Lance I ain't

I wasn't planning on biking 50 miles yesterday. It just...happened. Fitchburg to Somerville via Route 2 comes out a little over 40, and it seemed like it could be a nice ride, so I took the train out yesterday afternoon. (Points to the T and MBCR for having someone who could make decisions on the Porter platform; negative points for having made a decision about bikes, posting it online, and not thoroughly communicating it down. The conductor warned me that I might have issues getting back, and seemed dubious when I told her I was planning to bike.) The trip took me about six hours once I left Fitchburg, with lots of short breaks along the way.

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