You ask. You get.

Hows about: Sunday November, 2nd.
Route: http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/208698
Meet at your place. 1st beer in Ellicott City, 2nd in B'more, 3rd @ your place.

? -GB

Yep, I try to get them out as much as I can.
HC203- Yes, my oldest son(14) is in the red jersey, my younger son(12) was'nt up for the hills so he helped mom with the support truck. That ride can be grueling, we started at Front Royal and went south for about 40 miles. My son actually bonked on the climb after Thornton Gap and had to ride in the truck for awhile. His metabolism is too fast for the size of his stomach..He's a great rider though.

You guys want some more company? I'll ride my commuter instead of my racer, ok? ;)

Thats cool your kids can ride with you wish my family members would cause it would be fun.

Sounds like a plan, Nov 2nd. Yeah, ride your commuter, GB can ride his fixie, then I won't be so far behind. I think DST might be over by then but not certain. Anyone else want to ride. There will be 4 on tap at my house:beer:

It is cool to go as a family. It has gone from keeping my bikes in good order to keeping three others in good order. A small trade off for rolling down the road as a family group. I'm glad my truck can carry a bunch of bikes...

I marked my calendar but I may have a school obligation that day.

GB-You got that fixie together? That means I would need to bring mine, or not.

I'm heading up to SNP this weekend with two of my sons, hiking and camping not biking. We did a few miles of the AT a few weeks back and maybe we'll crank out a few more.

You can count me in for Nov 2 as well.

Beer and bikes, two of my favorite things. :love:

Maybe I'll come, that way EVERYONE can feel like Lance in comparison. :D I'll have to take a closer look at the calendar -- gotta be in Parkville in the early evening (showered and in non-bike clothes), but I might be able to show up late for that.

DST ends on the 2nd; so I guess that's the night you set the clocks back -- or is it 2:00 a.m. (i.e. on the "Saturday night" when you go to bed?)

Come on out Max! This is a tour. We should be out for comraderie, fun,... and :beer:!

Speaking of Lance. Check out this clip from the NYT on The Leadville 100, the race that made Lance decide to come back and this awesome dude who whooped him. I would say that Lance let him win, but I don't think that's in Armstrong's dna. 14000 feet of gain over 100 miles in the dirt!!!

http://video.on.nytimes.com/?fr_stor...6514b13b928ae5

Barry, Max and HC are in or maybes, great:thumb: let's turn those maybes into definite. The ride is shaping up.

In Bethesda here; I frequent the Capital Crescent Trail fairly often (several times per week). I'm usually there in the early evening before dark.

Yay beer, whoops I mean a ride. :innocent:

Also if people are interested in helping get kids interested in biking we have two events in the city this Saturday that we are in desperate need of volunteers. I'm going to stress this one with this group: http://www.baltimorespokes.org/artic...81010200735635

Besides bicycles as part of a sustainable transportation system I think it would be really cool is we can get some cyclists to cover air quality and water quality as well (yes we have a positive impact on those things as well.) So if your up to help out and talk/inspire some kids email Brett it would be appreciated.

Or if you just want a family bike ride check this out:http://www.baltimorespokes.org/artic...81015111349782

Good wheel builder someone asked on BaltimoreSpokes about a good wheel builder in the area. Does anyone know of any? http://www.baltimorespokes.org/forum...&fromblock=yes

All right, I'm in!

:thumb:

Hot damn! Finally, get to meet Maxine. :)

Who else is out there? Derath? RacerMike riding one-handed?

BTW. I keep tweaking the route. Charlie's got me thinkin' and I keep changing it. I'll post another link when I get it where I want.

excellent!

Don't think I'll be ready for the road that soon, but thanks for thinking about me. I plan on getting on the trainer this week; haven't been on a bike in nearly 3 weeks now.

You might be able to twist my arm in to coming over for the beer afterwards though! :D

It twists more easily now, right? :lol:

You're a bad man. ;)

touché

All - looks like we got a bit of an incentive to bike to work next year!

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm...subsidy16.html

oops. did I say that?

hmmm... first round's on me, Mike.

FWIW When I met my wife, she had just broken her collarbone from a bike accident. She dubbed her bad arm the "bum flipper". I guess I was a dutiful enough boyfriend that she kept me and married me. But I remember all too well what a hassle it was for her. Buttoning a shirt, shoelaces, cooking, showers. Ugh! As I remember, we did a lot of drinking during that time. :) hic

I asked our HR group to ask corporate about this, but in the meantime starting 1/1/2009, I'll be more dutiful in saving my receipts for bike stuff until they figure out how they will implement the law.

Too bad I can't claim anything, retroactively, for the past 4 years of bike commuting to/from work.

PM me your phone and we'll call as we get near my house. Do you live near Catonsville? Last night I was putting on the finishing touches onto my kegerator's 're-build'. 4 stainless steel external faucets on a naturally finished oak collar. Charlie

hassle!! Wiping my ***** after breaking my wrist a few years ago(bike accident) was problematic. A huge learning curve w/ many poor results. You learn to use your non-dominant side real quick. Just not quick enough.

One of the negs w/ this benefit is that it will prevent you from collecting other transit subsidies. So one can either get the bike tax breaks or transit subsidy. Since I ride MARC and 2 wheels I have to chose. The train subsidy is by far the better option. I ain't complaining just pointing it out in case others are in the same situation. I actually feel a little guilty collecting metro passes from SAM.

In the mood:
http://vimeo.com/1965120?pg=embed&sec=1965120