[QUOTE=tygab;221165]Hubby and I did a variant of our ride from last week, to Amherst NH. We ended up logging 51 miles. Rode up the road we have nicknamed the "grind" as it is a 2.8 mile uphill (not steep, just long), and there are also no trees for shade, and strong head/crosswinds. We rode by lots of farms and Silver Lake, Massapoag Pond, etc and I wanted to jump into the water so badly along both. It was warm out today! We closed out our ride with Lost Lake Road, which is this crazy, roller coaster winding road where the grades are over 10% (I think we logged that one of them is 14%). Arms feel a little sore. We'll see what we feel like doing tomorrow.

Is this the same Lost Lake Road in Groton? I remember I wanted to do a smoother metric last year so I drove over to ride and chose a route starting in Lancaster, went through Shirley, Townsend, Groton, and Ayer. I was on rt 40 in Groton and decided to cross south over on a road called Lost Lake Rd to pop in and say a quick hi to friends on the other side. It was funny. You go down the road and you sort of get enveloped in this lost world of green and like you say, continually go over all these roller coaster hills - it sort of makes you laugh. Short stand in the pedals sprinty kind of hills but I do remember rolling my eyes saying "how many are there" and I do remember one that was over 10%.