Author Archives: Sam Graulty

All of a sudden fall is in full swing and time is difficult to find. It’s been close to a month since my last ride and I was itching to get out. I was already planning a ride on an upcoming Saturday (more on that in Ride 25) but Maddie and I were invited toContinue reading “Ride 24: Essex, Westford & Fairfax”

After the Labor Day holiday, the weather had taken a turn towards the autumnal, and so had my schedule. The weekend after Labor Day is always At Hop in Burlington’s South End. Generator, being the hip and creative place that it is, decided to participate this year. This was an exciting prospect, but it tookContinue reading “Ride 23: Hinesburg, Monkton, Ferrisburgh & Charlotte”

Last summer I rode my first century (AKA 100-mile ride) and it had been a goal to do another this year. The recent weather hadn’t been cooperative (read: super hot and sticky) and I also have been much busier than last year. But the stars aligned and Brad and I had an absolute gem ofContinue reading “Ride 22: Vergennes, Waltham, New Haven, Weybridge, Cornwall, Middlebury, Salisbury, Leicester, Whiting, Sudbury, Orwell, Shoreham, Bridport, Addison & Panton”

The weather was looking absolutely perfect for a ride on Saturday, so I reached out to some friends to see if anyone would be willing to make the trek south to do a ride with me. I had one hardy volunteer who stepped up: my buddy Jared. He’s been mainly a mountain biker, but thisContinue reading “Ride 21: Clarendon, Tinmouth, Middletown Springs, Wells, Pawlet, Danby, Mount Tabor & Wallingford”

It’s been a jam-packed summer so far, and time to ride has been hard to come by. With Covid cases down (and hopefully staying there) there has been more opportunity for travel. We’ve been able to see family and have full weekends, but this project has suffered a bit. We’re also currently a one carContinue reading “Ride 20: Burlington, Winooski & Colchester”

For Ride 19, I got some friends to join me, which was a nice change from the past few solo rides. We planned to head down to Barre and do a short-ish ride. Sadly, Brad couldn’t make it, since he used to teach at Spaulding High School in Barre and has done some riding downContinue reading “Ride 19: Barre City, Barre Town, Williamstown, Washington & Orange”

After three-straight full weekends away from home, I decided to keep the streak alive (for the day at least) and head two hours south. This route originating in North Shrewsbury is in the areas south and east of Rutland that’s been a mystery to me. Much like the area covered by Ride 5, these townsContinue reading “Ride 18: Shrewsbury, Plymouth, Bridgewater, Reading, Cavendish, Ludlow & Mount Holly”

Ride 17 had a little trouble coming to be. I had planned to do it last weekend, but sadly my bike was not in the best shape. My front derailleur was being finicky: unable to shift into the big ring. I tried nibbling around the edges of the problem, trying not to mess things upContinue reading “Ride 17: Woodstock, Pomfret, Hartford, Hartland, Windsor & West Windsor”

Well, when we last left off, Governor Scott had just announced that multi-household gatherings would soon be banned and this weekend marked the first time that folks could be together outside unmasked! It’s been a long winter and we’re certainly not out of the woods yet, but I was so relieved to be in personContinue reading “Ride 16: Craftsbury, Albany & Glover”

Despite my predictions that ride number 14 may have been my last 251 ride of the season, I was quickly proven wrong. Brad had planned to do a birthday hike, but decided at the last minute to use his birthday-boy privilege to call an audible and switch it to a ride. The route he plannedContinue reading “Ride 15: Moretown, Berlin & Northfield”