Western Maine double loop showcases season

There comes a time during the cycling season when you realize there are some rides you meant to do but haven’t. Life moves on despite your plans. Next thing you know, it’s late October and the snow guns are in position across a smattering of northern New England ski areas waiting for Mother Nature to lower those temperatures so they can unleash the white gold.

The coolness and shorter hours of daylight are excellent motivators to get in the saddle. But the recent road construction and utility work going on in Conway Village and North Conway village had me thinking it’s time for the route less traveled. That was the impetus to finally do a Fryeburg-Brownfield double loop ride that had been on my radar for a bit to stay away from the construction boom.