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things are coming together nicely.  I’m getting a lot of “probably” responses and a lot of “I’m totally doing this” responses.  Hopefully, those will turn out to be true.  But honestly, everyone will probably have a good time regardless.

If you’re interested in coming out for this, please drop me a line at jim (at) charmcityvelo.com .  it will give me a general idea of how many cue sheets to print out.

If you would like to help, the best thing you can do is tell people about it.  print out a flyer, hang it in a bike shop, stick it in the spokes of a parked bike, etc.  I’m pretty swamped with work, but that should die down soon and I will be able to put some more time into getting the word out.

Here’s the tentative route from Baltimore.  If you’re going to do the ride, please take a second to check it out, maybe trace it with a google map.  I’m sure people will be more than happy to help if anyone has a mechanical or gets lost, but since this is an unsupported ride, it’s totally worth it to review the route beforehand.  Here is a preview of the route, I will make sure that there are pretty cue sheets and all that business.

click for the route.

• cathedral street to federal downtown, pick up the gwynns falls trail
• take the gwynns falls trail to annapolis road.
• annapolis road to nursery road.
• nursery road to river road
• river to furnace to furnace again (I don’t understand the signage but it’s obvious)
• furnace to race
• race to hanover for a very short distance and back to race
• R on Park Circle
• L on Coca Cola
• L on Dorsey
• R on Faulkner (which turns back into race)
• R on Jessup (175)
• L on Brock Bridge Road
• R on Guilford (there is a 7-11 here for people who need food)
• L on Dorsey Run which goes all crazy, but eventually…
• L on Brock Bridge again
• Cross Laurel Road and Brockbridge turns to Montpelier
• L on Cedarbrook
• L on Muirkir and an almost immediate R on Odell
• L on Edmonston
• R on Sunnyside
• L on Rhode Island
• Probably stop at Proteus for water and snacks
• Get on College Park Trolley Trail where Rhode Island crosses Greenbelt Road. this turns back into a road and then…
• back onto the paintbranch trail to lake artemesia
• go around lake artemesia and get on the (I think it’s the) Northeast Branch Trail
• Get off the trail at Charles L Armentrout Drive and take that to Rhode Island.
• Rhode Island to 14th
• 14th to Constitution to the monument

then backwards