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After riding Chaos Turnpike yesterday, I can now publish my updated list of best named roads in Vermont I've ridden by bike:

Weed
Agony Hill
Chaos Turnpike
Coon Club
Biscuit Hollow
Joe Ranger
Cloudland
Galaxy Hill
Tigertown
Handy

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Chaos Turnpike road sign
August 31, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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#dangerpanda rolling into the weekend. #BikeDC #BikeVT
May 23, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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A freedom machine named Crazy Horse #bikeVT
An all city cosmic stallion with a green, gray and white frame and lime green tires, leans against a stone wall at King Farm. A tree gives the bike shade. Green hills are in the distance. There are big poofy clouds in the blue sky
July 4, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Despite their prominence, alpacas are not native to Vermont. They are good looking, though #bikevt
3 alpacas on an alpaca farm in Woodstock, VT.
April 19, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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The art is courtesy of Billings Farm and Museum. The bike is a 2020 All-City Cosmic Stallion named Crazy Horse. It was just rebuilt by Analog Cycles in Poultney, VT. The old Shimano drivetrain was ripped out and replaced with a SRAM 1x system. Lime green GravelKing tires complete the look #bikeVT
bicycle parked in front of Billings Farm and Museum. There is blue art on the wall.
May 21, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Timeline cleanse! I rode my bike for 25 miles today. I saw rivers and mountains. #bikevt #bikesky
Mt Ascutney from Bible Hill Rd. Some fall color creeping on its slopes Little Ascutney from Stoughton Dam The Black River. Water levels are low. Some fall color in the hills Mt Ascutney from the Banister Road summit
September 10, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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May 2025 Cycling Recap - 11 days of riding; 298 miles; 15,053 ft climbed; 23 hrs in the saddle. #bikeeveryday #bikeDC #bikeVT #dangerpanda #pactimoambassador
June 1, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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The best part of today's 22 mile ride was the cold brew with a shot of maple syrup at Abracadabra Coffee. #bikeVT
The All-City Cosmic Stallion hangin' out at Abracadabra Coffee in Woodstock at the corner of Barnard and Wayside
July 19, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Trust me. It's a road. #bikeVT
The class 4 road that connects Quechee-West Hartford Road to the Quechee Wilderness Trails. The are boulders ahead. Be careful on the descent.
June 27, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Today's feat of strength was a 25 mile bike ride along the Lamoille Valley Rail Trail From West Danville to Hill Farmstead brewery. #bikevt
Mural in Greensboro Bend, along Lamoille Valley Rail Trail Barrels of beer, hill farmstead brewery Mountain view, Lamoille Valley Rail Trail More mountains, Lamoille Valley Rail Trail
June 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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The fun thing about biking in Vermont in the Spring is you never know when you're easy ride will become an adventure ride.

Today should have been easy peasy chimpanzeeze -- Visit 4 covered bridges along the Ottaquechee, visit Biscuit Hollow, turn around and head home. There was mud. #bikevt
Taftsville covered bridge Woodstock covered bridge Lincoln covered bridge Quechee covered bridge
March 19, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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That was fun. And it was cold, and the wind was bullshit, but it was mostly fun. #bikevt
Rolling down High Pastures road from Pomfret into Woodstock. The dirt road is dry(ish). Hills are off in the distance. It's not yet, April, the grass is brown and trees are barren.
March 28, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Today's ride was a measured effort split between pavement and dirt with some short climbs for fun. I fell ill on Wednesday's ride, and for two days I feared I would never ride again. I needed to confirm the bike legs still worked.

Also, check the absolute unit of a turtle in the pics #bikevt
This absolute unit of a turtle was thinking about crossing Quechee Main. You got this bud! Wildflowers are in bloom, a small patch of wild lupines I like stopping at the sculpture garden during the Prosper Road descent back to Woodstock. Peace, try it some time Another shot from the sculpture garden, this bird is made of wood
June 8, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Joe Ranger Road takes its name from a local eccentric who lived there in the late 19th to early 20th centuries. He eschewed modern conveniences like automobiles, plumbing, and electricity.

I snagged this vista on my bike ride today, not far from where the road intersects the AT. #bikeVT #bikeSky
The view from Joe Ranger road - A wood fence, green field, green trees, hills and mountains off in the distance, mostly cloudy skies
September 1, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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April 2025 Cycling Recap - 11 days of riding; 268 miles; 13,004 ft climbed; 19 hrs in the saddle. #bikeeveryday #bikeDC #bikeVT #dangerpanda #pactimoambassador
Bicyclist selfie looking up at the camera aka #dangerpanda
May 1, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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The verdict is in! It appears I had a good time at last Saturday's Onion River Outdoors' Muddy Onion 2025! #bikeVT #MuddyOnion2025 #ridedirty
A smiling participant number 649 riding the muddy descent back into Montpelier on a pink Cannondale Topstone gravel bike.
May 1, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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Too damn hot for Vermont, today. I biked up one hill (Garvin Hill Rd via Lincoln and Hartland Hill) and biked down that hill. I thought about cremees and cold brew with a shot of maple syrup all the way down. #bikeVT
Rolling down Garvin Hill Rd, a dirt road, there's a bend ahead and a structure off in the distance with a green metal roof
July 16, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Despite yesterday's authorization of full force, I've yet to vanquish sinus antifa from my nasal passages. The legs and lungs just weren't there, especially when the road tilted up. I'm in Vermont. That's a problem. I had to reroute after the first checkpoint, a lovely little pond. #bikeVT #bikesky
Tranquil scenes at a pond. Gold and orange tones dominate the forest the orange is oranger behind the road sign a golden dirt road Another pond shot, this one into the sun. Orange hills in the background
September 28, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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I took a mostly leisurely ride through Quechee today -- Cruised around Lake Pinneo, rode the trail by Dewey's Pond, and came across this wonderful birdhouse tree #bikeVT
Birdhouse tree in Quechee, VT. The birdhouse tree sits in a green field. Green hills in the background. Blue skies and poofy clouds
July 22, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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The ongoing drought in Vermont, and last night's rain created spring-like conditions on the back roads, though I wouldn't call what I rode through mud. The consistency was more like wet sand than the gloopy mud season mud we're used to. The scenery was outasight, though. #bikeVT #bikesky
Orange hillside, Mt Ascutney in the background, cloudy skies horse shed, orange hills, a pond, cloudy skies
October 8, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Now that I've been out riding out a few times this Spring, it's time to post my current best roads in Vermont list based on a) their name and b) have I biked it.

Weed
Agony Hill
Biscuit Hollow
Coon Club
Joe Ranger
Handy
Cloudland
Galaxy Hill
Tigertown

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March 29, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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Weird Vermont is alive and well at a small farm on Prosper Road. The property is home to dozens of art installations.

I prefer approaching the Prosper Road summit from Barnard Road and taking an art break during the descent back into town. #bikeVT
Two brightly colored sculptures and a barn in the background Peace sign sculpture in front of a forest. The grass is starting to turn green More art at Sculpturefest on Prosper Road in Woodstock VT View from the roadside, circular sculpture in front, more art in the background
April 19, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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No accidental adventures today -- One training climb, up Hillside from Taftsville and one descent down High Pastures and Otis Hill to the river. There were a couple massive ruts at higher elevations, and the dirt roads are still a bit spongy, but it was a pleasant ride. #bikeVT
View of the Ottaquechee River, just west of the Taftsville covered bridge. A hillside in the distance has a couple homes.
March 22, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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We've entered the post-Ice Age phase of Spring in Vermont with abundant sunshine and the ice breaking up on the Ottaquechee River. #bikevt
A bend in the Ottaquechee River, ice is breaking up. Hills off in the distance. Nothing but blue skies
March 11, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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A good day for bikes! I took the long and climby way to Abracadabra coffee, via Barnard, North Bridgewater, Perkins, and Wayside. On my way out of the forest, down a steep class 4 road like a creek bed, I noticed some large animals in the woods -- Just some cows enjoying the trees

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View from the intersection of North Bridgewater and Perkins Road. A dirt road, green trees, green hills, mountains off in the distance, cloudy skies A good red barn seen from the intersection of North Bridgewater and Perkins Cows greeted me at the bottom of the class 4 road. Three cows sit in a forest, two black, one brown, one of the black ones hides behind a tree
September 3, 2025 at 7:50 PM