mass at a Church I passed in Springfield was really the end of a 6:30. I arrived just in time to be dismissed. Quite a few rolling hills as I've gotten further north, but easy hills compared with yesterday. By the way, I took Route 75 from the Airport to the Massachusetts line; miscellaneous local streets until US 5 became legal for bikes; Route 5 since then. About 10 miles out of Brattleboro I hit a thunderstorm and rode in the rain for over an hour. I left the raincoat on quite a while longer to stay warm, as my feet were wet. I stopped at a roadside truck stop about half way from Brattleboro to White River Junction and asked a truck driver about motels between White River Junction and St. Johnsbury, which I knew I couldn't make. He was helpful but events took their own turn. Because of insufficient sleep the previous 3 nights, I "hit the wall" mentally about 10 miles further out and stopped to take a nap and decided I needed an earlier quit time, which I did in White River Junction a little after 6:00. I've had a warm bath and a good meal and hope to get to bed early. It's raining again now (9:30 p.m.) with more forecast. The Connecticut River "valley" is only partially that. There's quite a lot of up and down. There's stereotypical Vermont stuff to see - old barns converted to sell gifts, antiques and Vermont produce, quaint farms (long horned cattle, goats, etc.) towns with white wooden Churches, a few "common" town squares. Mileage for day - 140 Connecticut - 12, Massachusetts - 50, Vermont - 78. Mileage for trip - 457 Tuesday, May 25, 2004 - Day 4 I "waited out" some rain, since the radar showed it was passing - showed in fact, that it had already passed. I welcomed a little extra sleep anyway. I left about 6:25 and biked 64 miles to St. Johnsbury, arriving about 11:15 and stopped to eat and rest. There were a few flat stretches that acted like a real river valley - but also still a lot of climbing. The small town scenery was like yesterday; village greens with white Congregational/UCC Churches, sometime a bandstand. After St. Johnsbury, I continued on Rt. 5 for 9 more miles - I had been on Route 5 since Springfield - then switched to 114 to the Canadian line, which I hit around 4:30 at mile 113 for the day. The country was markedly less populated and less "quaint" - mostly wooded land. Still plenty hilly but less so than further south. Temperatures today were mostly in the 50s peaking at 61° or so. It started raining near the border and continued for a couple of hours, so I'm all wet again. I took Quebec Route 147 to Coaticook, where I got some Canadian dollars at an ATM. Then I switched to Route 141 to Magog where I quit for the day at about 7:15. Mileage for day - 145 Vermont - 113, Quebec - 32. Mileage for trip - 602 |
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"Ron Wallenfang" wrote in message ... On Oct 19, 5:52 pm, "PatTX" wrote: Does anyone here have any experience on traveling by bicycle in Vermont? I don't want an organized tour; I like to just meander around and wherever I wind up in the evening I try and find a place to stay. Any tips? thanks, Pat in TX Here's part of my trip report in 2004 covering Vermont: Monday, May 24, 2004 - Day 3 Left motel at 5:00 and rode until 10:45, reaching Brattleboro, Vermont - 70 miles. I brought the bike to a shop for work on the steering, which is quite loose. Fortunately, they took care of me right away. Overtightening the assembly had damaged the ball bearings. Obviously, it was my mistake in reassembly that caused the problem. I went to a restaurant to wait and have some breakfast. Weather is probably in upper 50s. Temperature hasn't changed. It's mostly overcast; a little drizzle and light rain, but mostly just cloudy. I've had my glasses on and off a couple of times, because they tend to fog up. I had thought I was going to make Mass again, but what I thought was the beginning of a 7:00 a.m. Mass at a Church I passed in Springfield was really the end of a 6:30. I arrived just in time to be dismissed. Quite a few rolling hills as I've gotten further north, but easy hills compared with yesterday. By the way, I took Route 75 from the Airport to the Massachusetts line; miscellaneous local streets until US 5 became legal for bikes; Route 5 since then. About 10 miles out of Brattleboro I hit a thunderstorm and rode in the rain for over an hour. I left the raincoat on quite a while longer to stay warm, as my feet were wet. I stopped at a roadside truck stop about half way from Brattleboro to White River Junction and asked a truck driver about motels between White River Junction and St. Johnsbury, which I knew I couldn't make. He was helpful but events took their own turn. Because of insufficient sleep the previous 3 nights, I "hit the wall" mentally about 10 miles further out and stopped to take a nap and decided I needed an earlier quit time, which I did in White River Junction a little after 6:00. I've had a warm bath and a good meal and hope to get to bed early. It's raining again now (9:30 p.m.) with more forecast. The Connecticut River "valley" is only partially that. There's quite a lot of up and down. There's stereotypical Vermont stuff to see - old barns converted to sell gifts, antiques and Vermont produce, quaint farms (long horned cattle, goats, etc.) towns with white wooden Churches, a few "common" town squares. Mileage for day - 140 Connecticut - 12, Massachusetts - 50, Vermont - 78. Mileage for trip - 457 Tuesday, May 25, 2004 - Day 4 I "waited out" some rain, since the radar showed it was passing - showed in fact, that it had already passed. I welcomed a little extra sleep anyway. I left about 6:25 and biked 64 miles to St. Johnsbury, arriving about 11:15 and stopped to eat and rest. There were a few flat stretches that acted like a real river valley - but also still a lot of climbing. The small town scenery was like yesterday; village greens with white Congregational/UCC Churches, sometime a bandstand. After St. Johnsbury, I continued on Rt. 5 for 9 more miles - I had been on Route 5 since Springfield - then switched to 114 to the Canadian line, which I hit around 4:30 at mile 113 for the day. The country was markedly less populated and less "quaint" - mostly wooded land. Still plenty hilly but less so than further south. Temperatures today were mostly in the 50s peaking at 61° or so. It started raining near the border and continued for a couple of hours, so I'm all wet again. I took Quebec Route 147 to Coaticook, where I got some Canadian dollars at an ATM. Then I switched to Route 141 to Magog where I quit for the day at about 7:15. Mileage for day - 145 Vermont - 113, Quebec - 32. Mileage for trip - 602 ===================== I hit the wall reading your posting .. why so many miles? I've cycled up through, across, all over Vermont,, but I hardly ever go more than 50-60 mile in one day.. lots of stopping, site seeing, yard sales, coffee, mooing at cows, feeding horses, waving at friendly people, checking out the historic sites... |
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:: I hit the wall reading your posting .. why so many miles?
:: I've cycled up through, across, all over Vermont,, but I hardly :: ever go more than 50-60 mile in one day.. lots of stopping, :: site seeing, yard sales, coffee, mooing at cows, feeding horses, :: waving at friendly people, checking out the historic sites... Until I got to the end of the post, I was thinking "He must be talking about kilometers!" That's too many miles in one day for me as well. Pat |
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On Oct 21, 2:20*pm, "PatTX" wrote:
:: I hit the wall reading your posting .. why so many miles? :: I've cycled up through, across, all over Vermont,, *but I hardly :: ever go more than 50-60 mile in one day.. *lots of stopping, :: site seeing, yard sales, coffee, mooing at cows, feeding horses, :: waving at friendly people, checking out the historic sites... Until I got to the end of the post, I was thinking "He must be talking about kilometers!" That's too many miles in one day for me as well. Pat Why ride all day, like I do? 1. Personal style 2. Sense of achievement. I'm not very athletic, but I do have the ability to sit on a bike for long hours and grind out quite a lot of miles, which gives me an athletic achievement after a fashion. 3. It makes it possible to do a long trip in limited time, so I can say I've biked all 48 contiguous US states, 8 of the 10 Canadian provinces, with Alberta and Saskatchewan on the agenda for next summer; and a tolerably good sampling of Europe. 4. A bicycle already goes slowly enough to permit one to "smell the roses". |
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"PatTX" wrote in
: Does anyone here have any experience on traveling by bicycle in Vermont? I don't want an organized tour; I like to just meander around and wherever I wind up in the evening I try and find a place to stay. Any tips? thanks, Pat in TX http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/vermont2008 Rich in NY |
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"Ron Wallenfang" wrote in message ... On Oct 21, 2:20 pm, "PatTX" wrote: :: I hit the wall reading your posting .. why so many miles? :: I've cycled up through, across, all over Vermont,, but I hardly :: ever go more than 50-60 mile in one day.. lots of stopping, :: site seeing, yard sales, coffee, mooing at cows, feeding horses, :: waving at friendly people, checking out the historic sites... Until I got to the end of the post, I was thinking "He must be talking about kilometers!" That's too many miles in one day for me as well. Pat Why ride all day, like I do? 1. Personal style 2. Sense of achievement. I'm not very athletic, but I do have the ability to sit on a bike for long hours and grind out quite a lot of miles, which gives me an athletic achievement after a fashion. 3. It makes it possible to do a long trip in limited time, so I can say I've biked all 48 contiguous US states, 8 of the 10 Canadian provinces, with Alberta and Saskatchewan on the agenda for next summer; and a tolerably good sampling of Europe. 4. A bicycle already goes slowly enough to permit one to "smell the roses". ================= If I did your mileage... I would be looking up at the roses,, from 6 feet down. hahahahahha |
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Does anyone here have any experience on traveling by bicycle in Vermont? I don't want an organized tour; I like to just meander around and wherever I wind up in the evening I try and find a place to stay. Any tips? Look for the Champlain bikeway, along both Vt and NY sides, even over QC. For lodging, camping in Vt State Parks works well. As noted elsewhere, north-south is easier, especially Champlan and Connecticut Valleys. But Middlebury Gap has its appeal. -- mac the naïf |
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