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Originally Posted by nightrider

Great ride Friday. Sledd, myself, and Dave headed out of Ossipee at 7:30. Picked up the RR track corridor 19. Tracks groomed perfectly all the way to McDonalds in Conway. Had a quick breakfast at McD's then to Redstone for gas. From there north thru Evans Notch and to the new bridge over the Wild River at 10:30. All trails flat. Reached Gorham at 11:30 and gassed up. Went along a trail of power lines for the first time not realizing how sharply crested the rollers were. Went way airborn the first one and managed to stay on the snow, for the most part, for the rest of them. A very fun section of trail and it was, of course, groomed perfectly. From there we did a side loop up Pine Mountain. Nice views and groomed trails. From there to Randolph with long straights of groomed RR bed. Thankfully there were no green jackets along that stretch. Down to Twin Mountain and Faybian's for lunch. The Tuckerman's pint was beyond delicious. Headed to Cannon Mountain and the bike path all groomed flat eventually to the rr tracks and Lincoln to gas up. Tracks all the way to Plymouth were groomed flat. This is where we made a wrong decision. We headed west into the Sandwich system which was marginal. We should have stayed on the tracks to Meredith and taken the lake to the castle trail and home. Instead, it was a long arduous ride thru Sandwich and the Ossipee Valley trails. The OVSC were groomed but twistty. We were spoiled at that point by the long straights we enjoyed for much of the ride. Dinner at the Songbird then back to the camp by 8 or so. All told it was a 243 mile fabulous day on the trails. Kudos for all the clubs for having wonderfully groomed trails.

243 miles! Wow. You must have been sore on Saturday!