Originally Posted by rholland1951

Saturday afternoon I took the Ocean Air Cycles Rambler and rode East.


Up hill, down dale, into the teeth of the gale, in traffic. This was my hills-and-traffic drill through Arlington, Medford, Malden, Melrose, and Stoneham. I think of it as the paved portion of the Fells; it's a convenient way to get my recommended allowance of hill climbing and descending, not to mention traffic dodging.. Temperatures started in the mid-40s, but dropped a bit when the sun set. The road surface was often a trifle 3D, but the supple, 38mm Soma C-Line tires and the bike's steel frame and low-trail geometry helped with that.

As per usual on this route, I spent most of my time cranking away, and didn't take so many pictures. But I did have time to pull out my phone and photograph this Melrose multi-modal transportation moment at the Wyoming crossing for the MBTA Commuter Rail.


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