Author Archives: Sam Graulty

I’d been on a bit of a roll for the past few weekends and Maddie had a 12-hour shift at Rescue, so I figured I’d keep the streak rolling with another 251 ride. The routes left are dwindling amazingly fast and I wanted to do something ambitious, but not too wild, and what I’d plannedContinue reading “Ride 34: Goshen, Chittenden, Mendon, Killington, Stockbridge, Pittsfield & Rochester”

After my first overnight adventure on the Canyon on Ride 31, the bug had really bit me. We had a great opportunity coming up with the holiday weekend, so Maddie and I decided to do a bikepacking overnighter together. It also just so happened that a route I’d planned as a possible day ride hadContinue reading “Ride 33: Waitsfield, Fayston, Warren, Granville & Hancock”

As I mentioned in my introduction to Ride 27, Vermont was going to get a new municipality. Since it fell on a Friday and because it was right around the corner, I decided that on July 1st, its first official day of existence, I’d ride through the City of Essex Junction. This would obviously beContinue reading “Ride 32: Essex Junction”

When I began this project, I knew I always wanted to incorporate some overnights into the routes. I’ve done some light touring on my Jamis touring bike, but that was using more of a classic set-up (rear panniers) as opposed to what these routes would require (full-on bikepacking). Bag and rack-wise, I ended up goingContinue reading “Ride 31: Saint Johnsbury, Kirby, Victory, Granby, East Haven, Guildhall, Lunenburg, Concord & Waterford”

Ride number thirty was always going to be a little different. Instead of going out solo or with a small gaggle of friends, I asked my friends Tyler and Rachel Cohen to gather a group of close to 700 people, rent out a fairground, hire some awesome caterers, plan a killer route and pull itContinue reading “Ride 30: Tunbridge & Strafford”

I began in Brandon, a beautiful downtown whose sidewalks have finally been completed and also recently played host to a classless rally by the Vermont GOP. I pulled up next to the local library and hopping on my trusty Salsa, weaved by way past the many great shops, breweries, galleries and restaurants to head southwestContinue reading “Ride 29: Brandon, Hubbardton, Benson, West Haven, Fair Haven, Castleton, Poultney, Ira, West Rutland, Rutland Town, Rutland City, Proctor & Pittsford”

After a few weeks off, I was back at it: looking a bit closer to home for towns number 158-161. Despite the wonderful riding that exists just over Mount Mansfield, I don’t often get over into the Stowe valley, but I’d planned this one to be my attempt at a “Best of” ride (despite myContinue reading “Ride 28: Waterbury, Stowe, Elmore & Morristown”

Well, they opened the Notch Road this week, so spring has officially sprung in the Green Mountain State! But before looking ahead, let’s look back a bit to events of this past winter. For me it was a middling winter weather-wise, but we got some snow and the skis got a decent amount of use.Continue reading “Ride 27: Wolcott, Hardwick, Greensboro, Wheelock, Stannard & Walden”

The days are really getting shorter as of late and with sunset creeping up closer to 5:30 and the weekend forecast filled with rain, I decided to sneak in a 251 ride. Because I still had to work a full Friday, this one would need to be short. My shortest in fact: only 26 miles,Continue reading “Ride 26: Starksboro, Buels Gore & Bristol”

Having just snuck in Ride 24 and its three towns, I was excited for the longer route of this ride. I’d done a few rides in what is widely considered the Northeast Kingdom. It’s occasionally considered to be smaller than Essex, Orleans and Caledonia, but even the most curmudgeonly geographical pedant couldn’t argue that NewarkContinue reading “Ride 25: Lyndon, Burke, Newark, Westmore, Sutton & Sheffield”