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Old 03-21-20, 04:13 PM
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went for a walk w/ Wifey

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got back there on wheels yesterday



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super buggy Saturday. guess it's time to break out the head net again. been a cpl months since I tackled my nemesis hill, had to stop 1/2 way up. it's been even longer since I did it 3 times on the same ride w/ no stops

did not pass any turtles on the trails. the only snake I saw was squished on a paved road at the entrance. but I did pick up this hitch hiker, possibly in the tall grass, in the field, at the beginning of the ride. felt him crawling on my leg when I was taking my footwear off. I did make periodic tick-checks but he may have been camo'd in with my socks & sandals? I still had a nice layer of insect repellent on my body so he had not yet found a tasty spot to bite
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Gah, it's a bad year for ticks. Stay safe!
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took a walk w/ Wifey in the rain yesterday, partially on the bike trail, thru the corridor. the baby geese are too big to ride the backs of their parents now

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this will be interesting in a snow storm

whoever is building these, this is the biggest & best yet!

big enough to ride a bike in

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rode from my house about 4-5:30am. good times

"tried" to say out of the water

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got on the paved trail to S. Acton train station, then headed back toward the river last night. got lucky w/ a narrow window of opportunity. raging winter storm just a few hours later










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short excursion due to the heat. surprised the swans don't have chicks. isn't it time for that? no pic of the couple, just a cpl other somebodies



the bugs weren't bad but I did use a DEET spray. no head net yet





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weird how I don't ride for a long time, but once I hear bad weather is on the way ...









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fwiw - this morning saw that they were doing some tree work, on the trail, heading North, toward Acton, at the intersection of Acton St & Route 27


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cutting back on my road trips to NY so hoping to get more riding in. took the Assabet North to the train station then South to the nature preserve & River



I like that they saved this old rail section

was tempted to ride this but I had the tire pumped to their max. maybe I'll try it with the MTB

and so begins the season of brown

only 1 loose pooch. at least he wasn't erratic or moving fast



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frosty ride today. winter is a comin' ...

anybody wanna fix up an old go kart?

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Ridable with a road bike?

Hi all. I haven't posted on bike forums in about 100 years. I couldn't believe my username was still active.

I'm looking for opinions about what routes through the Assabet River Refuge, if any, are doable on a road bike. I've ridden the full length of the Track Road from Sudbury Rd to Route 117 and that was fine. Are any other paths, e.g. the Patrol Rd, White Pond Rd, Harry's Way, Taylor's Way, or Winterberry Way reasonably ridable on a road bike? Also, if some are ridable, are they ridable all year round or best only during dry seasons?

I'm mostly a road cyclist so I'm looking for ways to use the refuge to connect between various roads in the area.

Any help you could provide would be greatly appreciated.

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none other than the paved "rail trail" are rideable, comfortably

White Pond Rd north and out of the preserve is paved

lots of 100? yr old paved rods broken and overgrown but wide enough for trucks

interior trails are dirt and gravel

I've seen road bikes coming thru as part of what must be a longer, larger route. but you don't see road bikers in the preserve. so I'll bet you can make your connections. but mostly only if it is dry

I probably have pics of every road and trail in the there, but don't have them catalogued
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Thanks, rumrunn!!

I wonder whether they plan to pave that northern boundary road down to Sudbury Rd.

I was able to find a road biker who had a route that ran end-to-end on Winterberry. It looks like there's a half-mile segment of it that's unpaved so maybe in a really dry season it might be passable.

Anyway, thanks so much for your help.

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Originally Posted by welshTerrier2
I wonder whether they plan to pave that northern boundary road down to Sudbury Rd.

I was able to find a road biker who had a route that ran end-to-end on Winterberry. It looks like there's a half-mile segment of it that's unpaved so maybe in a really dry season it might be passable.

Anyway, thanks so much for your help.

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you have me curious cuz I never look at rd signs there. Just came across this

https://gravelmap.com/browse/massachusetts/maynard
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this dip isn't usually ever wet normally
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met a bit of a crew tonight!

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snow yesterday, but not much





the once dry low areas, are getting wetter every week
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a side trail

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waited a long time for a nite ride w/just the right amount of snow. finally got it

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Nice all-terrain rides there rumrunn6. And wow, I did not know about the northern section. Here's my view of the lower one.

Assabet River Rail Trail

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Originally Posted by FrozenBiker
Nice all-terrain rides there rumrunn6. And wow, I did not know about the northern section. Here's my view of the lower one.

Assabet River Rail Trail
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yes! I've ridden that section a cpl times, Wifey & kids liked the ice cream shop not far from the blue caboose!

so the trail goes thru Maynard which is nice, but I often take my mountain bike around the perimeter roads of the refuge. it's pretty tame for a mountain bike. rarely, when there are no hikers, I'll venture into some interior trails, but mostly I stick to the perimeter roads. but there's also a fun section at the end of the paved trail that dumps you out on a dirt road next to the river. it goes pretty far until a dead end where there used to be a train bridge over the river. that last part is just a foot trail w/ big holes & sometimes downed trees. never see anyone in there but it is beautiful
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it's May, so the habitat has water now

ppl moved the bridge to the water side. don't know who moved the logs to enlarge the dam. ppl? beaver? muskrat?

there's a lodge way out in the distance, you can't get to

happy home

ppl leave walking sticks at each end of Otter Alley. I prefer to walk sideways w/ feet straddling 2 logs, for stability. she didn't want any advice from me. but w/ 2 walking sticks, it was pretty stable

seemed like a happy family, albeit small

no wings yet
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