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Thought this might be a good place to post up some great riding roads out there considering the majority of the roads in VT are tucked away in hard-to-get-to places.
This last weekend I road this route:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&sour...8,2.469177&z=9
It was about a 6 hour ride, including time for lunch and the occasional stop between towns to stretch the legs. Some of the best roads on this trip were...
Tyson Road, between Reading and Tyson - this road has some awesome twisties between Reading and South Reading, lots of elevation changes and straights in the middle, then gets really twisty as it approaches Tyson. A little rough in some spots, but pretty smooth the majority.
Route 100, between 4 and the Brandon Gap - Fun ride, lots of good sweepers. Occasional traffic, but enough spots to pass. Road is decent condition, not good, not bad, but there is one stretch of construction with no pavement where a new bridge is being built. Very rocky, rough and muddy dirt road here.
125, between 7 and 100 - EXCELLENT road with lots of tight and moderate curves, switchbacks and crazy elevation changes. Saw lots of bikes on this road. Road is in good to decent shape. Only problem I had with this road was moderate traffic, lots of out of staters sightseeing, and not many places to pass.
Bethel Mtn Road - Fun road, a little confusing as you leave Rochester, was supposed to take a right but there was nothing marking it with the actual road name so I went straight and landed on some dirt road and had to turn around. Good mountain climb of a road with lots of quick elevation changes and some decent curves. Road is a little rough on the Bethel side. Really no traffic on this road at all. WARNING!! If you ride this road towards 12, there is a moderate sweeper on the other side of the mountain that curves around a barn. The intersection of 12 and a stop sign is RIGHT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BARN! The stop sign has no forewarning marking a stop sign ahead, and I was doing probably 60 around this corner and blew right through the stop sign on to 12. I was lucky there was no traffic coming.
132 - AWESOME ROAD!! I cannot believe I've never heard this road mentioned before. Climbs a mountain right off the interstate with excellent curves, very smooth road and no traffic. After coming down off the mountain and passing through a small town, it continues with MILES of twisty, rollercoaster-like road. It's so fast to change pace you can be leaning on your side one second, then rocket out of a corner into a roller and pick up the front end over the hill the next. Easily one of the best combinations of curves and rollercoaster hills I've ridden on, I would love to do it again.
Definitely a fun ride, even when your ass is practically on fire by the time you hit the Connecticut River.
Now what local roads do you guys recommend for some fun, spirited riding?