ABC Ride: Saturday, May 23 at 11:00 a.m. from Haskell Field, Sudbury
Joel Arbeitman
Hi everyone.
Our next Ashland Bike Club ride will “meet” on Saturday, May 23 at 11:00 a.m. The ride will start from Haskell Field in Sudbury.
GPS Address: 38 Fairbank Rd, Sudbury, Ma
Route Name: ABC – Lake Boon But No Bruen II (get the right version)
Ride
Rating:
Distance: Easy-Moderate
(22.3)
Elevation:
Moderate (41)
Total Gain: 924 feet
Steepest: 7.9%
The Weather
The
forecast for Saturday is calling for a cloudy
day with temps starting
off around 62 but then quickly soaring up to 63.
The
Ride
Saturday’s route is a fairly new one for
the club. Previous
routes to Lake Boon used Hudson Rd
which has become a high-traffic road and we’ve chosen to not use
it
anymore. Also, we’ve
eliminated Bruen
Rd, which was a closed road, but is now not just closed but
blocked off even to
bikes. Apparently, the
area is going to
be used for some type of development.
So, we now have a brand-new route and we are very excited about it. Not only does it include a new and much safer route to Lake Boon, but it also includes some great country riding through both Stow and Hudson.
Overall, the route offers fantastic scenery and a chance to explore some new roads the club has never used before. The route is fairly hilly but, perhaps with one exception, there are no killer hills. We’re rating the ride’s elevation as “moderate”. It’s far from easy but it’s really not too tough.
Here's a link to a map of Saturday’s route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/50674237
To print a cue sheet, go to the link for the ride (see above) and choose “More”, then, from the menu, choose “Print Map & Cue PDF”, then click “Print Official”.
Emergency Contact Form
Have you provided us with your emergency contact information
yet?
Many of ABC’s newer riders and a
few old timers as
well have not! If
you’ve provided this
information in the past and it hasn’t changed, we still have
it!
The Ashland Bike Club has an “Emergency Contact Form” that offers
our
riders the opportunity to provide us with their contact
information and also
their emergency contact information. Completion
of the form is optional but recommended.
If you would like us to be able to contact someone in
case of emergency,
this is the information we’ll need.
We’ll try to bring an up-to-date list of everyone’s contact information on every ride.
The EMERGENCY CONTACT FORM can be reached by clicking here.
Off
the Route
Our “Off the Route” feature
includes tidbits
we’ve come across that we think are worth sharing. Please let us know what
you think.
Ashland Bike Club Radio
ABC doesn’t “do” politics but we thought we would offer
this
tribute to our friends at ICE
Arlo Guthrie – Deportees
(written by Woody Guthrie)
Robert Earl Keen – Mariano
Phil Ochs - A Knock
on
the Door
Patty Griffin - Cold as
It Gets
Leonard Cohen - Dance Me
to the End of Love
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – Refugee
Comcast email is shutting down
If you have a Comcast email, it’s important to read the
following
article ASAP. If you want to start receiving your ABC ride
notices at a new
email address, just let us know.
Read the details: https://cordcuttersnews.com/comcast-is-shutting-down-its-email-service-moving-customers-to-yahoo-here-is-everything-you-need-to-know/
Sunscreens – some don’t contain
what they say
they do
It’s peak sun season right now. Even on cool, cloudy days,
you
still need full protection.
The reviews have been pouring in and there are good ones and bad ones. You can’t always trust what it says on the label.
To find out whether your
sunscreen product is
providing the protection you need, check out this article: https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/19/health/best-sunscreens-2026-wellness
To recap, Saturday’s ride will meet at
Haskell Field in
Sudbury at 11:00
a.m.
As always, check your email after 9:30 a.m. on ride days to make sure we didn’t postpone or cancel the ride and … don’t forget those helmets!
See you soon.
Joel