A few routes are shown on the maps but not described in detail in writing or by means of cue sheets. A spectacular bicycle touring loop for anyone who doesn't mind some climbing follows Wells Street from Cheshire and Route 116 east to Route 8A, then up the Deerfield River, past Monroe Bridge to Readsboro, Vermont and back on Route 8 to Clarksburg, Massachusetts and North Adams.
Traffic is very light throughout.
The route is best taken counterclockwise, because Monroe Road, along the Deerfield River, is too narrow and winding for a quick descent. Once east of Route 7, the route travels through low-density residential areas and then rural areas including the dairy farms that somehow have been a selling point for bicycle touring in nearby Vermont. The pastures shown are along Henry Woods Road in Cheshire. Route 8 between Cheshire and Adams is a fine bicycling highway, with wide shoulders. Plans are also underway for a rail trail on an abandoned rail line that runs north-south between Pittsfield and north Adams.