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Biking
- September 4 - Full moon bike ride and potluck dinner
Join us at 6:00 pm for a potluck dinner followed by a full moon bike
ride. We�ll provide hotdogs for the grill. If you want to grill
anything else, bring it as well as a dinner or desert item. Sunset
is approximately 6:30 and moonrise at 6:20. We�ll do our full moon
ride from our house up to New Freedom. Those who don�t wish to ride
can walk the trail or just enjoy the ambiance of being on the river.
Bring a bike that will work for you on an unpaved trail and please
bring a bike light that actually mounts to the bars, though we hope
it�ll be clear enough not to need one. If you don�t have a light,
stay close to someone who does, it�ll work fine.
Directions: Take I-83 north from the Baltimore beltway to exit 33,
turn right onto York Rd. south. Go � mile and turn right onto Dairy
Rd. At the bottom of the hill turn left onto Hyde Rd. We�re the
pale yellow house in the triangle of Hyde and Dairy Rds., #18944 Hyde
Rd. If you cross the river you�ve gone too far. (Dan and Barb)
- September 13, 10:00 AM - Bike and Brunch
Join us for a potluck brunch and bike ride at our home in Parkton.
We�ll have a sausage and egg casserole for the crowd. If someone
volunteers to make omelets or pancakes, we�ll provide the
accouterments. Please call to RSVP and/or if you wish to coordinate
food items.
The road ride will be approximately sixteen miles along the hilly and
very beautiful and roads in our neighborhood. You can also do a flat
ride along the unpaved North Central Rail Trail. The trail ride will
be out and back and will be as far as you wish to go then turn
around. The trail may also be combined with the road route to
provide a shortcut totaling only about eight miles. The road ride is
predominately downhill for at least the last two miles back to our
house. Bring along the appropriate bike for the ride you wish to
do.
For directions see the full moon ride above. (Dan and Barb)
- The following are not ACT events but are posted because
some ACT members might be interested.
Sept. 19 - 7th Annual Harford County Pink Ribbon Ride �
Harford Community College, Bel Air Maryland
The ride will consist of routes of varying distances (4, 12, 25, 40,
62 and 100 miles (which combines the 40 and 62 mile routes) around
Harford Community College and throughout Harford County. Proceeds
raised will support the programs of the Chesapeake Cancer Alliance.
Rides will leave from the Susquehanna Center Building on the campus
of Harford Community College starting at 7 AM. Marked routes, SAG,
rest stops, cue sheets, maps provided as well as lunch. Massages
will be available from 11 to 3 thanks to the generously donated
services of Siesta Massage Services. Showers available for use after
the ride.
$30 if preregistered by September 5, 2009 and $35 after
September 5 and day of ride. Graduated fees for family members
participating in the ride. Teeshirts available for $17 with
preregistration. Limited number of shirts will be available for sale
on day of ride. Register on line at
www.active.com or
www.bike4breastcancer.org
or contact Adele Snowman at
[email protected]
October 4 - Tour du Port
Baltimore�s Premier Bicycle Event!!! Join thousands of riders at the
Canton Waterfront Park to kick off the 16th annual Tour du Port!
Routes range from 12 to 50 miles -a half century!
Register now at
www.onelesscar.org
and get the early registration on
rate: $35 for pre-registered adults; $15 for children under
13.
Tour through more than 12 historic neighborhoods, waterfront areas &
parks. This is a fully supported tour with lunch, refreshments at
rest stops, map and SAG and post-ride celebration at Tour�s
end.
For additional information contact Carol Silldorff at
[email protected]
This is One Less Car�s (OLC) Annual Fundraiser. All fees go directly
to advancing the advocacy efforts of OLC, a non-profit dedicated to
better cycling, walking & mass transit in Maryland.
October 10 - Seagull Century
Bill, Barb and I plan to ride the Seagull this coming October. The
plan is to ride the full century (100 miles), but a shorter version,
100 kilometers (62.4 miles) is available. It is one of the
easier �epic� rides in that the terrain is perfectly flat, although
wind and weather may conspire to make it more of a challenge. If
you�ve always wanted to do a �century� ride or think it�s a challenge
you wish to try, follow the link at the bottom of this short article
to their website. They do sell out, and if you plan to do it, you
should train for the distance so don�t wait too long to sign
up.
From their home page:
Salisbury University celebrates the 21st annual Sea Gull Century on
Saturday, October 10. A 100-kilometer (64 miles) or 100-mile ride,
the Sea Gull Century is a �Best Bicycling in America� event that has
been named among the top 10 century rides in the nation by Bicycling
magazine. The Ride Magazine has called the century �one of the
prettiest big rides in America.� The Washington Post has named
it �by far the most popular local century� in the Maryland-Delaware-
Virginia region. Starting and ending at SU, the Sea Gull Century
began 20 years ago when a group of 68 cycling enthusiasts banded
together to develop a 100-mile century ride. Now, some 6,000
cyclists come - some of them year after year - because of the
terrain, the challenge, the food, the entertainment, the chance to
explore a new area and the hundreds of friendly volunteers who make
the Sea Gull Century happen.
www.seagullcentury.org
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