I knew it wasn't going to be easy when my legs started to protest and I was still on Eastern Ave. Lots more hills from Lynn to Cambrdige than there are along the Charles River from Brighton's Oak Sq. to Kendall Sq. At the top of every hill I thought: "Get to the top of this, and you'll still have to negotiate the 16/99 rotary, 99 itself, and the rotary at Sullivan Sq." 99 went by fairly quickly, I must say. I was sorely tempted to take the underpass at Sullivan Sq., but I'm glad I didn't. I unwisely took the sidewalk along the bridge from Charlestown and ended up pushing my bike for a bit as the sidewalk being replaced.
Lynn & Saugus went by easily, luckily, since that's the bulk of the miles. Lookng forward to a morning stop at <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/zTOswXp_doij-9tboPG3FA?select=72u256-KPv52chLEcfsCnw">Kane's Doughnuts</a>.
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To top it all off, I was "that guy", who knocks over his fellow bike commuter's ride at the rack. Oh well. Wish I had a sweatshirt, it's freezing in here right now.
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If you find a better route through Everett, let me know. I hate 99 through there, but I don't take it ofter enough to bother trying any other way.
Prison Point/John F. Gilmore Bridge might be the worst part of the trip.
If you want to avoid it, you could do Washington St. from Sullivan into Somerville, left onto Medford (under McGrath), which turns into Gore in Cambridge.