Joe,

great to hear from you! yeah 7A would be a little late. How do you
get over to Jefferson from the bike path? Dust off that mt bike of
yours and join us one of these thursday nights!


--- In providencevelo@yahoogroups.com, "Joe Barroso"
<barrocycles@...> wrote:
>
> I also commute over to Warwick (Jefferson Blvd), but leave the
house between
> 7am and 7:15am. That would defiantly get you to CCRI late. Like
Geoff said,
> the shells on the path are a pain, but they can be avoided by
either really
> good tires and some prayer or heading up Squantum access road to
Vets
> memorial. Just a suggestion. Good luck w/ your commuting plans.
hope to
> see you out there soon!
>
>
>
> JoeB
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: providencevelo@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:providencevelo@yahoogroups.com]
> On Behalf Of GeWilli
> Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 6:02 AM
> To: providencevelo@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [providencevelo] Re: need help w/ finding good
commuting route!
>
>
>
> Hmmm,
>
>
>
> I could show ya the way to Curtis's place on the way in and hand
you off for
> the ride south...
>
>
>
> Seriously though, right now, the path is pretty much full of shells
in
> certain sections. Armor plated tires or ride through with a hand
on your
> tires are the two options to try and avoid flats. They've cleaned
off the
> path once so far this winter. But those sea gulls have a major
jones for
> some B12 laden mussels and clams, and the cyclists are paying for
it with
> tubes.
>
>
>
> -G
>
> On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 8:54 AM, sloize <sloize@yahoo.
> <mailto:sloize@...> com> wrote:
>
> Curtis,
>
> That would be great! I would need to get into Warwick a little
> before you though. I was looking to hit the ccri campus at 7:30,
> then again I always run late by about 10 minutes, so that might
> work. Are you riding now? I was looking to start trying it pretty
> soon. Maybe a little bit warmer temps in the am... Where are you
> leaving from in Prov?
>
> Syl
>
> --- In providencevelo@ <mailto:providencevelo%40yahoogroups.com>
> yahoogroups.com, Curtis Boivin
>
> <synesthetic@> wrote:
> >
> >
> > syl,
> >
> >
> >
> > When will you be commuting in? I ride that way commuting to New
> england Tech. I leave providence by 7am to arrive in Warwick by
> 7:45. Let me know if you're heading in around those times and I'll
> ride with you.
> >
> >
> >
> > -Curtis
> >
> >
> >
> > To: providencevelo@ <mailto:providencevelo%40yahoogroups.com>
> yahoogroups.com
>
> > From: zaneeden@
>
>
> > Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:13:30 -0800
> > Subject: Re: [providencevelo] need help w/ finding good commuting
> route!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > After you pass the castle/Armory it does become seedy (1/2
> mile)...I often cut through to the cranston path that way. I only
to
> get looks because I look like a guy in racing gear on cool bike
sort
> of look. I live in the West end.
> >
> > But am also weary of that stretch...mostly because of idiot
driving
> seems to be in sinc with the same from pedestrians....some days
there
> are neither and it is quite a pleasant stretch of fresh pavement.
> >
> > Be careful of paydays and liquor store traffic. Time of day type
> thing with school kids/gangs and your basic homeless to East-sider
> trying to score.
> >
> > General rule smile...don't stop. Never an incident.
> >
> > Tony
> >
>
> > --- On Mon, 2/23/09, Mark Nicholsone <citofind@> wrote:
> >
> > > From: Mark Nicholsone <citofind@>
>
>
> > > Subject: Re: [providencevelo] need help w/ finding good
commuting
> route!
> > > To: providencevelo@ <mailto:providencevelo%40yahoogroups.com>
> yahoogroups.com
> > > Date: Monday, February 23, 2009, 7:53 PM
> > > Hmm, hard one to answer. I live off of Smith St. up by the
> > > capital
> > > building. I do many rides off to the west and north
> > > through that area. Yes
> > > I think you're safe riding an expensive bike. That
> > > part is fine. The big
> > > BUT is that drivers there are even less sane than the
> > > drivers in the rest of
> > > this street. When heading around that area a year or so
> > > agao, I got hit
> > > head on at about 30 mph by a truck that decided his lane
> > > was too slow and
> > > came into oncoming traffic with a lane sepparating gardin.
> > > I had no place
> > > to go and he didn't see me until well after he hit me.
> > > High? drunk? I hate
> > > to be so judjemental about areas, but it seems liek
> > > EVERYBODY out there is
> > > trashed while in cars. If there is any good part, I still
> > > am fine and
> > > riding, while I got a 36,000.00 settlement check this week.
> > > Maybe I should
> > > tell you it's a profit??? Good luck, just remember to
> > > be really careful
> > > there.
> > >
> > > On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 6:47 PM, sloize
>
> > > <sloize@> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I am hoping to start commuting to work as soon as the
> > > weather warms up
> > > > just a touch. I will be commuting from Borrington to
> > > CCRI in Warwick.
> > > > I mapped it online and tried to connect the east bay
> > > bike path to the
> > > > one in Cranston/warwick. At this time I have to cross
> > > over into Prov
> > > > on the Henderson (red) bridge, grab Westminster over
> > > 95 and then onto
> > > > Cranston street over to Route 10 to then hit the start
> > > of bike path
> > > > there. As I was venturing down Cranston street though,
> > > I seemed that
> > > > this area was most likely not my best route to ride 2x
> > > day especially
> > > > on a shiny new bike (which is all I have right now).
> > > >
> > > > Any one know the area well? Were my impressions
> > > correct (ie: good
> > > > place to get your hard drugs, not great to ride your
> > > bike in) Any one
> > > > have any suggestions for bypassing this area? Thanks
> > > >
> > > > syl
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Mark Nicholson
> > >
> > > I need no warrant for being, and no word of sanction upon
> > > my being.
> > > I am the warrant and the sanction.
> > >
> > > -Ayn Rand, Anthem
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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