Today's 53 mile ride topped out at close to 57 feet per mile elevation gain which is pretty hilly for the North Shore. Despite entering Haverhill, almost all the roads are quiet on this route. All in all, a great ride.
The route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/27112720
About to do the twisty Howlett descent on the Topsfield side.
Looking back on the Main Street hill. It's not huge by any means but I regularly take it from both directions and it serves as a good interval.
A picturesque area by the Brooks School.
Looking back on Bradford Street. The pavement is bad on much of this road but it's lightly trafficked and not usually hard to find an okay line.
Looking forward with a decent sized hill ahead with the water tower on top.
Just ahead there's a descent that ends by joining route 125. There's a good sight-line to your left so it's possible to see if there is traffic coming before taking the right onto 125. Care must be taken.
The water tower. I often seek routes with these as they are usually the high points.
This is on Willow. How's the ice cream at Crescent Farm? Usually I'll take the right at the intersection past this but today I went straight across on Chadwick.
About to descend on Uptack. There's a nice twisty section which can be taken close to 40MPH with some strong pedaling.
You can eke out a little more vertical on Baldpate by taking the entrance to the hospital.
I often see people fishing here. Two weeks ago, the water had flooded over the road by a few inches.
This hill is aptly named Great Hill at least by North Shore standards. Unlike most hills around here, I usually stay seated for this ascent as it's a bit too long to power up by just standing.
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