The Fells - November 10, 2012

Just a small post, but had a nice ride on a beautiful day around the Reservoir Loop at the Fells this afternoon.  For those unfamiliar, the Fells has been the source of a great deal of controversy regarding mountain biking for the better part of the past two decades.  Check out fellsbiker.com for a pretty thorough overview of where things stand.

Fortunately for me, they opened up a great 6 mile single track loop right before I moved down to Charlestown.  It takes me less than 15 minutes from the time I start my car until the time I am riding, so I quickly adopted the loop as my "quick and easy" ride for Saturdays or Sundays when I don't have time to get up to Fort Rock, Lynn Woods, or anywhere else that has a bit more terrain.

Anyway, I actually sold my Contour last night, so no video footage (probably a good thing considering my frustration level with the small FOV at this point), but I figured I'd post a few pictures since I've ridden the loop (or variations thereof) at least 10 times this summer, and I didn't want the season to go by without acknowledging how happy I was to discover this great ride so close to the city.  Definitely made moving back to Boston much easier on my psyche.

Should have the Go Pro soon - can't wait to capture some far superior skiing footage this year.

Enjoy the pics!

This section doesn't look like much, but its a fairly tricky ascent that gets me almost every time.

View of the reservoir.  Nice day!

Looking back at a fairly difficult downhill section leading up to the bridge.

Can't tell from this photo, but this is not a bridge you would want to fall off.  Every time I cross it, I hear Osgood laughing at me in anticipation of my messing up.