RIDE REPORT
Wednesday, 4 June 2025, Concord to Littleton
Ride Leader: Gene Ho
33.3 miles, 10:00 am start from Concord, MA
Riders (11): Gene, Barry Nelson, Bruce Gore, Dmitry Gorenburg, Frank Calabrese, Joel Bauman, Keren Hamel, Marc Baskin, Renee Rees, Scott Mandell, and Wing Chow.
Wednesday was a workday. Therefore, the weather was perfect for biking. Eleven of the fifteen registered riders showed up, at the right parking lot even.
Although all present found the streets on the route to be familiar, there were challenges. Not the hills though. All but the leader were in shape and found that they added texture to an otherwise bland undertaking. We did encounter a section of dirt road which I thought would arouse the usual paranoia amongst road riders, but all biked over it without dismounting. If the crappy winter had any benefit, it was inuring us to potholes and bad pavement. The dirt road seemed smooth in comparison.
You can actually get lost on the Bruce Freeman trail. It gets a bit convoluted around Nara Pond where it comingles with other trails, all of which look the same. There's signage, but its utility presumes that one can read and bike at the same time. That's harder in practice than in theory, as some found out.
Report by Gene Ho.
