Mount Monadnock in NH
08-20-09, 08:35 AM
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Mount Monadnock in NH
Anyone ever ride up Mount Monadnock in Southern NH? Thinking about making the ride this weekend, and I am curious about others' experiences. I hear the road is pretty rough . . .
08-20-09, 08:49 AM
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you can't ride a bike up Monadnock. there's no auto road. besides, no wheeled vehicles on park trails. sure you're not thinking about Pack Monadnock?
08-20-09, 10:02 AM
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08-20-09, 12:57 PM
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Thoreau and Emerson did the Pumpelly on a tandem, but no one has done it since.
08-24-09, 07:46 AM
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Well, there should be a road up Monadnock . . .
So I did the Pack on Sunday instead, and it kicked my **s. First time I have had to stop on a hill since I got the new bike 350 miles ago, and I had to stop more times than I am willing to admit here. That 20% grade to finish really sucks! Still, felt pretty good to do 1,600 in 1.3 miles, and the view was awesome. I was really surprised by how hard the ride down was -- pretty fast, but the road turns so often you cannot really let go, plus it has more than a few small frost heaves. Between holding on to the brakes the whole way and the rough road, my arms were screaming.
So I did the Pack on Sunday instead, and it kicked my **s. First time I have had to stop on a hill since I got the new bike 350 miles ago, and I had to stop more times than I am willing to admit here. That 20% grade to finish really sucks! Still, felt pretty good to do 1,600 in 1.3 miles, and the view was awesome. I was really surprised by how hard the ride down was -- pretty fast, but the road turns so often you cannot really let go, plus it has more than a few small frost heaves. Between holding on to the brakes the whole way and the rough road, my arms were screaming.
08-24-09, 08:01 AM
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I get dizzy on that last stretch of the road where if you're looking up, you're looking up at the sky.
It's a great ride, especially if you climb 101 to the park entrance as a warm up.
I haven't done it this year, does anyone know if it still cost $5 to ride your bike up?
It's a great ride, especially if you climb 101 to the park entrance as a warm up.
I haven't done it this year, does anyone know if it still cost $5 to ride your bike up?
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old thread? so what? Wifey & I hiked up Pack Monadnock last Sunday. when we got to the top a guy on a bike had just arrived. then a Ranger said: "OK 10 more times to beat the record" apparently someone has done this 10 times in one day? the guy took a phone pic of the lookout tower & I was about to offer to take a pic of him with it, but then he asked the Ranger for water & he walked off
pretty dam impressive bike climb!
pretty dam impressive bike climb!
10-21-18, 08:28 PM
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Pack and the roads leading up to it are great fun, that last stretch is brutal. Going down can be sketchy though if you’re not careful, I’ve heard of a few guys who blew out their carbon rims on the descent. When I went up the ranger asked how many times I was going to do it and I said I’d be happy with just once. Apparently it’s a popular hill to train for the race up Mt Washington.
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I asked the ladies at the kiosk with my friends what the record was -- they said 13 repeats is the current record.
