Baltimore Bicycling Club Newsletter INDEX vol. 39 no. 2 March | April BBC Liability Waiver . .14 Cycle Across Maryland . .7 2006 CWC06 . .9 Events Calendar . .3 Flatlands Ride . .20 Kent County Spring Fling . .11-13 Letter from the Editor . .2 Letter from the Prez . .2 One Less Car . .15 Out of Bounds . .17-18 Ride Descriptions/Coordinators . .21 Ride for Shelter . .19 Ride Schedule . .25-30 Ride Starts . .22-24 Spring Cycling Clinic . .19 At the Ride Start Tandemonium . .4 Tour de Cure . .9 Tour de Montes . .6 Tuff Trainers . .8 Last Stop Before the Climb Upcoming Events April 30-June 18 Instructional Ride Series May 26-29 Kent County Spring Fling (Registration Form Inside!) June 10-11 MS 150 Let the Climbing Begin! June 17 Flatlands Tour Baltimore Bicycling Club, Inc Tour de Montes - 10th Anniversary P.O. Box 5894 June 30, July 1 & 2, 2006 Baltimore, MD 21282-5894. www.baltimorebicyclingclub.org 2006 Officers & Letter from the Prez Members-at-Large of the Board Fellow BBC Cyclists, The BBC is governed by an Executive Board (consisting of a President, Vice Many new things are underway at the BBC -- making this is an especially interesting President, Treasurer, Secretary, four mem- time to be the club president. Most of us joined the club as a way to stay fit through bers-at-large, and the Past President) which bicycling, and to have fun socializing with other cyclists. With that in mind, the Board meets monthly to discuss Club business. If is looking at everything the club does -- to see what can be improv-ed upon or added you would like more information, please to make the BBC an even better bicycling club. call the current BBC President. For a syn- opsis of the minutes, call the Secretary. One of the new features we hope you will enjoy is the BBC website that is being developed by BBC members Craig Martin and Bob Roswell. Our current website has served us well over the years, but the new site will offer additional features including: Officers Frank Anders, President credit card membership renewal; Newsletter download for members; online cue sheets; 410-628-4018, and more. The new site is still under development, but you are invited take a peek at [email protected] www.baltobikeclubonline.org. Daryl Caplan, Vice President We hope to make more improvements, but we need input from you -- the BBC mem- 301-829-9796 bers. If you have an idea or a suggestion for improvement (especially if you would like [email protected] to be involved) email me at [email protected] (or phone 410-628-4018). Ed Cahill, Secretary With each Newsletter issue, I will keep you posted on what is new, and how you can 410-465-1492 best take advantage of your BBC membership. Please remember -- this is your bicy- [email protected] cling club and we need your input to make it the best it can be. Until the next time......Frank Anders Ken Philhower, Treasurer 410-437-0309 Letter from the Editor [email protected] In response to a "Help Wanted" ad placed in the newsletter last month, Judy Bob Carson, Past President Getz has volunteered to be the Out of Bounds Editor for the BBC Newsletter. 410-828-8604 Judy is a long-time BBC member who has volunteered with events, rides, and tasks [email protected] too numerous to mention. We sincerely appreciate her help! A regularly updated version of Out of Bounds is also maintained on the BBC website at www.baltobikeclubonline.org. Thanks, Judy! Members-at-Large John Cole The E-Newsletter is coming along nicely, too. Subscribers receive their 410-661-4427, [email protected] logins and passwords by email and can now download the E-newsletter from the new BBC website. Thanks to Craig Martin for getting the online E-newsletter project Mary Ryan accomplished! For all of you who received the Jan/Feb newsletter so late, you 410-828-1015, may be interested to know that the Jan/Feb E-Newsletter was actually available [email protected] online on December 16th - a month earlier than some of you received it from the U.S. Postal Service! Howard Rosenbaum 410-653-2363, Lastly, the BBC Newsletter editor is looking for bicycling-related articles [email protected] and photographs for YOUR Newsletter! We would especially like to hear about your bicycle trips or participation in bicycling events. If you would like talk 4th Member-at-Large Position about a possible newsletter submission, please email me at [email protected]. Vacant I would love to hear from you! - Chris McL 2 BBC 2006 EVENTS CALENDAR Date Event Contact April 30-June 18 Instructional Ride Series Gordon Peltz 410-256-1421 Howard Kaplon 410-484-6955 May 26-29 Kent County Spring Fling Frank & Kathy Anders 410-628-4018 June 17 Flatlands Tour Ken Philhower 410-437-0309 June 30-July 2 Tour de Montes Craig Martin 410-538-8791 July 9 Club Picnic John Putman August 5 Corn Roast Rides Gloria Epstein 410-665-3012 ANOTHER VOLUNTEER NEEDED September 9 Civil War Century Howard Rosenbaum 410-653-2363 September 29-October 1 Lancaster Weekend Jane & John Cole 410-661-4427 Carol & Walt Russell 410-665-0651 October 1 She Got Bike! Margaret Hartka 410-357-8506 A Festival of Women’s Cycling October 20-22 Washington County Getaway Rich Burns 410-433-4162 TBD Election, Awards & Recognition Dinner TBD The BBC also continues to sponsor and support the following events June 10-11 MS 150 David Blair 410-902-7939 July 13-16 CAM Weekend Bob Carson 410-828-8604 October 22 Tour du Port Bob Carson 410-828-8604 www.baltimorebicyclingclub.org 3 Tandemonium sidering tandem riding and wonder cyclists. CRABS (Couples Riding a Bicycle why people love their tandems. A tandem is the ultimate rush for Simultaneously) planned an active, Here are some great reasons: cyclists who enjoy the sensation of riding year starting in April. We’ve A tandem allows two cyclists of dif- high-speed cycling. (adapted from got rides that venture into southern fering strength and ability to ride Sheldon Brown’s website: Pennsylvania, wheel through western together. The faster rider doesn't www.sheldonbrown.com) Maryland, and brush the Eastern need to wait for the slower one; the It’s going to be a great year! Shore. There are Baltimore City and slower rider doesn't need to struggle Peggy & Tom Dymond County rides, Harford and Howard to try to keep up with the faster Home: 410-272-9139 County rides, joint rides with the rider. email: [email protected] Washington area tandem group A tandem turns the basically solitary, known as WABITS, and more. Most individual activity of cycling into an BTW - there are still CRABS jerseys months have three or four experience that is shared by two or available. Check out the BBC web- BBC/CRABS tandem rides in addi- more people (yes, there are triples site, go to the “BBC Tandems” area, tion to all the other BBC club rides and quads). and then click on “CRABS Jersey” and events, in addition to all the tan- A tandem allows handicapped people to view the graphics. Then scroll dem rallies around the country. who couldn't otherwise ride a bicy- down for the order form. The jer- cle to share the joy of cycling. seys are $50 each. The kids' sizes are BUT – if you didn’t get to the A tandem can allow a parent to share $35 each. CRABS potluck and have a ride cycling at an adult level of speed and you’d really like to lead, just send us distance with a child. an email or give us a call. There are A tandem permits adults who have definitely some dates available. never biked to master the balance and, more importantly, to gain the You may be a single rider who’s con- confidence needed to succeed as 4 www.baltimorebicyclingclub.org 22 www.baltimorebicyclingclub.org 5 6 www.baltimorebicyclingclub.org www.baltimorebicyclingclub.org 7 8 www.baltimorebicyclingclub.org News from the CWC06 One of my objectives this year is the same function for the Planning Committee to keep the BBC membership CWC06 Committee. Laurie is By Howard Rosenbaum informed of the progress we are working on developing connec- making, and to build on the par- tions that will provide support to Yes, we just finished our most ticipation of the club in this our event (aka sponsors). In successful Civil War Century yet. year’s event. Last year we had addition, Laurie plans to increase But last year’s success is just a approximately 100 volunteers on the visibility of our charitable satisfying memory. Planning for the day of the event and over donations. The success of this this year’s event, to be held on 1,500 riders. I expect both of event provides direct support to September 9, 2006, started on these numbers to increase this the area Volunteer Fire January 29,2006 at Bob year. An additional goal is to Departments, and enables the Carson’s luxury condo in increase volunteers’ participation club to support a generous giv- Towson. before and after the actual event ing committee. If you have any date. There is an enormous ideas on these topics, please Some holdovers from last year’s effort to pull together the facilities contact Laurie at committee and some day-of- and supplies for the event. [email protected]. event volunteers who are gradu- ating to the big time commitment We still need help.