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Ride Reports

Ride Leaders are encouraged to post reports on their rides. Members can comment on ride reports and anyone can read the reports and comments. Instructions for posting a report

You must be logged in to post a ride report. To log in, enter your Email and Password in the upper right corner and click the "Login" button. If you need a password, click Forgot Password. After you login, you will see an "Add Post" button.

Click the “Add Post” button. For the Date and Time, enter the date and start time of the ride

For Subject, enter the Month/Day - Ride Name - Class and number of miles; for example: “6/30 - No Deale Ride - B 45 miles”.

In the Body box, enter your ride report. You can enter it directly into the text box using the word-processor features on the tool bar. After you enter the report, click the “Post” button at the top or bottom of the page and your ride report will be posted on the web site. As the author of the report, you will be able to edit or add to the report.

For a good article on Ride Reports and adding photos to Ride Reports, see pages 7 and 8 of the March 2018 "Spoke-n-Word" .

Here is suggested template for the body that you can copy (control-c) and paste (control-v) into the body of your ride posting.

Leader: 

Members: 

Guests: 

Route: 

Weather: 

AMS: 

Mechanicals/Mishaps: 

Report: 
 


  • March 8 - Saturday Afternoon Tour de Accokeek - 16-mile CC

    Sat, March 08, 2014 2:00 PM | Jim Hudnall (Administrator)
    Ride Leaders: Jane and Jim Hudnall
    Members: John Riconda, Lou Dall'Orso, Larry Peed, Belinda Acre, Dan and Diana Donahue, Walter Carr, Majesta Hartley, Chris Backhaus
    Guests: Michael Best, Brian Taylor
    Route: Tour de Accokeek  http://ridewithgps.com/routes/999206  16.4 miles, 445 feet climbing
    Weather: Beautiful! Mid-sixties

    What a beautiful day! Great to finally be able to get out on our bikes. Larry got there early and did five miles before others arrived. Lou and Chris rode from their homes. Michael had not been on his bike since November, and others had not ridden for several weeks. Diana was getting over illness and only rode to Marshall Hall, letting Dan finish and go back for her in the car. Everyone else did fine on the way back. Once up Barry Hill was not enough for Chris, who went back down and climbed it a second time. 

  • Harwood to Davidsonville and Deale - B pace

    Sat, March 08, 2014 11:00 AM | Deborah Bowman (Administrator)
    Ride Leader: Debby Bowman
    Members: Thomas Short, Alan Kurzweil, Walter Meesdy, Susan Estes, Linda Bankerd
    Guests: Dennis Scanlon, Bob Essink
    Route: 35 miles, 1651 feet of climbing, http://ridewithgps.com/routes/4153888
    Average speed: 14.3 mph at the back
    Weather: Beautiful!! Sunshine with temps rising from 50 at start to 60 at the end
    Mishaps and mechanicals: 1 flat tire

    Spring is making a comeback!! Eight cyclists met at Southern High School for this shorter, later-starting B ride, and we were greeted with sunny blue skies, temps above 50 and good road conditions. Walter planned to ride a CC pace, so he rode on his own behind the group.

    We traveled in a clockwise loop, going west on Harwood Rd, then north on Patuxent River and Queen Anne Bridge up to Central Ave, where we headed east for a few miles. Then we went south on Brick Church, S. River Clubhouse and Muddy Creek Rds to our rest stop in Galesville, where we found Janell's group taking their break at High's. While at the gas station we had our only mechanical, as Linda discovered she had a pinch flat. After fixing the flat, we took off down Owensville Rd for short trip to Deale. We went south on Owensville Sudley/Sudley Rd, then made the left to remain on Sudley, turned briefly onto Muddy Creek and then turned onto Swamp Circle Rd. We took Bay Front to Rockhold Creek to Deale Rd, then turned north up Nutwell Sudley and headed back to the school. While on Sudley we passed Walter as he pedaled towards Deale.

    On a side note, I was happy to see some (new?) Cyclists May Use Full Lane signs on Harwood and Sudley Rds, and noticed others on Sands Rd as I was driving home. They should be very helpful in such a popular cycling area.

    Many thanks to everyone who joined me for a fun ride today.

  • Davidsonville Park and Ride A ride

    Sat, March 08, 2014 10:00 AM | Anonymous

    Ride Leader:  Blake Altman (Substituting for Diane Harris)

    Date March 8, 2014

    Ride Name:  Davidsonville Park and Ride

    Ride Distance:  49 miles

    Average Speed of the Ride:  17.3 to 18.9

    Ride Class:  A

    Mechanical Issues: None

    Weather: Upper 40’s to upper 50’s, breezy, and Sunny

    Guest Riders: Chris Garret

    Member Riders: Darin King, Matthew Lewandowski, Claire Chiamulera, Rita Zeidner, Charles Sidwell, Harris Hudson, Richard Hen, John Giglio, Steve Koegle, Jessica Livingston

     

    Ride Report:

     

    When I arrived Diane was in her “civvies”.  She told me something had come up and asked me to lead the ride.  Thanks Diane for making the drive all the way to Davidsonville just to find a ride leader and provide the cue sheet and sign-in sheet!

     

    Given the average speed range it is no surprise that the group quickly split into multiple groups.  By the time we had finished the first small loop, the front groups were lost to sight from the back group.  The tail of the ride caught the front folks at Highs in Galesville.  After the break, most of us rode down to the water for another short break.

     

    Following the rest stops the group rode together for a few miles but shortly fractured again.  No matter, everyone made it back to the start without incident.  I think everyone enjoyed the ride and the nice weather even if I’m no Diane.

  • Davidsonville Park and Ride B

    Sat, March 08, 2014 10:00 AM | Janell Saunders (Administrator)

    Ride Leader:  Janell Saunders

    Ride Distance:  47 miles

    Average Speed of the Ride:  14ish

    Ride Class:  B

    Mechanical Issues: None

    Weather: Upper 40’s to upper 50’s, breezy, and Sunny

    Member Riders: Joan Oppel, Rita Zeia, Ken Meredith, Holly Carr

    Guests: Jeff Wolfram 


    Well, I was late having missed the exit, which meant I had to go all the way to Riva Rd to do the turn around, so got there right at 10.  But, my intent was a relaxing B ride, which is exactly what we did.  My average never got over 14.5. 


    After just a few miles we saw a couple folks waiting for us....Harris Hudson and John Agazzi decided to back off the "A" pace and join us.  We all rode together but then John decided to turn around at 10 miles to shorten the ride, still recuperating from his hip injury. A couple  other folks went off at a faster pace and we caught up to the them at the gas station rest stop in Galesville. Most of us skipped the ride down to the official rest stop, shortening the ride by 2 miles, no matter. We also saw Debbys group as they rode into the gas station.  We invited a few of them to join us, but they were happy not to, hmph!


    I think we all enjoyed the more relaxed pace, the great weather, great roads and great company.


  • March 2 Mountain Bike Ride

    Sun, March 02, 2014 9:02 PM | Deleted user
    We held our Sunday morning Mountain Bike Ride at Cedarville. The group managed to get started around 10:15 and followed the trails counter clock wise. Benny & Joni meet up with the group near the lake trail. Riders included Barry, Randy, Matt, Joni, and Benny.

  • Starbucks 35

    Sun, March 02, 2014 11:00 AM | Linda Bankerd
    A lone warm day with a hint of sunshine was not to be missed.  Tamara Miller, on her first ride as an Oxon Hill member, Janell Saunders, Pano Gianniotis and myself rode the familiar route from the Starbucks with a different ending.  No Barry's Hill, a nice decent on Farmingham, only to go up Chatsworth.

  • Hidden Amish A Ride

    Sun, March 02, 2014 10:00 AM | Anonymous

    Ride Leader:  Blake Altman

    Date March 2, 2014

    Ride Name:  Hidden Amish

    Ride Distance:  46 miles

    Average Speed of the Ride:  17.7

    Ride Class:  A

    Mechanical Issues: None

    Weather: 40’s to 50’s, breezy, and cloudy to partly cloudy

    Guest Riders: None

    Member Riders: Darin King, Matthew Lewandowski, Scott Walker, Diane Harris, Claire Chiamulera

     

    Ride Report:

     

    What a great ride!  The weather was nice ahead of yet another winter storm.  We had a well matched group of riders who stayed together throughout.  Matthew had his new Zip wheels and he was really rolling along!  I don’t have too much else to say except it was fun.

  • Manokeek the Long Way

    Sun, February 23, 2014 1:25 PM | Holly Carr
    Today I am home looking out my window at the snow on the ground and the pending mud melt in my back yard.  I am thinking of the wonderful day it was on Sunday when I was joined by Diane Harris, Steven Perakis, Pano Giannoitis, Jan and Ron Tucker, Liam Healy, Jim and Jane Hudnall, Sarah Clement, and ken Meridith.  Janell was not able to attend, as she was tending a cold.  But we all missed her.  The ride was perfect.  At the rest stop Sarah shared her source for a great rice cake recipe she got from The Feed Zone by Dr Lim and chef Biju.  Highly recommended for all cycling health nuts.

  • Manokeek (via IHRT) tour - flatter option CC 32

    Sun, February 23, 2014 1:15 PM | Deleted user
    Leader:  John Gorman
    Riders:  No one showed. (riding solo means you can push it some and control the break time)
    AMS: 14.5  750 ft elv 2:12 riding  (only 7 mins of break time)
    Mishaps: None
    Weather: as 1 pm hit, a glorious sun filled day w/ temps of 60. AMEN to that after this terrible cold weather we've had. (well at least until mid-week when more nasty white-stuff may cover the roads again)

    I tweeked (as usual) the standard route and after 7 miles, turned R onto the IHRT, to eliminate hill work, especially this early in the year and basically 30-days between outdoor rides (makes sense to save the legs and simply get in easy miles; you don’t run a marathon the first day out, Momma always told me). Today I took this up to Village Green, the shoulder of MD-210 N., zig-zagging onto Chapman Landing/Lane back over to MD-210 shoulder/R-side streets to the  Livingston Rd TL. To avoid the potholes and Barry’s Hill, I continued on the R-side of MD-210 using several community streets crossing over @ Pine Dr, (wonderfully smooth paved conditions) a short time on Livingston to  a R -Pine Ln and the service rd and side sts to the Livingston Rd TL back over to the Shopping Center. Doing so sure saves you  from the  terrible road conditions and standing water that exists all the way back on Livingston. This return route certainly takes away the hill work, and makes a much more enjoyable return and makes you want to ride another day (if hills just aren't your thing) vs some of the standard cuesheet return routes back to Accokeek. Starting from Manokeek Center does provide services of Wendy’s/Starbuck’s etc, vs Accokeek FD.

    The IHRT was clear of snow, but several areas had some large broken trees protruding into the trail, but very passable.

  • February 23 - Chopticon, Colton, Compton 42/A

    Sun, February 23, 2014 10:00 AM | Darin King

    Leader:  Darin King
    Riders:  Blake Altman, Matthew Lewandowski, Scott Walker
    Route:  Chopticon, Colton, Compton 42.  42.2 miles @ >>17 AMS
    Weather:  Low 50's rising to near 60 with south winds @ 5-15 mph
    Mishaps:  None
    Photos: Chopticon 42 Album

    A small group came out for a short tour around St. Mary's County.  The promise of cloudy skies at the start was kept, but the promise of lighter winds was broken.  The route started at Chopticon High School and found its way down to St. Clement's Island Museum.  Traffic was generally light as we enjoyed some fine county roads (Maddox, Colton Point, Hatchet Thicket, Oakley, Bayside, Maypole, etc.).  We regulated the pace to match the participants, finishing a good deal faster than we expected.  About half way through, the sun made a glorious appearance and warmed us for the rest of the ride/day.

    Thanks, all, for coming out.

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