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Title: Bicycling
Notice:Bicycling for Fun
Moderator:JAMIN::WASSER
Created:Mon Apr 14 1986
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
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1508.0. "LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE" by SOFBA2::BELISLE (Mike Belisle MRO4-1/H20 297.3324) Tue Apr 24 1990 12:23

	Has anybody every looped Lake Winnipesaukee in N.H.?

	How many miles around?

	Is it very hilly?

	Are there places to stop and eat/swim/etc...

	Thanks for any info..
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1508.1done it many timesNOVA::FISHERDictionary is not.Tue Apr 24 1990 12:366
    There's a metric century that circumnavigates Lake Winnie, it's
    generally considered to be hilly.  There are several towns so you can
    stop and eat. Try to do it before the week of the motorcycle races in
    Loudon, after that there's too much traffic and that week you go deaf.
    
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1508.265 miles or so, nice rideFLUKES::SUTTONHe roams the seas in freedom...Tue Apr 24 1990 13:0014
    We did the Lake a couple of times last summer and will do so again
    several more this year. It's between 60 and 65 miles total distance;
    we usually drive up (we live in Newburyport, MA) to Alton Bay and
    leave the car there, then ride clockwise around the lake. The stretch
    from Weir's Beach through Meredith to Center Harbor has a couple of
    challenging hills, but nothing too terrible.
    
    Depending on the pace you set you can make Wolfeboro in time for a
    late-ish lunch. It's a very pretty ride, but if you have a choice,
    go during the week; if you must do it on a weekend, take Sunday over
    Saturday. Otherwise the traffic is just too brutal and there's not
    much of a should to ride on in places.
    
    	/Harry