Last Saturday two of my HUP buddies, Jeff & Robert along with Lodrina (FOHU) joined me up in southern Vermont for a road ride. We donned the blanco and got after some scenic Vermont as well as climbs. The ride took us through Andover, Londonderry, Weston, Ludlow, Tyson Road,Reading, Chester and some other villages. We saw a lot of moose crossing signs but no moose (we would have settled on moose knuckle too, but that evaded us as well). In all we did about 67 miles of riding with 7000 feet of elevation gained. The final stretch back to the house included a 19% wall that put an exclamation mark on the ride.
After we got cleaned up we had a few beers, and a good meal. Here are some of the pics...
Jeff, Robert, Tom and Lodrina on Hilltop Road in Andover, VT
This punchy kicker was about 1 mile into the ride.
Robert snacking out of his Bento box, we made him take off his clip on tri bars.
JBrams enjoying the VT roads.
Robert got an eyeful of Jeff's rear all day.
Jeff's hardman look
Blanco Bulge brothers
My awesome watch & glove tan
Blanco HupCakes were consumed
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Lodrina and Jeff relaxing after the ride.
Johan Museeuw digs Hupcakes
2 comments:
sorry i missed out on this trip. i HAD to get to KT since i won't be able to make the HUP trip in July. btw, did you stop at that red-roofed general store (in the picture) for maple syrup ice cream? no attempts to conquer okemo or ascutney?
No problem Rosey, KT sounds like the ultimate playground. I can't wait to check out next month.
We did not stop at the Maple creamee store because Amtrak aka Bramhall towed us by it. We were thinking about giving Okemo summit a go on Sunday, but my knee was hurting pretty bad the last 20 mi of Saturday. Tyson Road was a lot of fun, that descent seem to go on and on. I guess we made the elevation back in Andover on the return. We should plan another trip up sometime.
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