Northeast - Where are the MD people's

I don't think I saw any Bal County BBC rides for Saturday.

You're right! It might be time to take it a little easier and ride the Anne Arundel County rides on the B&A.

Still... I need to see what's up with Chuck and Crista, first.

You're right! It might be time to take it a little easier and ride the Anne Arundel County rides on the B&A.

Still... I need to see what's up with Chuck and Crista, first.

I should probably get back on the DC Rand mailing list. I was never able to get out on their rides, too long, too much time. There was also a lot of banter back and forth before the Shenandoah 1200, some sort of division. I may do the 200k brevet out of Woodbine in December.

You're killin' me. Love it.

Yesterday's ride got me psyched to see more fall colors before they're gone.
Today's ride: http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Liberty-Westminster-Freeland-Glencoe

Did you do this ride on the fixie? What was your starting point? Looks like a good ride.

Did you do this ride on the fixie? What was your starting point? Looks like a good ride.

It was a nice ride. I had to go to an AM meeting up in Owings Mills at the future location of our frame shop.
Threw the Trek in the car and headed a bit west from there to just past lake Liberty on rt.26. Ate breakfast at a bagel place, stared at my bike map for a while making up a general route and took off, leaving the car in the lot.

Lot of nice roads I'd never been on. Saw incredible tree colors, llamas, a field of bison. Fun too, riding the 10 or so miles on the NCR trail. On the trail, I passed a guy on some sort of high performance cart being pulled by 4 huskies. Awesome.

BTW there is a 200K route I've been working on heading fr. B'more down to Ches. Beach. Currently, I've been cross checking it with Janet's recent BBC ride to change or confirm my route. Might try that in Dec if you're interested. <4000 feet of climb. here's the current version: http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/181989

It was a nice ride. I had to go to an AM meeting up in Owings Mills at the future location of our frame shop.
Threw the Trek in the car and headed a bit west from there to just past lake Liberty on rt.26. Ate breakfast at a bagel place, stared at my bike map for a while making up a general route and took off, leaving the car in the lot.

Lot of nice roads I'd never been on. Saw incredible tree colors, llamas, a field of bison. Fun too, riding the 10 or so miles on the NCR trail. On the trail, I passed a guy on some sort of high performance cart being pulled by 4 huskies. Awesome.

BTW there is a 200K route I've been working on heading fr. B'more down to Ches. Beach. Currently, I've been cross checking it with Janet's recent BBC ride to change or confirm my route. Might try that in Dec if you're interested. <4000 feet of climb. here's the current version: http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/181989

I may be interested. Have you been on that Rt.2 bridge, Solomons Island Rd? Is that the really steep bridge with no shoulder and hi speed traffic. Not sure if that's the one.

It was a nice ride.


BTW there is a 200K route I've been working on ......... cross checking it with Janet's recent BBC ride

You almost rode a century. Now you will have to ride it during a colder Nov!!!

Make sure someone proofs your route:D

I had heard some nasty things about one of the bridges as Harry said. There are 2, Riva rd and Solomons Isl.

Anyone interested, we are having an intro to bike polo clinic to discuss rules, technique, bike set-up this Sunday at 2:30. At 3:00 we will have are usual Sunday pick-up game. We will have mallets so just bring your bike.
http://groups.google.com/group/mt-washington-bike-polo

I may be interested. Have you been on that Rt.2 bridge, Solomons Island Rd? Is that the really steep bridge with no shoulder and hi speed traffic. Not sure if that's the one.

I've been over Solomons Island bridge from the south and it wasn't a prob. However, that interchange just north of the bridge does look hairy. It can get re-routed. I'll work on the route a bit tonight. Seems like it could be nice Dec. ride.

On another note; what's up with riding an official brevet with the DC Rand? Are you allowed to just ride along with them? Do you need to be a RUSA member with a brevet card?

On another note; what's up with riding an official brevet with the DC Rand? Are you allowed to just ride along with them? Do you need to be a RUSA member with a brevet card?

Since the riders are suppose to be completely self-sufficient, I can't see that it would be a problem, but I'd check with Crista, jic.

Ill be in town Saturday guy's. Any rides planned....weather permitting?

GB: here's the battery info I promised. You'll need 2700 mAh NiMH rechargeable AA
batteries and charger http://tinyurl.com/5dsj4u
batteries http://www.thomas-distributing.com/maha_2700_rechargeable_batteries.php
I use the PowerX type and they are good. Guaranteed for 5 years BUT mine are showing signs of lower output after 1 year but I run them everyday from October through April, charging everyday.

Ill be in town Saturday guy's. Any rides planned....weather permitting?

Welcome!
For local rides, you might try the BBC:
http://www.baltobikeclub.org/index.pl/schedulea

I've been over Solomons Island bridge from the south and it wasn't a prob. However, that interchange just north of the bridge does look hairy. It can get re-routed. I'll work on the route a bit tonight. Seems like it could be nice Dec. ride.

On another note; what's up with riding an official brevet with the DC Rand? Are you allowed to just ride along with them? Do you need to be a RUSA member with a brevet card?

GB-I did one of their brevets in the spring but bailed due to heavy rain, of course they kept going, hard core. I think my alternate route ended up with more miles and elevation.

Anyway, I just showed up, paid the $10 fee to join DCR. I think that's a one time fee, or yearly fee. They give you a brevet card which you have signed at checkpoints.

I should do your century ride for December, try and get my mileage to at least 5500 by end of year.

If you plan on doing a 1200k, I think you need to do a succession of progressively longer brevets, 200,300,400,600. Something like that.

Welcome!
For local rides, you might try the BBC:
http://www.baltobikeclub.org/index.pl/schedulea

I was looking at the Catonsville ride.

"all pace long - 9:30 am - 57 mi - Mike Harris 410-312-7884
START: Catonsville Sam's Bagels
New ride to familiar places via new route. Lunch at Ledos in Fulton. Mellow ride that's moderately hilly following streams, rivers and the reservoir with plenty of rest/water stops along the way. We'll ride by the Historic Savage Mill and ascend to the old mill town of Oella."

Anyone else here doing this ride?

I've been over Solomons Island bridge from the south and it wasn't a prob. However, that interchange just north of the bridge does look hairy. It can get re-routed. I'll work on the route a bit tonight. Seems like it could be nice Dec. ride.

On another note; what's up with riding an official brevet with the DC Rand? Are you allowed to just ride along with them? Do you need to be a RUSA member with a brevet card?

Not sure if I am reading this correctly but the Solomons Island Bridge will not be part of the route you showed in a previous post. That bridge is further south of Chesapeake Beach. And also you are so correct that the interchange north of the bridge is hairy.
Not too sure I would want to ride over the bridge though, I do not like to drive across it!

Not sure if I am reading this correctly but the Solomons Island Bridge will not be part of the route you showed in a previous post. That bridge is further south of Chesapeake Beach. And also you are so correct that the interchange north of the bridge is hairy.
Not too sure I would want to ride over the bridge though, I do not like to drive across it!

I think you're right. I attempted to cross a bridge down there whilst on Cycle Across MD a few years back. That's the one, near St. Mary's City. It wasn't on the route. We got a bout twenty yards onto the bridge and turned around. It's incredibly steep and long, no shoulder, and you're right up against concrete barriers. Scary. So GB it ain't your bridge that I was thinkin' of.

I was looking at the Catonsville ride.

"all pace long - 9:30 am - 57 mi - Mike Harris 410-312-7884
START: Catonsville Sam's Bagels
New ride to familiar places via new route. Lunch at Ledos in Fulton. Mellow ride that's moderately hilly following streams, rivers and the reservoir with plenty of rest/water stops along the way. We'll ride by the Historic Savage Mill and ascend to the old mill town of Oella."

Anyone else here doing this ride?

gary,

FYI-
Mike Harris placed a message on the club's listserv about not being able to lead that ride due to a death in the family--he needs to be a pallbearer for his aunt's funeral in Cleveland. He asked for someone else to lead the ride, but I haven't read that anyone has stepped up.

My feeling is that the ride will not be cancelled for that reason--that if nothing is posted on the listserv, it's because they contacted Mike off-line about accepting the duty.

I usually ride with the DC Randonneurs on the weekends, but I haven't seen a notification about their weekend century rides (they have one on Saturday and another on Sunday), yet, so I'm not committing to any ride just yet.

He asked for someone else to lead the ride, but I haven't read that anyone has stepped up.

My feeling is that the ride will not be cancelled for that reason--that if nothing is posted on the listserv, it's because they contacted Mike off-line about accepting the duty.


If you hear anything either way I would sure appreciate it if you could post it here or just pm me with the info. Thanks!!.

If you hear anything either way I would sure appreciate it if you could post it here or just pm me with the info. Thanks!!.

Will do.

If you hear anything either way I would sure appreciate it if you could post it here or just pm me with the info. Thanks!!.

if your ride is a no go and you want to do something sunday, let me know. Where you staying, what area?
I'll probally try to do about 50 miles give or take sunday.

maybe from here (dundalk/essex) to loch raven via rossville/putty hill/loch raven/dulany vally/manor rd to jarettesville rd and back.

http://radar.cbslocal.com/wjz/WJZ_Web_Extended.jpg

if your ride is a no go and you want to do something sunday, let me know. Where you staying, what area?
I'll probally try to do about 50 miles give or take sunday.



Ill be coming in Friday evening and leaving Sunday morning Josh. Saturday is my only ride day......:(

Ill be coming in Friday evening and leaving Sunday morning Josh. Saturday is my only ride day......:(

gary, according to the latest BBC listserv email, the ride starting at Catonsville Sam's Bagels is on.

FYI - 9:30am is rollout time, not arrival time, so get there about 20-30 minutes earlier to introduce yourself, sign the disclaimer, and pick up a cue sheet. There's usually a short meeting by the ride leader with the other riders to remind them about safety and to cover any problem areas that may have popped up on the route after being scheduled.

Have fun; stay safe.

[QUOTE=NoRacer;7807255]gary, according to the latest BBC listserv email, the ride starting at Catonsville Sam's Bagels is on.

FYI - 9:30am is rollout time, not arrival time, so get there about 20-30 minutes earlier to introduce yourself, sign the disclaimer, and pick up a cue sheet. There's usually a short meeting by the ride leader with the other riders to remind them about safety and to cover any problem areas that may have popped up on the route after being scheduled.

Have fun; stay safe.[/QUOTE

I am leaving Cleveland in about 10 minutes. Could you do me a favor.. I am going to PM you my phone number. If anything comes up could ya, would ya give me a shout? Thanks again for the update. Weather is looking ok. Hope to see some other BF members out there!!

A new DeathStar is born:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v285/NoRacer/DSC00780.jpg

Nice! Whatcha got there?
Light and Motion, a Princeton? and what's that 4 LED dude?

I'll def. call you when I need to work on my tan. :)

Nice! Whatcha got there?
Light and Motion, a Princeton? and what's that 4 LED dude?

I'll def. call you when I need to work on my tan. :)

The 4-LED and the 2-LED are Dinotte--800 lumens and 600 lumens, respectively.

Then there's my old L&M ARC HID rated at 550-600 lumens.

Shortly after the pic, once all of the batteries were charged, I placed my Dinotte 200L on there, too, turned off the lights in my house and fired them all up on high. I don't think I have enough light. I only burned off the top coat of the cat. :innocent: ;)

Total lumens ~= 2,200 for "Dark Monster" killing.

Anyone hear from Barry lately? I haven't seen anything from him since our ride last weekend. I haven't gotten anything from B'moreSpokes and I didn't see anything new as of this week on there--sorta worried about him.

hi guys - i will be traveling through/to MD the week of thanksgiving, final destination is ny. i plan on being in the baltimore area around lunch time (or before) on 11/24 and would like to get in a 2.5-3hr ride (or more depending on terrain & time constraints). i'd like to ride with some of you guys/gals, if possible, but i do understand that everyone won't be off that day/week. if it's not possible to ride with anyone, could you suggest some routes for me?

thanks - karen

The 4-LED and the 2-LED are Dinotte--800 lumens and 600 lumens, respectively.

Then there's my old L&M ARC HID rated at 550-600 lumens.

Shortly after the pic, once all of the batteries were charged, I placed my Dinotte 200L on there, too, turned off the lights in my house and fired them all up on high. I don't think I have enough light. I only burned off the top coat of the cat. :innocent: ;)

Total lumens ~= 2,200 for "Dark Monster" killing.

we need beam shots please.

I thought I had a lot of light with 2 150 lumen lights (bars), 1 200 lumen (helmet) and a over volted 20 watt halogen(bars) @ 400 lumen? and a cheapo 3 led schwin blinkie (far right in pics), mine ain't shhit compared to that 900lum<2200lum. Maybe I'll post a beam shot tonight.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v462/joshandlauri/IMG_8989.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v462/joshandlauri/IMG_8990.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v462/joshandlauri/IMG_8991-1.jpg?t=1226158864

Anyone hear from Barry lately? I haven't seen anything from him since our ride last weekend. I haven't gotten anything from B'moreSpokes and I didn't see anything new as of this week on there--sorta worried about him.

Noticed that too. Yikes. Now you got me worried.
Barry and I are riding the Balt to DC Monument to Monument ride a week from tomorrow. (11/16)

BTW NoRacer, whatever ride you do today, congrats on hitting that 5th digit. :thumb:

i plan on being in the baltimore area around lunch time (or before) on 11/24 and would like to get in a 2.5-3hr ride (or more depending on terrain & time constraints). could you suggest some routes for me? thanks - karen

Hi, wolfpack. I'm normally off on mondays, but will be out of town on the 24th. :)

Keep an eye on the balt bicycling club schedule. http://www.baltobikeclub.org/index.pl/schedulea
Nothing for monday on there yet, but someone could put up a last minute ride.

BTW NoRacer, whatever ride you do today, congrats on hitting that 5th digit. :thumb:

Thanks, Bob, but I'm saving the 5th digit for tomorrow's ride with DC RAND:



SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2008

"OVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOODS," starting from Mount View Middle
School, Marriottsville, Maryland.

MEETING TIME 7:30 a.m.

No mountains, but this new ride could turn out to be a doozy in its own
right! We'll be exploring a lot of the Patapsco River Valley and
heading north to Glen Rock, Pennsylvania, where we'll have lunch at
Mignano Brothers. It seems impossible to ride a century in this area
without accumulating at least 8,000 feet of elevation gain, so expect
fairly constant steep ups & downs. 100 miles, with short options of 59
and 81 miles.

Directions to the ride start:
MOUNT VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL, 12101 Woodford Drive, Marriottsville, MD
21104-1456 From DC Beltway I-495, take Exit 30A onto US29 North toward
Columbia. In 14.3 miles merge onto MD32 West via Exit 16B toward
Clarksville. In 14.2 miles turn right onto MD99 Old Frederick Rd. In
0.8 mi., turn left onto Woodford Drive. MapQuest indicates the school
is 0.1 mile after the turn onto Woodford Drive, whereas Google indicates
0.6 mile. Since this is a new ride start location and we've never
actually been there before, I don't know who is right! Not sure if
school is on left or right side of the road, either. Getting to the
start could be almost as much of an adventure as the ride itself.



Anyone else interested in doing this ride? I think I'll bring the commuter on this one. :innocent:

we need beam shots please.

I'll see what I can do--maybe tonight.

http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?p=7816031#post7816031

beamshots of mine, I should have spread the lights out more, they're kinda all focused 20 feet in front of me.

anyway noracer? (josh looks at watch sees almost 10pm)

Nobody rode?
I was up late last night watching "the happening" weird movie.
I was not very motivated to wake up early to get in the 50 miles I wanted, I went out around 10am, the wind sucked, really breezy out, I did 15 miles, tour of old dundalk and then northpoint, a mix of hill climb accelerations (never tried before, same hill I did 12mph up before in my lowest gear, I managed to ratchet up to 17, 3 gears up and was not out of breath), 20x20 intervals (about 7 sets) and one long straight away.

15 miles
16.9 mph
90 cad avg

Sunday 11/09/2008 - DC Randonneur's "Over the River and Through the Woods" century

101 miles according to the iBike, but the GPS only caught 99.73 miles with ~8,000ft of climbing in 6:36:39, average speed 15.1 mph.

The ride is split into 2 parts:
http://bimactive.com/ba/journal/post/10783/18697 <--Part 1
http://bimactive.com/ba/journal/post/10783/18698 <--Part 2

MAPS
http://bimactive.com/ba/ui/map_get.php?hasPlotPath=1&mapH=420&mapV=420&datasetID=300797&mapType=street
http://bimactive.com/ba/ui/map_get.php?hasPlotPath=1&mapH=420&mapV=420&datasetID=301003&mapType=street

ELEVATION
http://bimactive.com/ba/ui/chart_get.php?actID=259936&chartH=420&chartV=135&datasetID=300797&chartType=default_chart_route&units=1
http://bimactive.com/ba/ui/chart_get.php?actID=260120&chartH=420&chartV=135&datasetID=301003&chartType=default_chart_route&units=1

SPEED
http://bimactive.com/ba/ui/chart_get.php?actID=259936&chartH=420&chartV=135&datasetID=300797&chartType=default_chart_activity&units=1
http://bimactive.com/ba/ui/chart_get.php?actID=260120&chartH=420&chartV=135&datasetID=301003&chartType=default_chart_activity&units=1

Me and another gent by the name of Lane finished ahead of everyone else (~9 people in our group), but Lane is very strong. He dropped me on the long climb up Gunpowder Rd.

At lunch we ran into other members of DC Rand on a different ride. Also, there were some folks from the Baltimore Bike Club on a Seven Valleys ride at the lunch stop as well.

Anyway, it was a great ride with lots of sharp climbs. I would say that the first half felt easier than the second half due to the longer sustained climbs in the second half.

Maile's photo set:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mcn7/sets/72157608815080333/

Bill's photo set:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wabeck/sets/72157608825342360/

A bit of information for all you bike commuters and advocates. Despite falling gas prices bike programs are taking root around the world, well mostly Europe. I was in Paris back in March and everybody was on the Velib bicycles. You couldn't turn down a street without seeing a Velib station. New York is passing an ordinance that all new buildings built in NY must have a bike room. About time we here in the US are getting onboard. I could go on and on about how Amtrak is incredibly inconvenient for traveling with a bike, how drivers just see us as a nuisance. I work at home so don't bike commute anymore, but kudos to you guys for being so dedicated to it. For the price of that giant widening project of 695 and the i 95 interchange could finance an incredible alternative transportation system. The Velib system in Paris is paid for entirely by advertising space.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/10/world/europe/10bike.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

I rode little this weekend, twenty some miles on Saturday, none on Sunday. We had a bit of a celebration on Saturday night so Sunday was a wash. Did a bit of running but now my right leg has got some serious pain, from foot to ass. I'll be doing some easy spinning to see how it feels, and see if I've done something bad.

http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?p=7816031#post7816031

beamshots of mine, I should have spread the lights out more, they're kinda all focused 20 feet in front of me.

anyway noracer? (josh looks at watch sees almost 10pm)


Josh,

Sorry. I didn't get a chance to do anything with the lights other than use them a little bit on Sunday's ride and this morning's commute. Anyway, I'm not very impressed with the 800L. I'll do a mini-review in a following post.

My DeathStar is not shining as brightly as I hoped--Review of the Dinotte 800L / 400L combo:

http://www.bikeforums.net/showpost.php?p=7822972&postcount=1

Hey folks: Got back late last night from a body beating climbing trip to the New River Gorge. I am really spent. Couldn't even ride my bike for the commute this AM.
NR: You are at 10K already!! Nice job. How come your images get stripped by my work blockers and others make it through. What do you do different?? I will have to wait to see your retina burning setup. You have almost as many dollars invested in lighting as miles ridden this year:D I was stopped on my way home last Thursday by a motorist. I thought he was asking directions but he wanted to tell how brightly lit I was. Made me feel a little safer. Fenix lights:thumb:
wolfpack: I must work on the 24th but if you like rail trail stuff there's an 80 mile round trip on the NRC trail(crushed stone) (Balto to York Pa)or a 50 mile RT(Paved) from BWI airport to Annapolis MD. Here are the links:
NCR: http://bikewashington.org/trails/ncr/ncr.htm
BWI & B&A trails: http://bikewashington.org/routes/bwi/index.htm AND
http://bikewashington.org/trails/ba/ba.htm
HArry: the best line in the Times article: the main problem w/ the program in Spain is its popularity. Racks are often empty before the morning rush hour is over. Nice.
garysol: hope you got to ride w/ some local riders
GB: wish I could ride w/ you and Barry this wknd. I have been neglecting the misses lately and better hang at home this weekend. Later all

garysol: hope you got to ride w/ some local riders

Had a great ride. Morning started off wet and foggy so I was surprised when 8 guys were at the meet up spot...Sam's bagels. Stewart who rides a sweet Kuota was the ride leader. We lost the first 2 guys due to a crash on the wet roads within 2 miles of the start. The rest of us continued on the hilly route out to Fulton for a quick bite. We had broken into 2 groups by then. Stewart, myself and one other guy made up the lead group while the other 3 were a bit behind. After a nice social lunch we headed back towards the start point. Lots more hilly terrain on the return loop ending with the long climb from Ellicot City up through Oella and then a final VERY steep climb up a MUP trail through Patapsco State Park. Total Mileage was 62 ..Here is a link to my Motion Based file from the ride. (http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/activity/7115317)

Anyone have any cool rides going on tomorrow, since most people are off?

by most people you mean everyone but me right?

by most people you mean everyone but me right?

...and me and I'm a veteran--not of foreign war. I was born too late and too early, but I served.

Anyone hear from Barry lately? I haven't seen anything from him since our ride last weekend. I haven't gotten anything from B'moreSpokes and I didn't see anything new as of this week on there--sorta worried about him.

My computer is down so I have been borrowing computers to get on line so Baltimore Spokes has been a bit slow. On Saturday I did the BBC long ride and the Annual Awards Diner so I got in 89 miles for that day. On Sunday I helped One Less Car do a ride for the Tour du Port Volunteers so ~50 riders came out and we road ~20 miles around the city. I did something to my back so I am currently experiencing pain if I sit too long, hopefully I'll be better by next Sunday. Anne of Tour dem Parks fame may join us for the Monument to Monument ride.

Overall it was a very interesting weekend for me from hanging out with some of the BBC faster riders (I got dropped from the lead pack at ~the 12 mile mark but there were a couple of other riders that I road with after that) to the OLC ride where a 10-12 was the "fast" pace. Anyway interesting juxtaposition of riders and view points.

Thanks for being concerned, -=Barry=-

On Saturday I did the BBC long ride and the Annual Awards Diner so I got in 89 miles for that day.

Barry was that you the stretched Cannondale cargo bike Saturday? If so it was a pleasure riding with you. I was the guy on the red Specialized with the BF Great lakes jersey.

...and me and I'm a veteran--not of foreign war. I was born too late and too early, but I served.

And me-self employed, so I work everyday.

NoRacer-So that's where you get that tenacity, boot camp.

I'm going to try to swing the Monument ride on Sunday, an all day affair for sure, which is difficult for me to swing. Also interested in the BBC Saturday ride at Maryland line park and ride, though doubt I could get away for both.

then a final VERY steep climb up a MUP trail through Patapsco State Park. Total Mileage was 62 ..Here is a link to my Motion Based file from the ride. (http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/activity/7115317)


where exactly was this very steep climb?

And me-self employed, so I work everyday.

NoRacer-So that's where you get that tenacity, boot camp.


Nah! If you spoke to my parents, you'd probably find out that I was stubborn as a child. Talk to any of my Xs and they'd use the words intense and pigheaded. :innocent:


I'm going to try to swing the Monument ride on Sunday, an all day affair for sure, which is difficult for me to swing. Also interested in the BBC Saturday ride at Maryland line park and ride, though doubt I could get away for both.

Do the Monument ride, dude! Use Saturday to buffer the family and rest up for Sunday. That's my plan.

Anyone have an address close to the Baltimore monument that I can point my turn-by-turn GPS at so I can ride to it?

Thanks for being concerned, -=Barry=-

I glad to hear that you are fine :thumb: and that it's was simply computer problems. :crash: