Originally Posted by
Roughstuff
I was at UMass for so long they basically through me out. Amherst was great, the UMass and 5-college buses made intermediate trips/walks a lot easier. I preferred rides up into the hills on the east (Quabbin/202 etc) even though the ones toward the Berkshires were higher and better, you had to cross the whole valley just to get started.
I live in Nashua and my son lives in Amherst. I've done the round trip bike ride between them several times. The ride on Amherst Rd. is a hell of a lot more fun into Amherst than away from it. 202 really is a beautiful ride about those parts, and I've never had any trouble with the drivers on that road.