said by Schnook:I can get from Main & Burnside in EH to Buckland Hills Mall and back, faster than the bus.
Ah... But that's mostly flat ground except for the hill to the mall. Also, the bus has to make stops and you mostly do not have to.
I can make it from near Main Street in Manchester to Main Street in East Hartford in about 45 - 50 minutes.
I made it from the Webster Theatre in Hartford to my apartment here in Manchester in about an hour and a half (got a little bit lost getting to Main Street in Hartford. The streets of Hartford are not well-marked. -- "[They] watch the bonfire mark the end of the Madman/They all watch the bonfire die into embers/They all watch the funeral morning glow./The Madman is dead./The dawn wind whispers:/'The Madman is dead.'"--S.C.Schumacher, "The Madman of Hamberton Swabe"
said by Schnook:I can get from Main & Burnside in EH to Buckland Hills Mall and back, faster than the bus.
Ah... But that's mostly flat ground except for the hill to the mall. Also, the bus has to make stops and you mostly do not have to.
I can make it from near Main Street in Manchester to Main Street in East Hartford in about 45 - 50 minutes.
I made it from the Webster Theatre in Hartford to my apartment here in Manchester in about an hour and a half (got a little bit lost getting to Main Street in Hartford. The streets of Hartford are not well-marked.
Of course it's mostly almost flat ground--I only LOOK stoopid! And I beat the bus because I won't let them pass--I swerve in front of them. (Hey! I like the sound of air brakes!). Mostly, it's almost a tie going TO the mall, but I don't have to wait around for a bus back.
Then the easiest grade into the mall starts with Home Depot's driveway from Buckland Road. Pavillion Drive is the nice way out--you can hit 30 mph easily without pedaling. Timing the light and line of cars for the left turn at the bottom is a bit tricky.
Of course you get lost in Hartford! In my spare time, I steal street signs. -- Life is a tragedy with intermittent comic relief.
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And I beat the bus because I won't let them pass--I swerve in front of them. (Hey! I like the sound of air brakes!). Mostly, it's almost a tie going TO the mall, but I don't have to wait around for a bus back.