Originally Posted by
rumrunn6
thinking mountain bike w tires pumped harder than softer, but I have a hybrid that's faster. dunno conditions between Troy & Keene if you want to go that far. when I tried Ashuelot from Hinsdale to Keene it was an all day round trip event on the MTB but that was a rougher trail (that took 2 attempts)
https://www.bikeforums.net/northeast...l-trail-2.html
can't trust Google's optimism for times, says it's only 1.5 hrs by bike. also says if we started in Keene it would be downhill going back? I'd have to research the start in Keene, cuz Ashuelot is also there. if they share a start it would be inconvenient to get on the wrong trail south!
for a 1st ride together, maybe we should keep it simple & modest?
We can keep it simple and like I did with Ed was see how we feel when we hit the old Fitzwilliam train station (half way point), and if we feel good then head up to the old train station in Troy. It's a little over 10 miles to Troy so it's about 21 miles total if we do an out and back. I would go with the mtb because we will run into a good little section that is muddy.