Ideas for a NH ride on Sat 14th (road conditions / route etc)

[Vin]

Guys- As my last post said, looking to do a Boston - NH loop and end up in Portsmouth Sat PM/AM Weather looks favorable. My thought was hammer up 93 to Lincolin and take the Kank over to Conway and down 16. The temps look fine - but not sure of the road conditions over the pass this time of year. Guesing snow. At any rate if I make dinner great, if not, find a motel.

Is there a better road than 16 South? Any ideas on the roads?

[Vin]

Wait. I think the pass is still closed.....

Back to square one.

[arbitrary]

Vin -

If you want to meet a few of us in the morning in Hollis NH or Pepperell we're doing a few hundred miles and you can break off and head east mid day ... Send me a PM if you're interested, two of the guys are leaving from Medford [thumbsup]

[Speedracer7c]

Im interested Im in brookline nh coudl meet any time in the morning in hollis.

[arbitrary]

FYI this is an e-mail I sent out last Saturday
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'Evening guys -

It was absolutely GORGEOUS (70) out today so I did about 280 miles today on the VFR to scout some of our greatest hits. Some of our favorites are having some issues ... Mostly sand / gravel coverage, so not the end of the world. Other roads, like Rt 31, are almost unpassable by bike due to the amount of frost heaves.

Here's the rundown:

(Fine means all clear, no issues ...)

SOUTH NH
Rt. 130 - Fine
Rt. 122 - Fine
Rt. 123 - OK (Some sandy areas right in the line in some corners, watch out ...)
Rt. 124 - OK (Sand in some areas)

Rt. 13/77 (Milford >> New Boston) - Fine
Rt. 77 (New Boston >> Weare) - Fine
Rt. 13 (River Rd. between Goffstown & New Boston) - Fine

BOW / DUNBARTON
Page Rd - OK, lots and lots of sand at the intersection of Page & Brown Hill
Brown Hill - OK, lots of sand but not a deal breaker
Gorham Pond Rd - Fine
Rt. 13 - Fine

CONCORD / CANTERBURY
Oak Hill Rd. - Fine
Hoit Rd. - OK, some sand
Shaker Rd. - OK, some sand
Rt. 132 - Fine
Carter Hill / Fisk Rd. / Little Pond Road - OK, a bit of sand

LAKES REGION
Rt. 103 (From Sunapee to Warner) - Fine
Rt. 31 - *AVOID* Major, Major Frost heaves all the way from Washington to Brook St. A catastrophe.
Brook Rd (Goshen NH). - OK, no frost heaves but sand in some of the blind corners

[arbitrary]

We're taking 122 to 130 to 13/77 and going through a bunch of backroads I know in Concord/Bow/Dunbarton/Gofftsown. We'll be meeting at the Dunkin Donuts in Pepperell MA (116 main st.) at 9AM, and making up the afternoon plans at lunch.

See you there at 9! [thumbsup]

http://maps.google.com/maps?rls=com....94981166228699

[Speedracer7c]

see you there, i'll be on a silver s2r

[Vin]

I am on a Black s2r white stripe.

Any of you guys heading up from downtown or close to - lets meet up.

[thumbsup]

[arbitrary]

Originally Posted by Vin

I am on a Black s2r white stripe.

Any of you guys heading up from downtown or close to - lets meet up.

[thumbsup]

Fromario and DesmoTull are heading up from Medford - you might want to check w/ them to see if you can meet up on the way out [thumbsup]

See you (and everyone else) Sat @ 9AM!

-Adam
603-344-7200

[Speedracer7c]

checkin to see who is going, i may or may not be there I had a killer day at work today it kicked my ass. I'll check again in the morning.

Andrew