Ride Leader:  Mia Haynes

Co-Rider Leader:  Reggie Stokes

Members:  Desiree Holkon, Sheila Harron, Bill Loewe, Rod Barnes, Walt Roscello

Guest:  None

Mechanicals/Mishaps:  None.

Today, was a hot yet good day for a ride.  There was another rider with our group, and by the time we made it over to MD 227, he made a bad turn in which Sheila and Bill followed.  When we made it to Ollies, I called Sheila and she informed me that they were making their way to the trail and we didn’t need to worry about them.                                                                                                                                               

While at Ollies, we ran into Walt Roscello and he joined out group.  When we arrived at the Village Green there was plenty of activities, we stopped at our club table and spoke with Jane while getting our fill of water, Gatorade and nutrition bars; we also took a picture with Brandon Paulin, the youngest mayor in MD history – elected mayor of Indian Head at age 19.

We decided, as we were leaving, to take Indian Head Hwy back.  Walt rode with us until he saw his turn.  When we returned Sherwood was at the start, so we talked for a while before departing ways.  The temperature was 92 degrees at ride finish.

Excellent ride guys, thanks for coming out.

See Mia Haynes report

Ride Name:  All Aboard...Taking the "B Train" to Colton's Point.

Leader:  Bob Howell

Members:  Kirk Saunders, Tom Short, and Denise Edwards.

Guests:  Leslie Jones and Jaqueline Stillworth.

Route:  https://ridewithgps.com/routes/16096007.

Weather:  Sunny and blue skies.  Winds were from none, a little, to breezy at Coltons Point.  Around 80 degrees at ride start and around 90 degrees at ride end.

AMS:  Ride leader 16.2.  Front 16.4.  Another ride that for the most part everyone stayed together.

Distance:  59.3 miles.

Mechanicals/Mishaps:  One dropped chain at Mechanicsville Road.  Quickly taken care of.

Report:  Basically a route that took us from Oak Ridge Park to Coltons Point as straight as possible.  From Park headed to Mechanicsville, Chaptico, Maddux, to Coltons Point.  From Coltons Point kinda/sorta the reverse with a trip through "Amish Land" (Lockes Crossing Road and Thompson Corner Road).  After turning left at mile 52.1 (3NT) turned left onto Route 6-New Market Road, right on Keech Road, left on Oaks Road and back to park.  I have never rode with Denise, Leslie, or Jaqueline before but it was a pleasure to do so today.  When it was their turn to "pull" they never hesitated.  And it seemed today that we had rode together many times before in the past when actually it was just the first time.  Thanks to all  who attended.  I believe this is another ride that can go into the "plus/win" column.  Take care.  Later.

Ride leader: Steve Palincsar

Members: Pat Walthers, Doug Lesar

Weather: Sunny, humid, 80s at the start rising to the low 90s.  The Post said expect an occasional breeze of around 5 mph, but what we got instead was a pretty steady wind of at least twice that.  Still, it was pleasant and cooling, rather than something to complain about.

Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/10165938  62.1 miles, 1878' of elevation gain, with a max. grade of 7.1% according to RWGPS (but I'm sure many would say it was almost twice that, if recent comments about Croom Station north of 301 are any indication) at that sharp little rise on Friendship School on the south side of Burnt Mill Creek.  It's only 75' of elevation gain, but you only have 0.2 mi to do it, it feels pretty steep when you're on it, and it's one of those places that seems to invite chain drops (not that we had any today).

Mishaps and mechanicals: none

AMS: 13.0

It was a gorgeous day for riding, and a very pleasant route.  We stopped at the Leonardtown Wharf, Russel's Store down on Medley's Neck, the Piney Point Lighthouse, WJ Dent's (the place where we had a big group lunch out back the last time we were down here a year or two ago) and McKay's.  A fair amount of shade most everywhere except the flat lands on the way to and from Piney Point, and on Indian Bridge Rd.  I hope they don't "improve" the crossing of Rt 5 at Flat Iron Rd the same way they ruined crossing Three Notch Highway at Morganza Turner Rd, as I think they're planning to do.

Ride Leader:  Blake Altman

Date: August 27, 2016

Ride Name:  White-Marsh Sotterley

Ride Distance:  ~53 Miles

Average Speed of the Ride:  ~18.3 MPH

Ride Class:  AA/3 Sport

Mechanical Issues: Extended flat tire issues

Mishaps: None

Weather:  70’s to near 90, sunny, lower humidity than earlier in the week

Guest Riders:  None

Member Riders:  Brad Francisco, Mike Wilson, Steve Koegle, Darin King, Pete Czapiewski

Ride Report:

Brad got a flat early in the ride.  He quickly changed to his spare tube which wouldn’t take air.  He then put in one of the ride leader’s new tubes.  A few miles down the road this tube failed as well.  Brad then patched one of his failed tubes and we continued the ride without further mechanical issues.

Bud’s Creek Road had a section where they are paving and while the road lanes had been repaved the shoulder was milled and not repaved.  We were mostly able to ride on a section of the shoulder that hadn’t been milled.  Also, there were signs for the race track that were taking up the shoulder.  All-in-all it was a section that called for cautious riding but we made it through without issues.  Next week it will probably be nice smooth pavement.

We were all together until near the end when the ride split into two groups.  We decided to just stay on the 3 Notch Trail until the end rather than take the planned route, this change cut-off about 2-3 miles from the planned distance.  It was the first time I had been on the most recently opened section of the trail.

Thanks to Darin for "letting" me "borrow" his route; it is a good one.

Leader: Lisha Peacock

Members: Jan Tucker, Alan Kurzweil, Bob Howell, Tom Short, Jim Hudnall, Jane Hudnall, Brad Francisco,Tom Roberts, Dave Schurwell, Holly Carr, Pete Czapiewski, Darryl Lowry (and Steve and Mickey who missed the sign-in but easily caught the group, and Sturm at some point :)

Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/7706471 36 miles, 1,645ft of elevation

Weather: Mid-70's to start, quickly warming with the afternoon sun, but still a pleasant August day.

Mishaps and mechanicals:  None

Report:  Another fabulous ride from N. Keys park!  A strong contingent of AA's joined us for today's ride, and with the cool morning, their energy was contagious!  The A/B group cruised to the first rest stop, with occasional sightings of the AA's in the distance, with about a 16mph AMS.  Croom was nice and shady with only a few impatient vehicles passing too fast or close.  S. Osborne kept us together and on our toes!  The combo of a fair amount of fast traffic and LOTS of rough road and pot-holes make it a sporty ride.  The group did a great job calling out and signaling to keep everyone aware and safe.  

Today was my 3rd ride through Marlton, and I am happy to report that the whole group got through without missing a single turn!  Thanks Steve for pointing out the brown golf-course signs...they are much better markers than the street signs!  

By the time we returned to Molly Berry and North Keys for our final miles through Cross Road Trail, the heat and bits of climbing were slowing us a down a touch; it was a relief to reach Old Indian Head to find it open and smooth with new pavement!

Thanks for a wonderful ride everyone!

AMS: The pace today was typical for this group's combined A/B class: 16-17 AMS off the front (with some AA's pacing just a bit faster), 15-16 in the middle, and 14-15 for the sweep.  

Ride leader: Steve Palincsar

Members: Pat Walthers

Weather: Sunny, 80 at the start, warming up to 90 by the finish.

Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/7706471  One of my variations on a theme originated by Mike Saizan, 36 miles and 1645' of elevation gain.

Mishaps & mechanicals: none

AMS: 11.9

Today we got to ride on newly re-opened Old Indian Head Road, newly repaved from Brandywine Road all the way to the intersection with (now closed) Tower Rd, and what a treat it was.  We haven't seen Old Indian Head this smooth in at least the last 10 years if not longer.  Gone are the bumps and patches with patches surrounded by potholes.  It's all smooth as silk from one end to the other.  It's uncanny.  This was Pat's first ride in about 3 weeks of travelling; the route was her request, but she quickly realized it wasn't the "flat" route she remembered so fondly.  It isn't quite so bad as Mickey Sidwell portrayed it at the rest stop -- RWGPS thinks that "wall" on Croom Station north of 301 is only 6.8% -- but for sure, Croom Station and Cross Road Trail are anything but flat.

Leader: Tim Murphy

Members: Jim Hudnall, Jane Hudnall and Kirsten Watts.

Guests: None.

Route: The usual ride from the Accokeek Fire Station around Accokeek down Marshall Hall Road to the river for a break and then up Barry's Hill and back to the Fire Station.

Weather: Great weather. No 90 degrees. The temp was in the 80s and it was nice in the shade especially when you have to go up Barry's Hill.

AMS: 14.2 mph

Mechanicals/Mishaps: None.

Report: We had great weather for our ride. You can't beat 80 deg in August. We only had a few riders show up. Not sure if everyone is on vacation or that everyone just misses our ride leader Shane. We averaged about 15.2 mph to the river and and total 14.2 for the overall ride after we had to tackle Barry's Hill. This was a great ride for the CC riders. I saw a few deer while going up Barry's Hill. and one of the farms along the way had all of its hay cut and raked and ready to bale. and we had more shade along the route. Signs that Fall is not far off. I will lead the ride the next two weeks and I hope to see more people on the ride. Enjoy the rest of your summer and remember to stop by the bike club's booth at the Indian Head Big Day of Fun this Saturday, August 27, 2016 from noon - 4:0pm.

Ride Name:  Tuesday....Southern Style.

Leader:  Bob Howell.

Members:  Tom Short, Larry Peed, Robert Golding, Lisha Peacock, and Kishia Clemencia.

Guests:  None.

Route:  https://ridewithgps.com/routes/ 16029441

Weather:  Beautiful!  Sunshine and Blue Skies.  Low 70's at the beginning and low 80's at the end.

AMS:  Ride leader at 15.8.  Others had to be close to the same.  Again another ride where all riders stayed together for the majority of the ride.

Distance:  RWGPS had 42.2 miles.  My computer 42.6.  Pretty close.

Mechanicals/Mishaps:  None.

Report:  The weather gods are finally cooperating with us and it was a beautiful day for a ride.  Started at Oak Ridge Park and rode the following byways and highways...Keech Road, Md6E, Dubois Road, Trinity Church Road, and Ryceville Road.  This section of the ride comes under the title of "Amish Land" and roads of St. Mary's County and Charles County.  Continued toward Wicomico Shores and came across some bumps in the road.  A lot of bumps in the road.  Rt.234 between Rt. 236 and Aviation Yacht Club Road is milled for future paving.  After Wicomico Shores continued to Chaptico Market.  My intent for these 2 rest stops was to have Wicomico Shores be a "gas and go" stop and stay longer at Chaptico Market.  But Wicomico Shores became the rest stop where a lot of different conversations came about and we stayed way longer than anticipated.  So therefore we made Chaptico Market the "gas and go" stop.  That is correct....No Ice Cream!  LOL!  We continued onto the following...Rt. 238, Baptist Church Road, Old Village Road, Flora Corner Road, MD-6W, 3NT, and Oak Road to finish.  Thanks to all who attended ride.  For a time there I had no idea how the ride would turn out.  And it turned out great!  And special thanks to Rob Golding who could have "smoked" us at any time but rode with us the entire day.  Take care.  Later.

Leaders: Jim and Jane Hudnall

Members: Steve Palincsar, Alan Kurzweil, Tom Roberts, David Schnirel, Jan Tucker, Ron Altemus and Holly Carr

Guests: none

Route: Bryans Road 40 Durham Church 39.6 miles from Bryans Road to Indian Head, Smallwood State Park, Durham Church and Pisgah. For an aerial view of the ride, see https://www.relive.cc/view/686703435.  

Weather: Pleasant. What a relief after the weeks of heat and humidity.

AMS: The ride leader sweeping had AMS of 14.3. The riders were not too spread out until after the rest stop at the Pisgah store. 

Mechanicals/Mishaps: none :)

Report: We enjoyed a relaxed ride with several stops as we checked out part of the route for Labor Day's indian Head 100. Five of the six volunteers who will be marking the roads for the IH 100 were in the group. Our first stop was at the Indian Head Village Green, where the IH 100 starts at the pavilion and ends in the picnic area. The next stop was Smallwood State Park where riders will have the McChesney's egg, ham and cheese muffins.  We followed the route for the 61/47 miler to the Old Durham Church, where volunteers from the church's congregation will be making tomato sandwiches. Many thanks to the group for their patience as we took a look at three key locations for the IH 100. The final stop was not on the cue sheet, but the riders always enjoy a snack and chat at the Pisgah Store.