<div>Sean,</div>
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<div>If you're looking for a slight less busy area to leave the bike, there's a rack at the back entrance to One Financial (across the street from South Station) at the intersection of Essex and Atlantic, I believe. Not as busy an area, under a roof and near building security. I have no idea what the situation is like overnight, but it could be worth scoping out.</div>
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<div>Good luck!<br><br> </div>
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3. Re: pleasure bike (Eric Mearns)<br> 4. Re: pleasure bike (Eric Mearns)<br> 5. Commuter question (Sean Carstensen)<br> 6. Re: Commuter question (Aaron D. Ball)<br> 7. Re: Commuter question (Sean Carstensen)<br> 8. Re: Commuter question (Dan Barrett)<br>
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Subject: [*BCM*] pleasure bike<br>To: "Boston Critical Mass" <<a href="mailto:list@bostoncriticalmass.org">list@bostoncriticalmass.org</a>><br>Message-ID: <005501c8dc69$46b3e290$6564a8c0@Unit2><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<br>
<br>Hey ya'll.<br><br>I am looking for a pleasant ride from Brookline Village, about 25 miles. I plan go at 5:30 today and wondered if there are routes, to say Blue Hill, that aren't too gnarly (traffic).<br><br>
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<br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 2<br>Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 13:44:59 EDT<br>From: <a href="mailto:TSmith4918@aol.com">TSmith4918@aol.com</a><br>Subject: Re: [*BCM*] pleasure bike<br>To: <a href="mailto:list@bostoncriticalmass.org">list@bostoncriticalmass.org</a><br>
Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:bb8.2fc8f2aa.359d189b@aol.com">bb8.2fc8f2aa.359d189b@aol.com</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"<br><br><br>Lee,<br><br>Past JP Pond, up Goddard St, past Larz Anderson to Newton St, stay on it to<br>
Putterham Circle, go 3/4 of the way around the circle to get on West Rox Pkwy,<br>take this all the way to Washington Street and cross over on to Enneking<br>Pkwy, take this downhill all the way to River St, turn right, cross the Mother<br>
brook and then bear next left on to Neponset Valley Pkway to next left over<br>train track (Milton Street); turn right on Hyde park Ave, wind under the<br>bridge to the left which puts you back on Neposent Valley Pkwy; after crossing<br>
the neposet river, bear right and then right again on Brush Hill: this climb<br>will take you up to 138-Blue Hill Ave where you bear right and go down to<br>Blue Hill River Rd(signaled intersection); take a left and stay on this (see<br>
brookwood farm CSA on your right), bearing left on Unquity Rd after Houghton<br>Pond and the police stable. This is a great downhill that will take you to the<br>intersection of Canton and Blue Hills Pkwy: you can take a left on Canton<br>
(pretty uncluttered road) which will bring you back to Brush Hill or go straight<br>to Mattapan Square for some urban riding.<br><br>it's a good loop and shows up well on Mapquest<br><br>Tim<br><br><br>In a message dated 7/2/2008 1:26:47 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,<br>
<a href="mailto:leepeters@gis.net">leepeters@gis.net</a> writes:<br><br>Hey ya'll.<br><br>I am looking for a pleasant ride from Brookline Village, about 25 miles. I<br>plan go at 5:30 today and wondered if there are routes, to say Blue Hill,<br>
that aren't too gnarly (traffic).<br><br>Do we still have that google bike map anywhere?<br><br>--L<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>**************Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for<br>fuel-efficient used cars. (<a href="http://autos.aol.com/used?ncid=aolaut00050000000007">http://autos.aol.com/used?ncid=aolaut00050000000007</a>)<br>
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To: "Boston Critical Mass" <<a href="mailto:list@bostoncriticalmass.org">list@bostoncriticalmass.org</a>><br>Message-ID:<br> <<a href="mailto:fe966c460807021050j5423e61eydb7f056977919535@mail.gmail.com">fe966c460807021050j5423e61eydb7f056977919535@mail.gmail.com</a>><br>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1<br><br>Lee,<br>I don't know the name of the path, but I'm sure you are familiar with<br>it: you can pick it up by Route 9 just west of the Jamaicaway bridge.<br>It follows the muddy river just west of the Jamaicaway, and it<br>
generally follows the emerald necklace and goes as far south as the<br>Arboretum. Then you can take Walk Hill Street over towards the Blue<br>Hills.<br><br>On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 1:30 PM, Lee Peters <<a href="mailto:leepeters@gis.net">leepeters@gis.net</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hey ya'll.<br>><br>> I am looking for a pleasant ride from Brookline Village, about 25 miles. I<br>> plan go at 5:30 today and wondered if there are routes, to say Blue Hill,<br>> that aren't too gnarly (traffic).<br>
><br>> Do we still have that google bike map anywhere?<br>><br>> --L<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Boston Critical Mass mailing list<br>> <a href="mailto:list@bostoncriticalmass.org">list@bostoncriticalmass.org</a><br>
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To: "Boston Critical Mass" <<a href="mailto:list@bostoncriticalmass.org">list@bostoncriticalmass.org</a>><br>Message-ID:<br> <<a href="mailto:fe966c460807021113q5b368fa0l6284e8b2ba449c7@mail.gmail.com">fe966c460807021113q5b368fa0l6284e8b2ba449c7@mail.gmail.com</a>><br>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1<br><br>Speaking of Milton, a buddy and I both fell off our bikes two weeks<br>ago and got pretty banged up while going west down a hill on Adams<br>Street into the Lower Mills section of milton. It was night time, and<br>
I am guessing we both hit the same rough patch of road. Be careful on<br>the hill, don't build up any speed and keep your eyes on the pavement.<br><br>This was near the intersection of Adams Street and Dorchester Ave in<br>
Lower Mills I think. Tell anyone you know who rides in Milton.<br><br><br>On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 1:44 PM, <<a href="mailto:TSmith4918@aol.com">TSmith4918@aol.com</a>> wrote:<br>> Lee,<br>><br>> Past JP Pond, up Goddard St, past Larz Anderson to Newton St, stay on it to<br>
> Putterham Circle, go 3/4 of the way around the circle to get on West Rox<br>> Pkwy, take this all the way to Washington Street and cross over on to<br>> Enneking Pkwy, take this downhill all the way to River St, turn right, cross<br>
> the Mother brook and then bear next left on to Neponset Valley Pkway to next<br>> left over train track (Milton Street); turn right on Hyde park Ave, wind<br>> under the bridge to the left which puts you back on Neposent Valley Pkwy;<br>
> after crossing the neposet river, bear right and then right again on Brush<br>> Hill: this climb will take you up to 138-Blue Hill Ave where you bear<br>> right and go down to Blue Hill River Rd(signaled intersection); take a left<br>
> and stay on this (see brookwood farm CSA on your right), bearing left on<br>> Unquity Rd after Houghton Pond and the police stable. This is a great<br>> downhill that will take you to the intersection of Canton and Blue Hills<br>
> Pkwy: you can take a left on Canton (pretty uncluttered road) which will<br>> bring you back to Brush Hill or go straight to Mattapan Square for some<br>> urban riding.<br>><br>> it's a good loop and shows up well on Mapquest<br>
><br>> Tim<br>><br>><br>> In a message dated 7/2/2008 1:26:47 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,<br>> <a href="mailto:leepeters@gis.net">leepeters@gis.net</a> writes:<br>><br>> Hey ya'll.<br>><br>> I am looking for a pleasant ride from Brookline Village, about 25 miles. I<br>
> plan go at 5:30 today and wondered if there are routes, to say Blue Hill,<br>> that aren't too gnarly (traffic).<br>><br>> Do we still have that google bike map anywhere?<br>><br>> --L<br>><br>><br>
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Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<br><br>New to the list, but wanted to get some advice. I commute in everyday from<br>Providence and want to start riding to work (Allston) from South Station. I<br>
noticed there is a bike rack there but wanted to find out how safe that area<br>is to leave bike over night and on weekends. I just bought a used track bike<br>for $300 down in Providence in really good shape, but feel like it might<br>
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Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1<br><br>Not exactly what you were asking, but I commuted from Providence to<br>Central Square for a couple of years, and I usually parked my bike<br>(~$300 new cheezy mountain bike) at the station down there and took<br>
the Red Line in Boston. It never got stolen, but my cheapo gel seat<br>did get ripped off once. Stations are high-traffic areas, so given<br>enough time some asshole is guaranteed to steal any parts that aren't<br>locked on or screwed on tight, and maybe even ones that are.<br>
<br>Speaking of assholes, there's some twit going around squirting acid<br>into locks---"twit" because it makes the lock a bitch to open, so it's<br>not like it's getting them anything. It's happened three times to<br>
locks of mine at Davis and Harvard. If you get off the train one<br>morning and find your lock covered in white corrosion, rinse it out<br>with water and lube it before you put your key in.<br><br><br>------------------------------<br>
<br>Message: 7<br>Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 15:12:11 -0400<br>From: "Sean Carstensen" <<a href="mailto:i@seancarstensen.com">i@seancarstensen.com</a>><br>Subject: Re: [*BCM*] Commuter question<br>To: "Boston Critical Mass" <<a href="mailto:list@bostoncriticalmass.org">list@bostoncriticalmass.org</a>><br>
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<br>Thanks Aaron,<br>People can be real dicks sometimes. I understand people that would steal<br>bike to resell them but don't understand why anyone would just randomly<br>destroy someones lock.<br><br>If any one else has any experience good or bad, would love to hear them.<br>
<br>Thanks,<br>Sean<br><br>On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 2:46 PM, Aaron D. Ball <<a href="mailto:aarondball@gmail.com">aarondball@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br>> Not exactly what you were asking, but I commuted from Providence to<br>
> Central Square for a couple of years, and I usually parked my bike<br>> (~$300 new cheezy mountain bike) at the station down there and took<br>> the Red Line in Boston. It never got stolen, but my cheapo gel seat<br>
> did get ripped off once. Stations are high-traffic areas, so given<br>> enough time some asshole is guaranteed to steal any parts that aren't<br>> locked on or screwed on tight, and maybe even ones that are.<br>
><br>> Speaking of assholes, there's some twit going around squirting acid<br>> into locks---"twit" because it makes the lock a bitch to open, so it's<br>> not like it's getting them anything. It's happened three times to<br>
> locks of mine at Davis and Harvard. If you get off the train one<br>> morning and find your lock covered in white corrosion, rinse it out<br>> with water and lube it before you put your key in.<br>> _______________________________________________<br>
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Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:486BD341.5070509@pobox.com">486BD341.5070509@pobox.com</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed<br><br>I use one of these when leaving my ride at South Station during trips:<br>
<a href="http://www.kryptonitelock.com/Products/ProductDetail.aspx?cid=1001&scid=1002&pid=1194">http://www.kryptonitelock.com/Products/ProductDetail.aspx?cid=1001&scid=1002&pid=1194</a><br><br>Buy the big lock + chain, plus a mini u-lock for your back pocket. In<br>
the morning, leave the big chain locked to the rack at South Station<br>when you take your bike to work; use your mini u-lock to lock during the<br>day at work. At night, secure the bike at South Station with big chain<br>
through back tire and frame, and u-lock through front wheel and frame.<br><br>That's the way I've done it, and I've never had a problem, even when<br>leaving the bike at South Station for a week. You might also want to<br>
tape up your frame, both to protect it from scratches when locking and<br>to deter interest in it.<br><br><br><br>Sean Carstensen wrote:<br>> New to the list, but wanted to get some advice. I commute in everyday from<br>
> Providence and want to start riding to work (Allston) from South Station. I<br>> noticed there is a bike rack there but wanted to find out how safe that area<br>> is to leave bike over night and on weekends. I just bought a used track bike<br>
> for $300 down in Providence in really good shape, but feel like it might<br>> look a little too newish to leave out. Any thoughts?<br><br><br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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