Aquidneck Island ride, Rhode Island 4 Nov 2015

Brenton Point

Command Central

So I've never been a big fan of riding Aquidneck Island. During the summer the island is filled with tourists making it hard to navigate the small roads of Newport. No matter where you ride on Aquidnick Island you will eventually ride on route 138 or 114 which is a very bad road to ride on. The roads are very busy and have zero shoulder for bicycle to ride on. 

Even riding on Bellevue Ave is can be difficult the road is concrete and many tourists are busy looking at the beautiful mansions and not looking for a bicycle.
However riding this morning in November offered a different experience. This was Wednesday morning many people were at work it was not tourist season so the roads were not too bad. And yes Aquidneck Island (which is comprised of Newport, Middletown and Portsmouth, Rhode Island) offered a very nice morning ride for the bicyclist.

As you can see, there is a lot of bikers
 marking their paths on the island!

I started off at Fort Adams State Park and rode to Bellevue Ave and then to Portsmouth past Easton beach quickly riding up Indian Ave. Indianapolis a beautiful view of the Sakonnet River in Tiverton and Little Compton Rhode Island. Middle Ave offers a nice view from the top of the hills on to Quonset point. On the west side of the island is probably the most secluded riding around the old Navy base. There was even a chance to ride cobblestone in downtown Newport.

Ride with GPS file: http://ridewithgps.com/routes/5646393

What a great morning ride a good way to start the day before I had my job interview at the navy War College.

The Sackonnet River from Park ST in Portsmouth

Overlooking Tiverton RI

Concrete road on Bellevue ave

BIKE PORN!
 Nice quiet roads, fresh tar, big smooth shoulder in Brenton Point.

Narragansett Bay Wheelmen ride number 16

A farm on Narragansett Bay Wheelmen Ride #16

This is how the Narragansett bay wheelmen mark their courses.
So if you don't have a gps, you can just follow the arrows.  

What a great ride to start November with.

 I started on Sunday morning a little earlier than the group ride because I promised to take my daughters to an afternoon movie. The ride is only 35 miles long and it starts in historic Apponaug village and goes through East Greenwich Rhode Island. We also get to go through awesome Goddard Park. I need to spend some more time in Goddard Park and do some horse back riding there. 

This is a short ride at 33 miles. But well rewarding! Here is the gps file: http://ridewithgps.com/routes/6327322

One of the reasons I love riding with the Narragansett Bay Wheelman or other bike clubs, is that I get to see areas I never knew existed. For instance I lived in Rhode Island in this area in Warwick for many years years. I have never seen some of the beautiful areas off the beaten path as I have on this ride. 

This is one of the reasons I love bike riding!

 For instance if you have to drive somewhere in a car you are going to drive to the business area where the malls are all the stores in that in general is what you are going to see a business road and shopping centers. When you are on your bike you get to go down residential areas and wooded areas and areas that you normally wouldn't have gone if you drove. This shows me the greatness and beauty of America when I hear people badmouthing and saying America is not beautiful anymore they obviously have not gotten off the business road. 

And this ride with by the wheelman displays that never have I have a need to drive down the street and see the big beautiful mansions and see the beautiful farms in East Greenwich. The coast of Narragansett bay is so pristine with boats getting ready for the winter and lobster traps stacked along the pier. 

Wish all the roads were like this! 

This ride takes you into Awesome Goddard Park! 

Entrance into Goddard Park