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Vermont Bicycle Road Rides
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This will be the place to look for maps and route directions to Bicycle Road Rides in Southern Vermont, Eastern Upstate New York, and possibly a few in Northern Mass. and Western New Hampshire. Compared to Florida all of the rides are "hilly", and many of the rides have an average in excess of 100 feet of elevation gain per mile. The Intensity Rating(IR) is the average elevation gain in feet per mile. A strong road rider can manage all of the roads in a 39 x 23, but the sections of 10 to 20% grade sprinkled about are much faster (and more pleasant) done in a lower gear.
How to View Maps
The routes are in .gif format which means that even though you can't see much detail on the webpage you can see all the detail by (right clicking) saving (or copying) each on your computer and opening them in a viewer (e.g. Paint, ACDSee,PhotoShop,or inserting into a Word Document and enlarging).  Coming sometime "soon" PDF's to make printing really easy!
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 send an e-mail to VermontRides@aol.com.
 Bill Kilday
UPDATED:  April, August, October, December 2003, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November 2004, January, March, October 2005, March, August, November 2006, April, May 2008

16 MILES, options for 14.5 thru 23.4 miles
Intensity Rating: n/a
Paved Roads: Stratton, Bromley, Weston, Magic
Mileages are between intersections, are approximate, but close enough to plan rides with.
Dorset Ride #1
31 miles
Intensity Rating: 42
Dorset Ride # 2
Mileage options: 30/33/39
The Big Rat with No Tail Ride
Very nice autumn ride, with climbs
23 miles  Intensity Rating 100
Manchester area ride 14 to 31 miles
Manchester Route #1
17 miles, Intensity Rating  82
Manchester to Merck Forest
Mileage options: 28 to 40+
Manchester Dorset ride  16 to 22 miles.
The North Brookwood Classic
With an Intensity Rating of 123 this is a fun ride for those who like to climb, and it ends with a 5 mile descent, too!  At 34 miles it's not too long and with over 4000 feet of climb it's not too flat, either.
Manchester Route # 2
21 miles   1700 ft climbing
Manchester Rupert Pawlet Ride
45 miles from Battenkill Sports
about 33 miles leaving from Gregor's Bakery in Dorset
An Awesome Autumn ride with only one challenging climb.
Manchester Route # 3
19 miles  1500 ft climbing
Manchester Route # 4
28 miles  2000 ft climbing
Manchester Danby4Corners Pawlet
A bit of pavement and a touch of dirt
Valleys and Mountains, especially nice in Autumn
Anywhere from 20 to 40+ miles, flat to climby
The Classic Valley Climbs
38 miles  3000 ft climbing
Intensity Rating: 80
Manchester Ride #5
up to 29 miles
Never more than 5 miles from the start - good for iffy weather days
Winhall Londonderry Bromley Loop
the BIG RAT RIDE
33 miles with much hillfullness
Intensity Rating: 100
Manchester to Arlington
24 miles
Ride through a covered bridge
Manchester to Danby
+/- 29 miles
as flat as they git he'e in Ve'mont
THIS WEEK'S RIDE
MAY 15,2008
My Favorite Links

bikely.com a bicycle ride map site
Manchester to Pawlet Ride
31 miles I.R. of only 28
NOTE
I'm happy to help with requests for custom maps/suggestions for your ride pleasure. Just be aware that there are several fine books out there with routes and descriptions and they use just about all the paved flatish roads there are in Vermont. So, if you are looking for paved and flat and it's not on this page try some of the ride books.
Bill
on right:
My Ride to work along RTE 30, looking towards Bromley Mtn.

 

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