Ride the River

When you quit your car, your world can contract a bit. I've found the need to make a conscious effort to expand my bike transportation horizons. The most obvious question is how to expand your carrying capacity. There are plenty of technological solutions for this one. The real stumper is the mental one. Is riding thirty or forty miles training, exercise, touring, or could it just be transportation.

I need to make regular trips to Montpelier. It's not really that far. There is a bus you can put your bike on but the schedule is very limited and you may not get one of the two bike racks. A couple of sundays ago I rode back from Mont-p. I figured it was going to be a boring and grueling ride along route two. I might as well be riding down the highway. With an quick route change I found myself on beautiful Vermont country roads. This is the key to making it work for me.

I jumped across the river and took the south side of the river all the way to Richmond. If you get away from the traffic, the riding is great. It's flat and has lot's of swimming holes along the way. Here's a map. link