I needed some quality time with the Qball today after riding in the woods for a couple of weeks now and you couldn't ask for nicer weather! The Fall Foliage season here in Southern New England is almost over and today was quite a day to get in some last looks. Today's ride was really 5 hills but the name sounded better (Four Crazy Hills). My route took me up Butterfield Road and then I looped around and rode up Georges Hill Road and from there it was down and then back up Parmalee Hill Road.
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Since it seemed that I was riding hills, after rolling by the Newtown Flag Pole I headed up Castle Hill. Turning the corner I saw some guy riding in a spandex body suit (Fred Material?) and I thought he must be dying because I was sweating pretty good in shorts and a short sleeve riding jersey.
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Castle Hill has some more hill after Taunton Lane but then it was on to Birch Hill where I think I either broke a spoke again because my rear wheel was wobbling again. Damn this is a crappy wheelset but then again I knew that when I bought it for $35. I made a wrong turn looking for a sixth hill to climb only to find out that it's Birch Hill in the other direction is a really steep climb so I back tracked and took Birch Hill down to Rt 302.
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Riding down Rt 302 is always fun and it wasn't a big surprise to see Ferris Acres packed. Would have been nice to stop but the line was tremendously long and I only had 2 hours to ride. So I stuffed a Cliff Bar in my mouth and washed it down with water.
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Then it was off to Fairfield Hills and the town's Recreation Trail. It was covered with wet, slippery leaves but it was cool and nice through the trees. I opted out of the singletrack due to the rear, wobbling wheel and rolled the Rec Trail down to it's end and then back out.
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