 Topic Name: Maine ?
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on: September 02, 2012, 11:36:28 AM
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Uncle Tom
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« on: September 02, 2012, 11:36:28 AM » |
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Anyone have suggestion for a 4-5 day trip? Done the Sunrise Trail.
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Topic Name: Maine ?
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Reply #1 on: September 13, 2012, 09:51:15 AM
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Straz
Location: Maine
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« Reply #1 on: September 13, 2012, 09:51:15 AM » |
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I have been wanting for the past couple years to get out and ride the Sunrise Trail. What are your thoughts on it?
Have you looked into the possibility of using the Maine Huts system to link with The Forks and Greenville?
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Topic Name: Maine ?
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Reply #2 on: October 20, 2012, 05:27:13 AM
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Groundshine
Location: Vermont USA
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« Reply #2 on: October 20, 2012, 05:27:13 AM » |
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Wow! I just checked out the Down East Sunrise Trail - it covers some beautiful ground. It may work into my ever on-going quest to reach Newfoundland from Vermont. Should be able to link the DEST to the Fundy Trail when that gets built.
On the other hand I hate riding in Maine because when you have to go on a road ( and you always do) there is zero shoulder. I find the drivers to be more tolerant and polite to cyclists - they won't kill youin order to pass you on a blind curve... but I don't want to become another Stephen King statistic.
Oh - and if anyone is wondering.... all those semi-private roads in that HUGE chunk of northern Maine - are off limits to cyclists. However - you can have a similar experience just about anywhere in New Brunswick. A huge provence with tons of logging roads and ATV trails and mosquitos.
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Reply #3 on: October 20, 2012, 06:16:40 PM
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Groundshine
Location: Vermont USA
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Reply #4 on: November 11, 2012, 05:24:39 AM
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Gcharles
Location: NE Maine
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« Reply #4 on: November 11, 2012, 05:24:39 AM » |
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I will be bikepacking the Sunshine trail in December and report back.
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Reply #5 on: November 13, 2012, 07:30:44 PM
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fotooutdoors
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« Reply #5 on: November 13, 2012, 07:30:44 PM » |
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Is the Sunshine trail more a rail-trail sort of setup, or is it single/doubletrack? I got the impression that it is the former from a quick snoop around the website. Curious if anyone here has ridden it, as my wife loves to visit Maine, so this could be a great way to visit without always being in the car.
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Reply #6 on: November 14, 2012, 04:39:24 AM
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Gcharles
Location: NE Maine
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« Reply #6 on: November 14, 2012, 04:39:24 AM » |
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It is more of a rails/trails setup, definitely not singletrack. It is however a very nice route.
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