What to expect: The rides go through the scenic farm country of southern New Hampshire. The terrain is rolling hills with old barns, scenic vistas, and lots of quiet roads. All the loops go by historic Kingston NH common, picturesque Newfields, Great Bay, Newmarket, and the lively college town of Durham. This ride is marked… Continue reading Exeter to Great Bay
Start: Tyngsborough Elementary School, 205 Westford Rd, Tyngsborough, MA (map). Arrow Shape: White T. Description: The ride is remarkable for staying on so many low-traffic roads with excellent pavement. The short ride goes through Tyngsborough, Pepperell, Hollis NH, Nashua NH, and Dunstable; the long ride adds Townsend and Brookline NH. The short route has 0.5 miles of packed gravel,… Continue reading Tyngsborough Pepper and Maple
Newburyport to Exeter This is a Charles River Wheelmen (CRW) ride Start: Nock Middle School, 70 Low Street, Newburyport, MA 01950 (map) Description: From beautiful Newburyport, we'll wind through some lovely back roads into Southern New Hampshire. Both rides will follow stretches of quiet roads along the Merrimack River with the longer ride heading as far… Continue reading Newburyport to Exeter
The Nashoba Valley Pedalers bicycle club annually sponsors a Fall Century the first weekend after labor day. The vintage 25, 50, 75, and 100 mile routes start and finish at the Lincoln Sudbury Regional High School, 390 Lincoln St., Sudbury, MA. 2012 100 mile route 2012 78 mile route 2012 50 mile route 2012 27 mile… Continue reading Nashoba Valley Century
Map My Ride and Ride With GPS links for rides listed in the Charles River Wheelmen Cue Sheet Inventory.
Start: Tyngsboro Elementary School; 205 Westford Rd, Tyngsboro, MA map to start Directions: Take Exit 34 on Hwy 3. At the end of the exit ramp, turn West (left, for those coming from the south), toward Westford. At the third stoplight, turn right. Tyngsboro Elementary School is on your right in less than a 1/2… Continue reading Nashua River Ramble
Cycling Cape Cod and Martha's Vineyard Outer Cape Rides from Ted Rowan at Cycling Cape Cod Red Brook Harbor Loop, 28 miles , Falmouth Ride, 28 miles, Cape Cod Loop, 28 miles, Upper Cape Metric Century, 62 miles Cape Cod Canal Bike Path Shining Sea Bikeway Cape Cod Rail Trail Nickerson State Park Provincelands Bike… Continue reading Cycling Cape Cod and Martha’s Vineyard
The Southeastern (Massachusetts) Regional Planning & Economic Development District (SRPEDD) has been involved in the planning and building of safe bikeways in that region, with several miles of bikeways already built and many more miles in the planning stage. These paths, onroad routes and dedicated bicycle lanes are in Fairhaven, Mattapoisett, Fall River, New Bedford,… Continue reading SE Massachusetts bikeways
East of Amherst East of Amherst at RideWithGPS View Cue Sheet from Browser Print Map from Browser GPX file TCX Course
This Charles River Wheelmen ride is along shady, quiet roads offering great vistas of the Massachusetts shore shore coastline. The club offers this ride every week, weather permitting. The 39-mile loop includes Rockland, Hingham, Norwell, Scituate, and Cohasset The 52-mile ride adds a loop to Pemberton Point in Hull with a view of Boston Harbor… Continue reading Cycling the Massachusetts South Shore
Seven Hills Wheelmen Rides in central Massachusetts, cue sheets by town RWGPS: Ride With GPS MMR: Map My Ride (maps may not be identical) Auburn Dresser Hill 34 miles Barre Quabbin Century 98 miles RWGPS Dudley Dudley-Woodstock 24 miles MMR Framingham Metrowest Waterways 40 miles Grafton Soap Hill short ride 13 miles Grafton-Up 24 miles… Continue reading Seven Hills Wheelmen rides
Cycle Massachusetts State Bike Tour, “The Friendliest Ride In The East” August 1-7, 2015, Northampton, Hardwick, Greenfield; 2 nights in each location. Start and end at Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School, 80 Locust St. Northampton, MA. The Cycle Massachusetts State Bike Tour supports MassBike and better biking for Massachusetts.Saturday, August 1st Loop rides starting and ending in Northampton, MA. Three ride distances; full… Continue reading Cycle Massachusetts 2015 Northampton MA
Start: Bradford Elementary School, 118 Montvale St., Bradford MA (South Haverhill) Description: This ride heads from Bradford (a historic village in South Haverhill) to nearby Groveland, then continues through Boxford State Forest on quiet local roads not often travelled on NSC routes. The short and medium rides turn back toward Bradford without crossing Rt. 114.… Continue reading Bradford Ponds and Forests
The Flattest Century in the East is a Narragansett Bay Wheelmen (NBW) ride Start: University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth Description: Great roads covering parts of southeast Massachusetts and neighboring Rhode Island. View the 2011 route at http://ridewithgps.com/routes/856676 Route at RideWithGPS View and print cue sheet View and print map GPX file TCX Course
This is the metric century version of a challenging century ride in Western Massachusetts. Start: Sons of Erin, William St., Westfield MA. View this ride at http://ridewithgps.com/routes/1288183 Route at RideWithGPS View and print cue sheet View and print map GPX file TCX Course
The 9 mile Wachusett Aqueduct extends from the Wachusett Reservoir in Clinton Massachusetts to the John J. Carroll Water Treatment Plant at Walnut Hill in Marlborough and passes through Berlin and Northborough. In May 2012 Massachusetts Water Resources Authority announced that "No trespassing" signs along this and four other trails will be removed since they… Continue reading Wachusett Aqueduct trail
The Assabet River Rail Trail is a multi-use paved cycling path running through Marlborough, Hudson, Stow, Maynard, and Acton Massachusetts, following the abandoned Marlborough Branch of the Fitchburg Railroad along the Assabet River. 5.6 miles of the section from Marlborough to Maynard have been completed. Eventually the trail will be 12 miles long, extending north… Continue reading Assabet River Rail Trail
Road mark The Charles River Wheelmen "Apple Pi Ride" takes you through Concord, Acton, Littleton, Westford, Carlisle, Stow and Harvard with several apple orchards, and a few hills. Start: Bedford VA Hospital, 200 Springs Rd, Bedford (map to start) Cuesheets from the CRW site: Long, Short View this ride at http://ridewithgps.com/routes/997036 Route at RideWithGPS Viewand print… Continue reading Concord heading West
This short and somewhat hilly Charles River Wheelmen leisurely ride starts at the Westborough Shopping Plaza in Westborough, MA and goes to the Nashoba Valley Winery in Bolton where you might want to stop to taste the locally produced wines and beer. Food is available at the winery including box lunches. The return ride is… Continue reading Westborough Winery to Winery
Several years ago we participated in the Aids Action Ride from Pittsfield to Salem MA. The map below is for the century (100 mile) ride on day 2 from U Mass in Amherst to Regis College in Weston. Start: University Drive, Amherst MA.
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