Friday, March 06, 2026
START: MWP - Meadowood Regional Park -- Ride Terrain: Rolling With Hills, Ride Leader's Pace: 16 mph, Regrouping: Some, Rest Stops: Snack, Rain Cancellation: Precipitation >60%,
We ride over to Loch Raven Reservoir, do a nice loop with some climbs and then return to Meadowood. Bring a snack as we will stop to refuel at Carroll Manor Park. This is a Cherry Lollipop,
Conversational 16&Over Late Winter Pace with moments of enthusiasm countered by regrouping. Come Join the Fun!
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/44706867
Tcx url: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/44706867
Tuesday, March 10, 2026
START: MWP - Meadowood Regional Park -- Ride Terrain: Rolling With Hills, Ride Leader's Pace: 16 mph, Regrouping: Some, Rest Stops: Snack, Rain Cancellation: Precipitation >60%,
Rescheduled Ground Hog's Day Ride where we try again to roll Emory Church. Route avoids the closed Cuba Rd.
Ride up to Emory Church Rd starting TallyHo to JJ to Western Run (avoiding the Cuba Rd closure) then up Dover. Quick roll into Carroll County to Emory Church Rd. Snack at Rt30 High's. Returning Piney Grove, Belmont, to Park Hts and Hillside.
Come join the Fun!
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/53592304
Tcx url: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/53592304
Friday, March 13, 2026
START: MWP - Meadowood Regional Park -- Ride Terrain: Rolling With Hills, Ride Leader's Pace: 16 mph, Regrouping: Some, Rest Stops: None, Rain Cancellation: Precipitation >60%,
The Missing/Delayed Lunar New Year of the Horse Ride where we do a somewhat horsey bicycle ride. Includes the almost steeplechase leap onto Jay Trump Road.
See: https://www.racingmuseum.org/hall-of-fame/horse/jay-trump-md
Cafe break at John Brown at mile 15, if riders are in the mood and circumstances permit.
16&Over Late Winter Conversational pace, check Calendar/Forum for any weather related changes. A different ride may be offered depending on whim of the ride leader. Come join the Fun!
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/43194933
Tcx url: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/43194933
Saturday, March 14, 2026
START: SJC St. John's Church Western Run 3738 Butler Rd, Reisterstown, MD 21136 -- Ride Terrain: Rolling,
Baltimore Bicycle Club - Winter Social
Saturday, March 14·4:00 – 7:00pm
St John's Church Western Run
Sunday, March 15, 2026
START: MWP - Meadowood Regional Park -- Ride Terrain: Rolling With Hills, Ride Leader's Pace: 16 mph, Regrouping: Some, Rest Stops: Snack, Rain Cancellation: Precipitation >60%,
March 15th ride where we do a nice ride to the French Twist Cafe and discuss the soothsayers forecast. (During Caesar's parade on the feast of Lupercal, the Etruscan haruspex (soothsayer) Spurinna warns Caesar to "Beware the (r)Ides of March", a warning he disregards.)
A 9:30am departure has Caesar telling Brutus that the return will be "at two". (Act 3 Scene 1 Julius Caesar by Shakespear)
Check Calendar/Forums/Other Auspacies* for any weather related changes. Come join the fun!
*Other Auspices may include:
ex caelo; ex avibus; ex tripudiis; ex quadrupedibus; & ex diris Being partial to Cathartes aurae, I will use vultures to help determine any ride schedule changes.
Tcx url: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/49690664
Friday, March 20, 2026
START: MWP - Meadowood Regional Park -- Ride Terrain: Rolling With Hills, Ride Leader's Pace: 16 mph, Regrouping: Some, Rain Cancellation: Precipitation >60%,
Vernal Equinox Ride - We now have true "Spring". Or at least Sol, our star, is directly over the equator and casting solar brilliance equally between the tellurian hemispheres. This ride starts about 34 minutes pre-equinox, thus we will ride from Winter into Spring. With astronmical Winter now at our backs we rush headlong towards Summer!
Ride is variation of the B-B-B-WR with Wheeler and Western. There are a descent of Garrison and a brief section on Shawan. This version avoids the Cuba Rd closure. Pass Veloccino at mile 17 and Oregon Ridge at mile 26 for any breaks.
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/53498320
Riding "global warming vernal pace" with moments of enthusiasm countered by regrouping. Come Join the Fun!
The Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager (SEVIRI) on EUMETSAT's Meteosat-9 captured these four views of Earth from geosynchronous orbit. The images show how sunlight fell on the Earth on December 21, 2010 (upper left), and March 20 (upper right), June 21 (lower left), and September 20, 2011 (lower right). Each image was taken at 6:12 a.m. local time. On March 20 and September 20, the terminator is a straight north-south line, and the Sun is said to sit directly above the equator.
Tcx url: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/53498320
Tuesday, March 24, 2026
START: MWP - Meadowood Regional Park -- Ride Terrain: Rolling With Hills, Ride Leader's Pace: 16 mph, Regrouping: Some, Rest Stops: Snack, Rain Cancellation: Precipitation >60%,
Ride to Mt Zion via Boring returning Butler to Mantua to Padonia and Mays Chapel. Bring snack for break at mile 23 Mt Zion summit. Stop at Veloccino mile 28.
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/54065609
Tcx url: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/54065609Wednesday, April 01, 2026
START: Butler Fire Station / Veloccino -- Ride Leader's Pace: 16 mph, Regrouping: Frequent, Rest Stops: Snack, Rain Cancellation: Precipitation >60%,
2026 April Fool's Day Ride - Ride Leader will bring a fun ride consistent with the spirit (and weather) of the day. Please bring a calibrated cyclometer or gps measuring/recording contraption and be prepared to ride with the group. If using a gps device, I suggest that having a screen with data fields for Distance / Elevation / Heading / Lap Distance would be helpful. Riders might want to have the Compass screen visible (see below (where was that photo taken?) ). Ride leader will have some extra clips for provided non-optional paper cuesheets.
The cuesheets might have anagrammed or disguised or missing road names, but all turns and distances are there. All roads are paved, any walkways maybe not. There could be U-turns or service roads. Elevation, direction, and location of turns has been plotted by Livened Zest on the cuesheets. In fact the turns seem to be unambiguously and better described then any other cuesheet.
Be very cautious if you try to load the rwgps cuesheet url as I don't think anyone should be using it. We won't be.
For added confusion read the out-of-date Guide/FAQ at
https://baltobikeclub.org/index.php/forum-name/default-topic/3927-april-f-l-s-day-2018-guide-faq#p7682
Should be no surprise, but overall average grade will be near zero! Special thanks to Livened Zest for the cuesheet .
Tcx url: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/42220838
Tuesday, April 07, 2026
START: FIF - Fifth District E.S. -- Ride Terrain: Rolling With Hills, Ride Leader's Pace: 16 mph, Regrouping: Some, Rest Stops: Snack, Rain Cancellation: Precipitation >60%,
A Club favorite! First 10 and last 15 miles hilly; the rest rolling. Breaks in Jefferson (mile 24) and in New Freedom (mile 40).
Come join the Fun!
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/32501495
Tcx url: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/32501495
Thursday, April 16, 2026
START: TMP Taneytown Memorial Park - Playground Lot, Taneytown, MD -- Ride Terrain: Flats And Hills, Ride Leader's Pace: 16 mph, Regrouping: Some, Rest Stops: Snack, Rain Cancellation: Precipitation >60%,
BBC Traditional Ride: Join the Accountants and Tax-payers for the Red Rum Ride. Tax Day is April 15th and we ride on April 16th in honor of Amendment XVI to the U.S. Constitution:
The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration.
First 18 miles and last 15 is very gentle. The rest is tough for April 16th. Six mile climb over South Mountain at mile 18 (very hard-lots of 14% grades) and then a two mile climb back over the another side of the mountain. The six mile climb was one of Mark Tabb's favorites and almost traffic free.
2019 Revision has break at mile 34.6 at Sheetz which tends to replace the stop at Rockys. Especially after the freezing rain experience in 2016(?). Reformatted cuesheet for 2019.
Note: At mile 39, across the street from Rocky's is a Cafe which the ride leaders may regroup for a coffee or snack. https://www.thegreenhousecafefortritchie.com/
Rain, snow, or extreme winds date is April 17th-the next day at the same time.
Download .zip has both pdf and garmin course files.
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/42398448
Web Link: https://baltobikeclub.org/index.php/cue-library/Carroll-County/Over-50+-Miles/Red-Rum-2019/
Tcx url: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/42398448