I never check out BBC. That would have been nice. It got kinda lonely. You posted at 2AM!! I was already asleep. I followed the board until 11P, noone was interested so I went to bed. Never checked in the morning.
My trip report: excellent area for riding few cars, gentle rolling hills, beautiful scenery and a lot of Harleys(hate the noise). I started out at 8 from Southern HS. Left my pump on my car and didn't realize until mile 4. I was seeing a few cyclist so figured not to worry. Then I didn't see any until Deale 40+ miles later. At mile 15 I lost a spoke on the rear so adjusted the other spokes to compensate. It's a 36 spoke wheel so I wasn't worried. Wanted to tape it to another spoke BUT my duct tape was on my pump...back at the car(strike 2). So decided to use a zip tie. Went into my bag and remembered that I gave my last 3 to a stranded cyclist on the Gwynn Falls trail. Strike 3!! I decided to ride anyway. No problems with the wheel.
My legs felt strong all day. I ended up riding 75 miles because a bridge(Lower Marlboro rd) was out. Rode all the way down to the bridge and thought I could sneak across the detour...wrong so I had to ride back up the road. I spoke to a local and she said not to miss the little settlement of Lower Marlboro on the other side of the bridge. So I went out of way and looped around to see the little village(thus an extra 15 miles). Some pretty cool, really old homes along the water. I then headed over to Chesapeake Beach(touristy and crowded), up to North Beach which was much nicer and ate a good Gelato on the bay. This area had the most harleys per square ft. in MD. I think they like it because the roads hear hilly and curvy...a lot of fun to bike as well. One motorcycle almost hit me because he was taking a tight downhill curve to tight and in my lane. Both of our eyes were HUGE when we shot past each other. Another problem I faced was the cue sheet was screwed up. I think there was some new development in this area so roads were changed. I just hugged the water up through Deale(another quaint water community) then back to the high school.
miles: at least 75
speed: pretty fast(for me) I didn't take many long breaks except to mess with my wheel. I started riding some time after 8:30 and finished by 2:30.
weather: beautiful but did get a little toasty near the end of the ride. This was really noticed as I rode away from the bay.
High points:
Lower Marlborro rd, town and water views(didn't much care for the bridge being out)
Dalrymple rd rollers
views of the bay eating my gelato
Fairhaven rd and the small community associated with it. Great higher views of the bay
The Lama ranch on Sudley rd
The scent of wisteria for much of the ride, like the scent of hundred naked virgins
The fact my wheel survived...now I gotta rebuild it for Mondays commute. Might just zip tie it for now.