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Welcome To The Baltimore Bicycling Club
Group Rides All Days, All Paces!
Reminder to members that the Baltimore Bicycling Club (BBC) has also been hosting a Facebook page at this link which currently has 4.8K members.
You are cordially encouraged to enroll, participate and enjoy its abundant useful information.
BBC President
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The Baltimore Bicycling Club and COVID-19
Dear Baltimore Bicycling Club members,
As you know, the entire world is engulfed in the COVID-19 outbreak which the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a pandemic. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the WHO have provided guidance on how to best combat the virus that causes COVID-19. This guidance includes avoiding crowds and practicing “Social Distancing,” where we stay 6 feet from other people. These actions will help slow the spread of the virus.
In Memory - Arthur Carter; Hospitalized for injuries - Jeff Adler
Arthur Carter, 59, of Hanover, MD, was killed by a motorist when he drove his vehicle across the center line. Arthur was biking with a group of friends on Sunday March 8, 2020. The Baltimore Bicycling Club offers our condolences to his family.
Read more: In Memory - Arthur Carter; Hospitalized for injuries - Jeff Adler
BBC Outreach At Westminster
Gary Flax, Mary Ryan, and Pat Lapensee promoting BBC
BBC launched our 2020 outreach effort at the Stop, Swap, and Save event in Westminster on Sunday Feb 9. Offering a free colorful bike key chain (which has our club name and web site imprinted) to those who stopped by our table, our group of volunteers informed our booth visitors about our weekly rides and special events. We invited new bikers and those getting back into biking to attend our free Instructional Series and we informed those who might want to try biking with us that it isn't necessary to be a member to ride with us. We handed out printed material to promote our multi-day events, including the Kent County Spring Fling coming up during Memorial Day Weekend..
Water Over the Falls
2019: Water Over the Falls For our summer vacation “Plan B” kicked in when Evie’s knee worsened. So we packed up the van and drove to the Niagara region of Ontario. It’s a beautiful bike-friendly area. We enjoyed staying at universities (Brock U in St. Catherine’s & Niagara U in Welland) and riding every day. Cycling past Niagara Falls, you feel the magic of its thunderous roar into the Niagara River. Cycling beside the mighty ships on the Welland Canal—watching them rise and fall in the many locks—never gets old. This bike path follows the historic canal between Lakes Erie and Ontario. Revisiting Niagara-on-the-Lake—a UNESCO World Heritage Site--with its wonderful theatre, vineyards, and lake views was a joy. We had 2 plus weeks cycling in this terrific region. We’ll be back!
2020 Bike Maryland Symposium
BBC is partnering with Bike Maryland to present the 2020 Bike Maryland Symposium on Wed February 19, 2020.
At the Bike Maryland Symposium you can network with like-minded Maryland cyclists and advocates and your Maryland legislator to discuss Maryland cycling issues that matter to you.
Agenda on Bike Maryland web page. Registration - free. For more info and to register.
BBC Selects New President Pat Lapensee
The Executive Board of the Baltimore Bicycling Club voted Pat Lapensee in as president of the BBC for 2020 at their bi-monthly executive board meeting, Thursday, January 9. Pat has been a member of the BBC since 1991. He was instrumental in planning the 50th Anniversary Celebration Rides & Party in June 2018, even smoking pounds of salmon for the event.
Pat is an avid cyclist, having ridden in Spain, France, Italy and Canada as well the U.S. from North Carolina to New York. You can often find Pat enjoying rides in the BBC’s 13-15 MPH ride category. Or in his bike downtime, Pat likes to hit the links or try new recipes in his gourmet kitchen -- two of his other favorite hobbies. When not indulging in his hobbies, Pat is a software engineer for Raytheon.
Pat lives in Sykesville with his wife Denise Huson who is also an experienced cyclist and long-time BBC member and their schnauzer Klinger.
Annual Dinner
The BBC Election dinner and awards celebration was held on November 16th, 2019 at Oregon Ridge Lodge. Dinner, desert and socializing was enjoyed by all.
Ed Cahill, past president presided over the evening.
The following board was voted in for 2020.
Vice President: Gloria Epstein
Treasurer: John Isaacs
Secretary: Ellen Hochman
Members at Large: Gary Brandon, Rich Burns, Peter Crosby, Marg Draper-Harris
Past President: Ed Cahill
Many outstanding volunteers and ride leaders were recognized.The BBC would not be successful without its strong volunteers.
