Marc
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I've been investigating these two rail trails with a friend of mine. They connect end to end near the Mass/CT/RI corner. The SNETT is about 22 miles from Franklin, MA through Douglas State Forest, and the Air Line Rail Trail picks up there and goes through Thompson, CT down to East Hampton.
The Air Line Trail requires road riding in two spots, but less then 5 miles a piece. Altogether the route is around 93 miles.
The surface is gravel and stonedust, other spots of the trail are better than some. I think we're going to try this sometime this summer. I'm going to use my old MTB hard tail with some hybrid tires. A cyclocross rig would probably be what you want for it.
93 miles of gravel and stonedust will probably take quite a while. Somewhere between 8 and 10 hours without stopping, but we won't do it without stopping here and there. We may even plan it to start at night or end into the night since we have lights and like doing night riding.
Anyone know anything about either of these trails? Depending on how ours goes, maybe I'll organize an AZ trail ride on the route.
The Air Line Trail requires road riding in two spots, but less then 5 miles a piece. Altogether the route is around 93 miles.
The surface is gravel and stonedust, other spots of the trail are better than some. I think we're going to try this sometime this summer. I'm going to use my old MTB hard tail with some hybrid tires. A cyclocross rig would probably be what you want for it.
93 miles of gravel and stonedust will probably take quite a while. Somewhere between 8 and 10 hours without stopping, but we won't do it without stopping here and there. We may even plan it to start at night or end into the night since we have lights and like doing night riding.
Anyone know anything about either of these trails? Depending on how ours goes, maybe I'll organize an AZ trail ride on the route.
