[Bike] Melrose/Stoneham: Enh
May. 17th, 2005 08:30 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dmazeIn my quest for 10-20-mile rides I can do after work, I tried heading up towards Melrose (to Medford Square, Riverside Ave to Pleasant St to Route 60, then north on Main Street). At the northern end of Melrose, I turned left on Forest St, did a quick hill, and then rode through to Stoneham Square, then south on 28 to Forest St (a different one!) to Medford Square and then home.
It was decididly enh. Main Street through Malden and Melrose was a little hilly and not terribly scenic; there wasn't a lot of traffic, but it just wasn't a fun ride. A couple of people yelled at me for no discernable reason. The rotary above 93 at the Medford 28 intersection was entertaining, at least: you're coming down off the bridge so you can in fact get into the rotary at speed, and then Forest St was slightly downhill all the way into Medford Square, so I was able to stay above 20 mph for most of that segment without any trouble.
It was decididly enh. Main Street through Malden and Melrose was a little hilly and not terribly scenic; there wasn't a lot of traffic, but it just wasn't a fun ride. A couple of people yelled at me for no discernable reason. The rotary above 93 at the Medford 28 intersection was entertaining, at least: you're coming down off the bridge so you can in fact get into the rotary at speed, and then Forest St was slightly downhill all the way into Medford Square, so I was able to stay above 20 mph for most of that segment without any trouble.
