Baltimore Tour du Port, Sun. 10/21/07

**divingbiker** · 08-09-2007, 06:17 AM

I probably will do it. I did this ride a couple of years ago, and it was fun. Very nice t-shirt, except we didn't have anywhere to put it during the ride so they said no problem, just pick it up at the end of the ride. At the end of the ride the t-shirts were gone. Lesson learned.

This is not a ride for a skinny-tired road bike. The cobblestones were very rough! It was fun riding out to Fort McHenry.

**HillSlugger** · 08-09-2007, 06:22 AM

Originally Posted by divingbiker

This is not a ride for a skinny-tired road bike. The cobblestones were very rough! It was fun riding out to Fort McHenry.

I figure that my Coda should handle it OK. Would street tires (semi-slicks) be best?

**divingbiker** · 08-09-2007, 06:37 AM

Originally Posted by MDHillSlug

I figure that my Coda should handle it OK. Would street tires (semi-slicks) be best?

Yes, they should be fine if they're not real skinny. You don't really need to have knobbies, you just need them to be wide enough that the air pressure isn't really high or you'll bounce your brains out. Much of the ride is on normal city streets, but there's a fair amount of cobblestones and some railroad track crossings.

**Kalidurga** · 08-09-2007, 08:18 AM

I'm definitely doing the 22 mile route this year. Our DC Monument ride was so much fun, I'm betting a ride through B'more would be terrific. It'll be tough to get up to B'more that early, but it should be worth it.

**Kalidurga** · 10-13-2007, 09:51 AM

I'm definitely doing this and I think Janice is, too. Anyone else?

**HillSlugger** · 10-13-2007, 10:30 AM

Not this year.

**aicabsolut** · 10-15-2007, 07:48 AM

Nah. I may be going to Harrisburg that day to watch a friend/student compete at the big Pennsylvania Nat'l Horse Show....depending on when she goes and how much I tear it up at my bday party Saturday night

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