I think a lot of shops host rides, but I've never seen a centralized list of them. Probably best to just ask at the shop you're interested in, or check their Web sites. Bike Doctor of Linthicum does a Saturday morning ride:

https://bikedoctorlinthicum.com/page.cfm?pageID=76

Just thought I'd ask. NoRacer is riding to OC on Friday, and Maxine and Bob are both riding out on Saturday? Sunday is chilling in OC and riding back Monday?
Maybe I could ride out early Sunday and then back later on Monday.
I wouldn't be able to find the time for riding north of the bay. Anybody have a route from say Wye Mills, someplace like that?

Here's the routes that the Severna Park Peloton (SPP) used when we rode to/from OCMD in May:

https://bimactive.com/ba/ui/route_det...e&m2=findroute [Route to OCMD]

https://bimactive.com/ba/ui/route_det...e&m2=findroute [Route from OCMD]

These route could be adapted to leave from/return to Wye Mills (or, Tuckahoe State Park) using Rt 404 to/from Denton and picking up the route from there.

I bet maxine's route will get you close, too. You guys could ride back together for most of the trip back Monday. You'll have to find out which route she's planning on using.

I'm not familiar with OC. Where will you all rendezvous on Sunday? If I can manage this I would probably shoot to leave from the P&R (Maxine's route) or one of those state parks at around 6 or 7am on Sunday getting me into OC early afternoon, assuming the longer Bike Washington route. I would probably head back Monday early afternoon.

As far as a meeting place, I'll have to defer to my social director, Bob greaterbrown.

We're nowhere near organized enough to have yet picked out a rendezvous point! The motel I'm staying at in OC (the Spinnaker) is at 18th and Baltimore. I haven't firmed up my route yet -- too wrung out from work to think about it tonight. I may end up leaving the car at Tuckahoe or someplace a bit closer in than the Kent Island P&R. I'm going to do a few test laps around the airport tomorrow on my bike, fully loaded up (camping gear and all, though obviously I won't have all that stuff with me this weekend), which should give me an idea of how slow I'm really going to be. (Extremely, I suspect. ) I've never done this before, so it's all completely uncharted territory. (I've never even ridden the Trek *unloaded* more than 10 miles at a pop -- I use my much lighter Airborne for century rides.)

Another scheduling wrinkle for me: I need to be back home by about 5:00 on Monday, so I'm going to have to leave OC in the morning.

I'll try to post my final route sometime tomorrow early evening.

Anyone know of any groups going riding in the Chesapeake Beach area over the long weekend?

I'll certainly be out, even if it's only skating to Deale and back Sunday morning. It would be nicer to tag along with a pack though...

The Severna Park Peloton (SPP) are doing a ride out of Southern High School for 42 miles.

Here's a link to their website:

https://www.severnaparkpeloton.org/

Select the "Cue Sheets" link. There's only one cue that will show up--the ride they are going to do Friday, July 3rd:

Here's a Google Map of the outbound portion of the route:

https://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=2968806

Such is the life of a freelancer, big illustration job due Tuesday, good money, gotta do it.
Have fun at the beach Maryland people.

maxine, are you still in?

Yep! Bike is all shiny clean, took a quick spin around the neighborhood today with the packed bags (which turned out to be only about 6 pounds heavier than my commuting load -- that garment bag pannier I use weighs a ton!!), just need to finalize the starting point and second half of the route, and print out some maps.

Check-in at the motel is 3:00 on Saturday, so I'm going to try to arrive close to that time.

Great!

I found out that two more Team BBC racer folks will be there, so they'll probably be in for the fast Saturday morning ride up Coastal Hwy.

I'm still trying to figure out how to get everyone together for Sunday... I'll see who's interested during the Saturday ride.

Can somebody PM me the phone numbers? Chance I may be able to get these sketches done by Sunday.

Harry, you have PMs!

Thanks Maxine, got 'em.

Max just texted me...she's "chillin' like a villian" on the 4th of July in OC w/ AC. Go MAx

late notice... but anyone down for some good miles tomorrow in central/southern maryland?


Ill check the thread early in the am

NR just texted. He didn't let Max chil'. Had her out doing laps to Assateague today. What a beautiful wknd for anything outdoors. My climbing wknd got canceled so took to the road and trails. NCR trail w/ the wife on the 4th and long ride today taking in the hills of Catonsville, BWI trail, B&A trail and the WBA rd. Finished at Ellicott Mills Brewing Co

Safe ride home to all of the BF peeps in OC.

dspaff088: Sorry I didn't see your post as I rode towards S. MD today.

yeah i just got back from a bwi loop ride, then illchester, landing road, new cut road,

I tried to break my legs tonight and it felt damned good.


you know at EC brew sunday is dollar home brew night...

Ride report:

Well all this talk of long rides and fireworks really started to get to me, I had tons of stuff to do on Friday but all that wound down by 5 PM. I needed to go out and get something to eat, so I decided what the heck and make a weekend of it. So I throw my camping gear on my bike and headed toward Fredrick.

I forgot the hills are really kicking my butt now so I stopped and rested about every 10 miles. So it wasn't till midnight that I got to Mt Airy, stopped at the gas station/convenience store and when I came out, there was another cyclist! So I asked what he was doing out so late and he said he was trying to meet up with a friend who was just finishing RAAM and was lost. So I told him that Mt Airy bike shop was a stop for RAAM and that was just down the road, just then his friend road by. So he ran inside to get something then we both headed for Mt Airy Bike Shop. There I met Bill Bradly the last of the RAAM riders but still impressive meting someone who can do more then I can. Any way, Larry Black offered to let people camp out to watch RAAM, so I saw RAAM, so I camped. I forgot to mention that Friday was such a gorgeous night, near full moon and idyllic riding temperatures.

Saturday morning was a mess as I did not pre-plot my route on my GPS (I thought I could wing it) so the gremlins got wind of this and removed all but one of the route 144 signs in Mt Airy and the one remaining sign just put me back where I started. I finally figured out how to get out of Mt Airy only to totally space out my route out of Fredrick, but at least that was only extra miles on wonderful country roads.

Finally I got to the C&O and headed down to Whites Ferry and then the W&OD trail. Well some genius in VA decided the shoulders on US 15 business did not need to be maintained so that route is not as nice as it once was. Speaking of VA geniuses, the little rest areas along the trail where they decided to tear down trees to put the benches in the hot sun, really reminds me of of a quote that goes something like this: It's not amazing that a great pedestrian space that attracts people can be built, what is amazing is how often it is not done.

So riding down the W&OD trail I see two guys walking, one is pushing a bike and has another one over his shoulder with a bent wheel. The second guy is leaning against the first and hobbling along. So I pull alongside and ask if they could use some help. "Not unless you are a car." was the response, so I said funny you should say that... So I loaded up the wounded cyclists and his bike for a two mile trek back to his car.

The next bit of my adventure was trying to connect up with the Custis Trail to get to DC. Their was this sign about 300' after a turn that said Custis Trail to the right. A cute cyclist just happened to come along so I asked for clarification on how to get to the Custis Trail. She said she thought it was that turn that I missed, so I head back, follow the bike route signs and about a half mile later she pops out on to the path I am following, so I say hi again as I pass and continue trying to find the Custis Trail. I keep making sure I am on the correct path and finally I meet someone who'll guide me, so up over a pedestrian bridge that goes over I-66 that joins the Custis Trail at a "T" and who should be coming along the trail but the cute girl I was talking to earlier. The next bit was trying to find the bridge cross into DC, That again was so poorly marked and had some comedy in errors when people directed me first one way then the other and then back....

Anyway it was cool watching the people coming out to see the fireworks and close to half along the river front came by bike. I was debating whether I wanted to stay and watch the fireworks and deal with the crowd or just have a quite night at the camp site. So as I headed toward the Capital Crescent Trail I noticed people were still setting up places to watch the fireworks. So I figured I could stop and eat something off my bike to wait and if I could see the fireworks from there great but if not no big deal. Well it turns out I had a nice view of the fireworks and hardly any delay to get onto the trail. So awesome fireworks and no zoo, I'll have to do that again sometime.

So overall my weekend millage 235, with 12,000 feet of climbing.

You towed bike AND cyclist.....
nice trip report

Starts at 9PM, still a good price. At those prices I wouldn't be able to bike home.
I made friends with the bartender and he gave me some free brewws

This is not as epic has human car's but here's my trip report for yesterday:

I had decided to condense my most favorite/scenic roads in Baltimore county into one ride that is as short as possible. Basically, a jaunt up to prettyboy via yeoho, prettyboy dam, spooks hill, and back down via beckleysville, brick store, falls, mt caramel... belfast, priceville, western run. Only 38 miles but 3000+ feet climbing.

Here's the bikely link.

Freaking gorgeous.

Except for when I cracked my dropout while mashing up a hill on priceville! I had to very gingerly peddle back to the start point, but it was such good ride it didn't bring me down (it can be fixed).

Now I'm curious, what is your absolute favorite stretch of road in the region? Mine is Spooks Hill.

NR took it way easy on me. He rode at pretty much my pace, which for him is, like, going backwards.


More details tomorrow night, I'm pooped. Got home from OC, jumped right in the shower, went to pool (won my match! ), just got home, going to bed!!

I got back ok, also. Under 13 hours realtime. I doubt if I can process out stops. These files are too big.

Lots of headwind on the way home and the weekend's total riding was starting to slow me down, too.

More later, after I process the BiM uploads.