Saturday, March 14, 2026
START: ButlerFireHouse/Veloccino -- Ride Terrain: Very Hilly, Ride Leader's Pace: 14 mph, Regrouping: None, Rest Stops: Snack, Rain Cancellation: Precipitation >60%
This a very hilly but very beautiful ride through the Prettyboy watershed. I think there are 5 major climbs (others say 6) plus numerous smaller ones. The only hard climb occurs right before the rest stop and that can be avoided by taking Parsonage Rd. We'll ride 22 miles to the High's on Rayville and Middletown Rds. There are the normal drinks and snacks plus there's a Porta Potty on the parking lot. After the rest stop, there are only 11 miles back to Veloccino.
Regrouping depends on who shows up, and are they feeling competitive or kind. I'll have cue sheets. My plan is to do the ride, put my bike away then do the near-mandatory BS session about the ride: "I would have been much faster on the big climbs if I weren't so old and so fat." After I relive each and every highlight of the 33-mile route I'll then head to St. John's Church to help set up the hall for the BBC's Pizza Party.
Everyone is welcome to do this hilly ride. Everyone is welcome to help set up the hall for the club party (or help clean up.) And everyone is welcome to eat too much pizza. At the last pizza party, I thought the pies were first rate!
Web Link: https://baltobikeclub.org/index.php/cue-library/Baltimore-County/Under-50-Miles/Prettyboy-Plunge-Lite-33/Tcx url: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/50172066
START: 1302 Paper Mill Rd #1300, Cockeysville, MD 21030 -- Ride Terrain: Flat, Ride Leader's Pace: 10 mph, Regrouping: Frequent with Sweep, Rest Stops: None, Rain Cancellation: Precipitation >60%
This is a casual ride we will go as fast as the slowest rider. The weather calls for mid 50's so wear winter hiking shoes and coats and stay warm. The plan is to go out and have some excercise and then be done by 3:30 so we can go to the BBC Winter Pizza Party on Butler Road. If the parking lot on 1302 Paper Mill Rd #1300, Cockeysville, MD 21030 is full, we will go to the next one on 14449 Phoenix Road, Phoenix MD. If both are full, then just meet us somewhere near the Cockeysville lot at 1:00.
If you ride with us, we will share our BYOB at the party! Come out and have some fun without getting too sweaty! FYI pretty much any bike will work on the packed gravel.
This is our cold weather "kit" (Winter coats and winter boots)
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.)
In the weeks before the Ides, Julius Caesar, appointed dictator for life by the Roman Senate, has pardoned his remaining enemies and rewarded his friends. Now Caesar is preparing to leave Rome with his legions to wage a war of conquest against the Parthian Empire. Bonus question for riders: Describe the Parthian Empire in its modern form.
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 45 minutes pre-equinox, thus we will ride from Winter into Spring. Once astronmical Winter is at our backs we will roll 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%
Note 9:30 start
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: TBD - Waiting on Livened Zest -- 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: Butler Fire Station / Veloccino -- Ride Terrain: Rolling With Hills, Ride Leader's Pace: 16 mph, Regrouping: Some, Rest Stops: Snack, Rain Cancellation: Precipitation >60%
Starting from Veloccino/Butler. Beautiful ride doing both the rollers on Bradenbaugh outbound and the shaded Rock Ridge on return. We stop at High's White Hall at mile 16 and snack at Deli-Creamery in Jarrettsville at mile 31.
Come join the Fun!
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/53208845
Tcx url: ridewithgps.com/routes/53208845
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. In 2025 the Sheetz was closed for remode and reviews are mixed on the result.
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