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Corridor Plan Updates & Routing Within Corridors / Re: New Corridor Through Mass

« on: September 06, 2011, 09:12:51 am »

Hmm, I hope the Rubel guys are going to reprint them, I have the western Mass maps.   

There is talk of a North South "official bike route" in the Berkshires but right now it's only in the "get money and access phase" so it's a bit off.   

I have not heard of any talks of an east west bike route through mass. The Atlantic coastal route goes through Northern CT before going into Mass around Ayers.  There is a Mass Bike challenge every year, but they do a large loop of varying locations.

Jay

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Routes / Re: Sherburne Pass. VT

« on: September 06, 2011, 06:13:30 am »

Ahh, I have 1.5" Schwalbes on my touring bike, or I can just bunny hop that..

Jay

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Temporary ACA Route Road Closures / Re: Green Mountains Loop, maps 7 & 8, 2011

« on: September 05, 2011, 03:02:40 pm »

For those on a time restrainted trip, might consider the 400 mileish Lake Champlain Bikeways loop around Lake Champlain. Don't know the status of the loop but the directions are free from the LC bikeways website... does go through Burlington and has the option of going into Quebec...

Jay

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General Discussion / Re: maps?

« on: September 04, 2011, 03:20:55 pm »

Sure, might as well join the ACA. since this forum is really just a vessel for members and non members to discuss all things bike touring..  Plus, you get a discount on the maps! :-)

Jay

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General Discussion / Re: maps?

« on: September 04, 2011, 02:51:22 pm »

http://www.adventurecycling.org/routes/network.cfm

perhaps he was on the Atlantic Coastal route or the Northern Tier?

Jay

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General Discussion / Re: Great Music For My Tour? Suggestions?

« on: September 04, 2011, 01:03:32 pm »

I generally don't listen to music when touring.. I do when commuting to work, Iron Maiden is a good way to get the juices going and to get ready to deal with cagers.... :-)

I'll start off by suggesting "The Trooper" or anything off the album 'Piece of Mind'

jay

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Temporary ACA Route Road Closures / Re: Adirondack Loop after Irene

« on: September 04, 2011, 01:02:02 pm »

Rt 73 around Keene/Keene valley is in pretty hard shape, there is a detour though, but I'm not familiar with the ADK loop details and don't know how it affects it (or if there are other detours).

So a search through here, there are already a bunch of threads on VT as well as NY and how Irene has affected travel...     

Jay

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Temporary ACA Route Road Closures / Re: Adirondack Park Loop - 2011

« on: September 03, 2011, 05:34:10 am »

Signs on the Northway I believe tell people to go through Plattsburgh to get to Lake Placid.. otherwise, the only access to Lake Placid is by way of Saranac Lake... 

Jay

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Temporary ACA Route Road Closures / Re: Green Mountains Loop, maps 7 & 8, 2011

« on: September 03, 2011, 05:33:16 am »

You might want to check out the Green Mountain Club which has a list of Long Trail access related posts, like which trailheads are impossible to get to, etc..

Thanks for your responses.  They are very helpful.  I had not even considered riding on 89 before your posting.  I will also definitely check out River Road in South Royalton/Royalton. That's a great tip.

Friend of mine in Stockbridge told me River road is GONE, like washed out...     

Jay

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General Discussion / Re: Getting lost

« on: August 30, 2011, 10:54:52 am »

We've all done it, what goes through your mind?

Where the heck am I? :-)

Jay

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Routes / Re: Bicycle travel after Irene in VT

« on: August 29, 2011, 11:10:06 am »

http://www.511vt.com/default.asp?area=VT_statewide

I'm sure Fred will chime in here  

I'd be suspect of every USFS road (aka dirt road) too...   

lots of flooding down in the southern vt area, between Bennington-Wilmington-Brattleboro..... 

Jay

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Routes / Re: Sherburne Pass. VT

« on: August 29, 2011, 09:59:34 am »

Hi Fred, yeah, well not worried about the blowdowns, it's more of the washed out bridges, whether they will be fixed by the time we think about leaving. I don't really have a fixed date but sometime before the end of the month...    Southern VT, along the CT river valley got hit hard, like brattleboro and I know some bridges got washed out along Rt 9 that connects Bennington to Brattleboro as well as the roads around Bennington.  I suspect the major highways and stuff will be fixed ASAP but the smaller roads might take some time... 

Keene and Keene Valley in the ADKS got hit pretty hard too but I think I know the ADKs enough to be flexible there... 

Not bad in the berkshires, a few local roads flooded the northern and southern berkshires got a lot of flooding along the Hoosac River and the Deerfield further east....    But the Central berkshires really was not hit that bad.

Jay

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Routes / Re: Sherburne Pass. VT

« on: August 29, 2011, 08:47:07 am »

This is making the ADK loop more interesting, hearing the destruction Irene has caused VT.  Really hope that people are safe up there, at least the roads can be fixed.   

Have to play this by ear, maybe next year and maybe ride the ADK loop, so long as I can go over the mohawk barge canal...

Jay

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Routes / Re: Sherburne Pass. VT

« on: August 28, 2011, 03:06:34 pm »

thanks Paul, not sure of my departure but would always welcome trip reports and info.  Irene has done a number to southern vt, Brattleboro appears to have been sucked into the CT river and Bennington has some major flooding,.. Rt 9 is closed, which I was driving on just saturday.. 

I have a feeling the CVT is going to be in worse shape up by ricker lake too so might not be able to ride it by the time we leave...   I hope the bridges are still somewhat intact though that allow me to avoid some of the more major routes...

Jay

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New England / Re: Coast of Maine? Anybody do it?

« on: August 28, 2011, 05:25:40 am »

Yeah, usually credit card touring is refering to not bringing camping gear and staying in B&Bs and Hotels. My first tour was like that, i only had a rear rack at the time and 2 panniers so I didn't have room for a lot and a friend and I did a circumnavigation of Lake Champlain over about 5 days/4 nights and we staying in hotels and a B&B...   

Jay