Baltimore Bike Club Mobile Schedule

Sunday, April 02, 2023

16 And Over - Catoctin Double- 56 miles - 10:00 am - 56 mi - Mike Craig,   443-718-8997,   mcraig11@verizon.net
START: TMP -- Ride Terrain: Flats And Hills,  Ride Leader's Pace: 16 mph,  Regrouping: Some,  Rest Stops: Snack,  Rain Cancellation: Precipitation >60%,

 56 miles - 3800 feet

First third and last third easy.  Middle third two climbs: Catoctin Hallow and Park Central.
Note: this route crosses route 15 at grade and rides 1/2 mile on the shoulder.
 

GPS: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/40122008
Start: Taneytown Memorial Park (TMP)
 

Tcx url: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/40122008


Tuesday, April 04, 2023

16 And Over - FIF - Seven Towns and Seven Valleys - 60 Miles - 9:30 am - 60 mi - Steve Zeldin,   410-938-6887,   szeldin@comcast.net
START: FIF - Fifth District Elementary School -- 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).

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/32501495

Come join the fun!

Web Link: https://baltobikeclub.org/index.php/cue-library/Baltimore-County/Over-50+-Miles/Seven-Towns-and-Seven-Valleys/
Tcx url: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/32501495


All Pace Long - Mt. Carmel - Westminster Loop #1 - 10:00 am - 35 mi - Rich Burns,   443-257-6467,   rnburns1@verizon.net
START: FIF -- Ride Terrain: Rolling With Hills,  Ride Leader's Pace: 11 mph,  Regrouping: Some,  Rest Stops: Snack,  Rain Cancellation: Sprinkles,

Nice mod. hilly loop on some seldom-biked roads in Baltimore and Carroll counties; rest stop at Jiffy Mart (w/ Subway) in Westminster.  Paper cue sheets will be available.

Tcx url: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/33185878


Tuesday, April 11, 2023

16 And Over - ORR - Skirting the Gerting - 35 Miles - 9:30 am - 35 mi - Steve Zeldin,   410-938-6887,   szeldin@comcast.net
START: ORR - Oregon Ridge Park -- Ride Terrain: Rolling With Hills,  Ride Leader's Pace: 16 mph,  Regrouping: Some,  Rest Stops: Snack,  Rain Cancellation: Precipitation >60%,

Up Stringtown, down Cedar Grove, then instead of Corbett take the nicer Piney Hill Rd to Monkton Rd.  Followed by a little something different before we return Sparks Rd to Quaker Bottom. Break at mile 26 - Filling Station Cafe (Yummm) York Rd. 2,500 ft of climb - one of my favorites!

Come join the fun!

 

Reflections onSkirting the Girting?
C. J. Poncet, who passed through Sennar in 1699 on his way to provide medical services to Emperor Iyasu I of Ethiopia, left this description of his interview with King Badi:
  "He was seated upon a rich bed under a canopy, with his legs across, after the oriental fashion; and round him twenty old men, seated after the same manner, but somewhat lower. He was cloath'd with a long vest of silk, embroider'd with gold, and girt with a kind of scarf made of fine calico. He had a white turban on his head. The old men were clad much after the same manner.[4]

 

Web Link: https://baltobikeclub.org/index.php/cue-library/Baltimore-County/Under-50-Miles/Skirting-the-Gerting/
Tcx url: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/42164571


Saturday, April 15, 2023

All Pace Long - Michaux State Forest Gravel Loop - 9:00 am - 52 mi - Mark Ferwerda,   4439627819,   mnferwerda@yahoo.com
START: Caledonia State Park, PA -- Ride Terrain: Very Hilly,  Ride Leader's Pace: 10 mph,  Regrouping: Frequent,  Rest Stops: Snack,  Rain Cancellation: Precipitation >60%,

My annual posting of a mostly gravel ride in Michaux State Forest. I've not gotten any takers yet but I figure I'll get some eventually. Quite hilly with 5500' of elevation gain over 52 miles. First 13 miles are quite hilly and then it gets easier. There is a very short section of double track, otherwise mostly fire/back dirt roads Lunch/snack at mile 35 in Pine Grove Furnace, home of the famous 1/2 gallon ice cream challenge for AT thru hikers (free if you eat all the ice cream in 30 minutes I think). I use 700x42 tires but you could get by with thinner tires.

Park in the gravel parking lot on Pine Grove Furnace Rd (Rte 233) just north of Lincoln Hwy (Rte 30) near Caledonia State Park in Pa (Caledonia Furnace Monument & Thaddeus Stevens Trailhead). 

 

Tcx url: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/38942867


Sunday, April 16, 2023

Ride Events - BLACK0UT DATE- SEASON OPENER - 10:00 am - ALL mi - Gloria Epstein,   410 665 3012,   carlglo@verizon.net
START: TMP Taneytown Memorial Park --        

SAVE THE DATE!, This year's Season Opener will offer some new features, including 2 new routes and refreshments after the rides.There will be 3 rides with links to RWGPS and BBC Cue Library. Paper cue sheets will also be available. Details will be on ride schedule.



Ride Events - SEASON OPENER 27 - 10:00 am - 27 mi - Adrianna Pukalski,   ,  
START: TMP Taneytown Memorial Park -- Ride Terrain: Flats And Hills,    Regrouping: Some,  Rest Stops: Snack,  Rain Cancellation: Sprinkles,

27 miles, mostly gentle, rolling terrain, rest stop @Royal Farm, Littlestown, mile 17

Web Link: https://baltobikeclub.org/index.php/cue-library/Carroll-County/Under-50-Miles/Taneytown-Littlestown-27/
Tcx url: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/35487641


Ride Events - SEASON OPENER 38 - 10:00 am - 38 mi - Nabil Ali,   205 862 2573,   nabil4321@outlook.com
START: TMP Taneytown Memorial Park -- Ride Terrain: Rolling,    Regrouping: Some,  Rest Stops: Snack,  Rain Cancellation: Sprinkles,

Rural, scenic, very low traffic, mostly rolling farmland, 2 rest stops, 19.8 miles (Porta Potty) and 27.9 miles (Royal Farm, Littlestown)  1300 feet.  Start time may change.

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/42225913

Tcx url: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/42225913


Ride Events - SEASON OPENER 47 - 10:00 am - 47 mi - TBD,   ,  
START: TMP Taneytown Memorial Park -- Ride Terrain: Rolling,    Regrouping: Some,  Rest Stops: Snack,  Rain Cancellation: Sprinkles,

Rolling scenic ride to Thurmont with rest stop @Sheetz; mile 24;  only climb on Catoctin Furnace Rd before Thurmont; return via a brief foray into PA on Mason-Dixon before a roll on Harney back to the park.  2300 Ft

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/42242619

Web Link: https://baltobikeclub.org/index.php/cue-library/Carroll-County/Under-50-Miles/Taneytown-to-Thurmont/
Tcx url: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/42242619


Tuesday, April 18, 2023

16 And Over - TMP - Accountants' Burnout Red Rum Ride - 62 Miles - 9:30 am - 62 mi - Steve Zeldin & Ross Chason,   4109386887,   szeldin@comcast.net
START: TMP - Taneytown Memorial Park -- Ride Terrain: Rolling With 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:

First 18 and last 15 is very gentle.  The rest is tough for April 18th.  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 is one of my 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.

Rain (or extreme winds) date is April 19th-the next day at the same time.

Download .zip has both pdf and garmin course files.

 

Web Link: https://baltobikeclub.org/index.php/cue-library/Carroll-County/Over-50+-Miles/Red-Rum-2019/
Tcx url: https://www.strava.com/routes/18023041


Saturday, May 06, 2023

16 And Over - ORR - Giro d'Italia AntiCyclonic - 49 Miles - 9:00 am - 49 mi - Steve Zeldin,   410-938-6887,   szeldin@comcast.net
START: ORR - Oregon Ridge Park -- Ride Terrain: Rolling With Hills,  Ride Leader's Pace: 16 mph,  Regrouping: Some,  Rest Stops: Snack,  Rain Cancellation: Precipitation >60%,

Not as long nor as hard as the true 2023 Giro d'Italia and we won't get the crowds and the sag and the cycling press.

The route traces the outline of the Italian Peninsula on the roads of Baltimore County. We start from Brindisi riding up the Adriatic to Veneto, cross the top of Lombardia and then head south to Calabria. Two snack stops. 4100 Ft.
 
Download is only Anticyclonic (Clockwise) direction.  Generally the AntiCyclonic direction (clockwise) seems easier even with a start up Ivy Hill.  Ivy Hill starts should include a warning to 'Not Drop Chain or Water Bottles' at bottom of Ivy Hill second climb!!!

We will do the AntiCyclonic direction for the ride on Saturday.  AntiCyclonic garmin Course at http://www.baltobikeclub.org/images/agorapro/attachments/69/Giro-d-Italia-A-course.zip

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/42337784

Come join the fun!

Fausto Coppi

Fausto Coppi - Getty Images

 

Web Link: https://baltobikeclub.org/index.php/cue-library/Baltimore-County/Under-50-Miles/Giro-dItalia-AntiCyclonic/
Tcx url: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/42337784


Friday, May 26, 2023

Ride Events - Chestertown Weekend - 9:00 am - Var mi - Rob Keiser,   ,  
START: Washington College -- Ride Terrain: Flat,        

Rides for the Chestertown Weekend are not posted yet. Just wanted to get the word out that the event is open for registration. See link at the top of the page