'Ride with Pride' 45-Mile Road Bike Ride

Warm sun, beautiful day, empty New England roads, and 8 gay riders. Who could ask for more?

We set off on our 45-mile ride from downtown Brattleboro, VT and pedaled south along the Connecticut River on smooth roads through Vernon VT. Heading west through Gill, MA, gorgeous farm country unfolded as promised with picture-postcard perfect vistas of farmlands, fields and meadows, including a rare sighting of a "Gay Pride Cow" apparently part of the "Strollong of the Hefers" event held in Brattleboro this weekend!

After a quick lunch break at the picnic table at Gill’s Library we continued our safari and with smooth sailing, no lost or misplaced souls and only one flat tire later, it was well-earned screamer of a downhill on Tyler Hill and back through Vernon to Brattleboro.

Following the ride, the majority of the guys made their way back to Frog Meadow for a 120-minute social hour of good company, snacks, drinks, a dip in the swimming pond and a soak in the hot tub before showering and heading home.

Many thanks to all for joining us, to Tim for sharing HIS GORP, to Mark, Tom, Marc, Ken & Paul for the post ride snacks at the apres-ride BYOB mixer, to Scott & Dave for hosting the mixer - and again to all participants for making the day so pleasurable!

Mark your calendar now for Saturday September 22 for another spirited ride through the Tri-State region of Vermont, Massachusetts and New Hampshire…and more great company and fun! We'll post details to the GO site shortly, in the interim the event is posted to the Frogmeadow site at this link, hope to see you then!

Celebrate upcoming Gay Pride Month and join Scott and Dave from Frog Meadow for a 45-mile ride through the beautiful farmland & hills of Southern Vermont and Western Massachusetts and the Connecticut River Valley.

This ride is like riding through a real picture postcard, passing small family farms with dairy cows in their pastures and corn fields. The ride is moderately hilly, a total elevation change/climb of 820 feet.

Click the link for a Google Map of the route: https://goo.gl/maps/SZMMDFzU3S12

PLEASE NOTE: Participants should be experienced cyclists and have road bikes, not hybrids or mountain bikes. We will be riding at a moderate pace of 14-15 mph. Maps will be provided.

We will meet at Hannaford Shopping Plaza (south end of parking area), Route 5 (AKA Putney Rd; AKA Calvin Coolidge Memorial Hwy) Accessible off Interstate 91 Exit 3 (point "A" on the google Map) at 11.30 to depart at 12:00 SHARP and expect to be done by 4:00 to 5:00 pm. Look for the YELLOW SAAB CONVERTIBLE.

Following the ride, participants are welcome to come to Frog Meadow for a hot tub, dip in the pond and BYOB snacks and refreshments social mixer! This year's apres-ride social mixer is proudly sponsored by OutingsAndAdventures.com! O&A is coordinating an all-gay European River Boat & Bike Tour through France, Luxembourg & Germany this July...check out this link for complete info! 

If you're participating in the June 16 Outriders Boston to Provincetown Bike Ride this is an excellent training ride!

Note that overnight lodging at Frog Meadow is is available should you be travelling from out of town. Note that Gay Outdoors sustaining members recieve 10% discounted rates. Click here to check availability and to book lodging.

Raindate: Sunday 6/3