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The Original Mount Greylock Century
Saturday, July 11th,
2009
REGISTRATION: on line at BikeReg.com, or at the ride start
CONTACT: joebazzano@hotmail.com
The century is on for 2009.
After two years of construction, the road over Mount Greylock will again be open
to traffic. This means the century is on, and with a new date. Scheduled
a bit earlier for this year, as other events have slotted in and the old
date of August just doesn't work well, so we are making due with what we
have. In this tradition that dates back to the very early 1970's, the
century will offer great climbs (9,854 feet in all), beautiful views,
and plenty of food. We hope to have many of our usual riders returning
for this year even. The course will be the same as the past few editions
(please see course on the left), so gear down, and get ready for a
great ride.
| Date: |
7/11/2009 |
| Place: |
Trail head of the Ashuwillticook bike trail, (Berkshire Mall entrance Route 8) Lanesborough, MA |
| Time: |
7:30AM (riders will filter out as they wish, last riders no later than 8:30AM) |
| Fee: |
$35.00 Mount Greylock Century Mount Greylock Century Mount Greylock Century
Registrations before July 5th will receive a free t-shirt with the familiar design. |
Stops:
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- Megan will be at the top of Mount Greylock again with an assortment
of cookies fruit and energy drink
- Joe will meet you at the half way point with pasta, PBJ, fruit
salad and more drink
- Terry will be there in Peru with that last top off, and kind
smile and words of
encouragement, that do remarkable things for riders’ courage to make it
through to the end.
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Riders update - Please make note of the following:
- Roads are in pretty good shape, all are paved, some are not in great shape.
Special note for Rt 2 near the bottom of the decent.
- Mount Greylock is in great shape, please make note that we have not marked
the mtn road up with paint. You should make your way to the summit for the
south (rt.7) side, then decent the north side (towards North Adams/ rt. 2)
before and after the park WILL be marked, but in the park use the state signs.
BE CAUTIOUS ON THE DECENT OF GREYLOCK AND RT 2, ESPECIALLY NEAR THE BOTTOM
!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU NEED TO CONTROL YOUR SPEED !!!!!!!!!!
- Rt 2 (19.3 miles) and Rt 143 (10 miles) are well marked with state highway
signs, we did not paint a lot there. The turn OFF rt.2 is rt 8A way out in Charlemont
you will see the ski area.
- The start of the ride, Rt 8 in being repaved, you can use the bike path for 5 miles or so
then turn north on rt 8 at that crossing, the left turn for Laneboro Rd is the first road
from there.
Please check for updates before the
ride.
If you should have any questions please contact Joe Bazzano, at joebazzano@hotmail.com
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