Start Location: PVD Bike Collective (See parking details below)
Start Time: 7am
Length: 200k
Time Limit: 13.5 Hours
Ride Leader: John Rosenwinkel (Rosy)
Controls: Chepachet, RI; Charlton, MA; Plainfield, CT
Sanctioning: RUSA & ACP
Lighting & Reflective Gear: Required if finishing after 6pm
Registration: Via BikeReg
GPS File/Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/46037742
Hell’s Hollow Brevet is back! This route was last used in 2018 and was scheduled again for 2020 until canceled for obvious reasons. When NER had to make a change to the traditional Bays and Bridges route, Rosy kindly offered to update the Hell’s Hollow route and offer the ride again. See below for the updated description.
This version of the Hell Hollow 200k is similar to the route used in 2018. The start and finish location has changed to the Providence Bicycle Collective (PBC) at 50 Sims Ave in Providence. The first 20 miles have changed a lot to make up lost mileage due to moving the start location west, but the rest of the route after the first control in Chepachet is very similar to the 2018 route. All the controls remain the same. Unfortunately, the Summit General Store at mile 107 (the start of the Washington Secondary bike path) closed in 2023 and will not be open for this ride, but it is under new ownership and might re-open later this year or next year.
There are bathrooms inside PBC, as well as pumps/stands/tools should your bike need anything last minute.
Start & Parking Information
Parking at PBC: You can either park in the small front lot, in the large back lot, or along Sims Ave. There will be a flea market happening next door from 11am to 3pm, so there will be lots of car and pedestrian traffic in that window, but rider departure and arrival should miss all of that hullabaloo.
Photos from Aug 25th 2018 Pre-Ride (Jake)
