Baltimore May Day Roll, 5/1/11

[owlice]

Ikaros has amazing food. Definitely a great place for lunch!

I'd need to check terrain for this; I'm slow on flat, and glacial to the point of nearly moving backwards on hills. Otherwise, I'm tempted; anything for Ikaros!

[kmehrzad]

I'd need to check terrain for this; I'm slow on flat, and glacial to the point of nearly moving backwards on hills. Otherwise, I'm tempted; anything for Ikaros!

Owlice, you certainly have a way with words. I am LOL.

[Kalidurga]

At four hours for a 10-12 mile ride, I would imagine the pace will be pretty casual. And if there are going to be breaks for info from Mr. Reutter, then that's the perfect time to catch your breath from any hills.

If anyone else is interested, I also thought of maybe doing this as a shuttle-- Drop off one car near Ikaros, drive bikes and riders up to BBC, do the ride, then drive bikes and riders back up to BBC to the car left there. Less mileage that way, but easier if anyone's concerned about the pace, etc. Though if the weather's good, it'll be more fun to ride back.

[kmehrzad]

I'd love to do the ride but am unable to due to prior commitment.

[Cataboo]

I'm signed up for a kayaking skills weekend

[Kalidurga]

Well, if I can get my butt out of bed early enough to get up there, then I'll just have to take photos to show y'all what you missed

[owlice]

Owlice, you certainly have a way with words. I am LOL.

kmehrzad, it's not so funny if you're the one behind me on the hill when I'm starting to slide backwards...!!

It's so sad. I've been working on increasing my speed so I can go on longer rides; I'd like to do a century ride as some point. In daylight. Without having to be above the Arctic Circle in the summer for the ride. It sounds so exciting when I can say I'm now 1.5 times faster than I used to be... until I confess that my average speed used to be 8 MPH. ~~~ sigh ~~~

Kalidurga, I likely will not be going on this. It sounds like fun, though, and Ikaros... mmmmmmmm!!! Please, share pictures!

[Kalidurga]

Owlice-- I haven't been around here much since last year so I don't know what methods you're using to improve, but when I began wanting to ride longer distances the recommendation I was given was to get a computer and pay attention to my cadence. Monitoring that would help me to ride more efficiently. I'm still no speed demon and have no desire to ride any centuries, but I did see a significant difference in both speed and distance within one summer of getting a cadence computer. I've now taken the computer off my bike, but can still use what I learned about how an efficient cadence feels.

And I will officially commit myself to posting photos from Sunday's ride. That'll give me incentive to get out of bed and up to B'more by 8:30am

[Kalidurga]

For your vicarious pleasure , my blog about the ride is here: http://kalidurga.blogspot.com/2011/0...bike-ride.html

Coupl'a highlight shots:












Definitely a fun ride for history buffs, and the sit-down lunch at Ikaros was fantabulous. They even had a vegetarian option (though the Greeks love their bechamel sauce too much to go vegan).

[owlice]

Oh, what a lovely write-up! Thanks very much for sharing; it sounds like a great time and very interesting ride!!