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| Train Gang: Andy, me, Gavin and Ben |
Distance: 100 Miles
Route: Wakefield Depot -> Harold Parker Depot -> New Hampshire -> Newburyport -> Ipswich -> Wakefield
Moving Time: 6:28:56
Elapsed Time: 7:25:25
The Charles River Wheelmen offered a new option for their Spring Century - North to New Hampshire - Ride. The ride director and the sweeper met us at the Wakefield Depot for the check in that normally happens at the high school. Four of us: Andy, Gavin, Ben and I then rode off with the sweeper onto the ride. Gavin and Ben were going to do the Metric Century, while Andy and I were going to hit the hundo. By the time we got to the Imperial Century/Metric Century split, Gavin and Ben changed their mind. They rode with us through the whole hundred.
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| North to New Hampshire Route |
While I based this on the words of Sam Cooke, I had the Ladysmith Black Mambazo version in my head.
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| Wakefield Depot |
I hear someone saying
Oh don't you know
That's the sound of the folks
Riding in the Train Ga-ang
That's the sound of the folks
Riding in the Train Gang.
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| Harold Parker State Forest |
All day long they ride so hard,
til the sun is going down
Spinning on the highways and byways
Turning those frowns upside down
You hear as the buffaloes bray
Then you hear somebody say
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| Riding selfie with the rest of the Train Gang in tow |
That's the sound of the folks
Riding in the Train Ga-ang
That's the sound of the folks
Riding in the Train Gang.
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| New Hampshire Roads |
Can't you hear them singing:
We're riding along all of these ways
Heading back toward Massachusetts Bay
With water so clear
But meanwhile we gotta ride here.
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| Merrimack River |
That's the sound of the folks
Riding in the Train Ga-ang
That's the sound of the folks
Riding in the Train Gang.
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| All our bikes on the train heading back to Boston |
All day long they're singing, mmm (Hoh! Ah!)
My ride is so hard
Give me water
I'm thirsty, my ride is so hard
Woah ooo
My ride is so hard
It was my first hundred of the season. Great to finally get onto the road and be prepared for the rest of the cycling season - 3 weeks til B2VT!
