{"id":1352,"date":"2014-02-25T09:26:09","date_gmt":"2014-02-25T14:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nerandonneurs.org\/nersite\/?p=1352"},"modified":"2025-04-21T14:21:51","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T19:21:51","slug":"vermont-200k-may-10th-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ner.bike\/nersite\/?p=1352","title":{"rendered":"May 3rd, 2025 – Dirtier Bakery VT-200k"},"content":{"rendered":"

Start Location: Waterbury Park and Ride, 201 Lincoln St, Waterbury VT 05676; <\/strong><\/p>\n

Finish location is Fairfield Inn Waterbury VT, 1017 Waterbury-Stowe Rd, Waterbury, VT 05676<\/strong><\/p>\n

Start Time:<\/strong> 06:30
\nRide Leader:<\/strong> Robert Liu\/Tsun Au Yeung
\nLights:<\/strong> Recommended
\nDistance:<\/strong> 202km
\nTime Limit:<\/strong> 14 Hours 33 Minutes (63 km of dirt allow 1hr 3 minutes of dirt time extension)
\nSanctioning:<\/strong> RUSA (No ACP to allow dirt time bonus)
\nOnline Map\/GPS:<\/strong> https:\/\/ridewithgps.com\/routes\/50026796<\/a><\/p>\n

Registration:<\/strong> BikeReg<\/a><\/p>\n

Dirtier Bakery Brevet, Green Mountain 200k 2025:<\/strong>
\nThe former route was known as \u201cThe Bakery Brevet\u201d where you can eat breakfast all day long, this ride aims to mix stunning scenery and varied terrain with some enjoyable control stops along the way. Include ~30% good quality dirt roads. Most (if not all) are Vermont automotive roads, but wider tires are recommended. Mud season is also not officially over yet so typical springtime washboard and potholes on the dirt roads are to be expected. \u00a0Choose your gear accordingly.<\/p>\n

Ride Start and Parking Info:<\/strong>
\nThe rides starts at 6:30AM at the Waterbury Park and Ride, 201 Lincoln St., Waterbury VT. \u00a0This is where you should park for the duration of the ride if you are driving to the start. \u00a0Unless you have hotel reservation at the end hotel, please don’t park there. \u00a0We also strongly encourage for folks to carpool and\/or hotel room share, unfortunately the hotel price is for some reason always sky-high the first weekend of May at the area…)<\/p>\n

Route Description:<\/strong>
\nThe route takes riders through the heart of the Green Mountains. Starting from Waterbury, riders traveling south and will pass through the Mad River Valley up to the broad views of East Warren. From there the ride passes through the gorgeous and wild Granville Gulf (don’t miss the waterfall!) before reaching the first control at Rochester, the recommend business to visit is Sandy\u2019s Books & Caf\u00e9 if you want a rest before climbing Brandon Gap but adjacent faster accommodation is accepted. Riders then head west past Mt. Horrid and over the Brandon Gap (one of the more forgiving gap climbs from E to W in the area) to enter into the eastern flank of the Champlain Valley. After a stop in downtown Brandon, the route begins its journey northward along Lake Dunmore (on the west side shore this year) and through East Middlebury and through Bristol. Open rolling farmland unfolds before reaching the control in Hinesburg. Look for Huntington Gorge as you make your way to join the Winooski River on the final stretch back to Middlesex under the shadow of Camel\u2019s Hump.<\/p>\n

Controls: \u00a0<\/strong>Open Control at Downtown Rochester, VT; Open Control at Downtown Brandon; Open Control at Downtown Hinesburg, VT<\/p>\n

Recommended Control Options at Rochester VT are Sandy’s Book and Cafe (30 N Main St.), The Rochester Cafe and Country Store (55 N Main St.), Green Mountain Bikes (105 N Main St.), and Rochester Public Library (22 S Main St.)<\/p>\n

Recommended Control Options at Downtown Brandon VT are Brandon Free Public Library (4 Franklin St.), \u00a0Morningside Bakery (37 Center St.), Cafe Provence (11 Center St.), and Brandon Inn (22 Park St.)<\/p>\n

Recommend Control Options in Hinesburg is Lantman’s market (10681 VT-Rt 116) and Good Times Cafe (10805 VT-Rt 116).<\/p>\n

Pre-drive notes from Robert Liu on 4\/13\/2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

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