So the Viva Italia Ride got washed out last weekend and the route is too good to not put to use. This Saturday Oct. 2 we will be meeting up at the Harford Rd. Shell just north of the Baltimore Beltway at 9am, kickstands up at 9:30.

I've adjusted the route slightly (some of the unknown roads I picked off Google Maps turned out to be friggin dirt...) and have ridden the entire route. Here is the planned route: Spaghetti Breakfast

You're competing with the Demo day at Duc Pond...sorta. Yeah, Winchester VA is not exactly close to Bal'mer so it's probably not real competition. Just sayin'

Yeah, that's a bit of a hike for folks just looking to ride. The last thing I need is more motivation to drop more money into the bike so I figure I'll just go ride the living piss out of it.

Roads like this are featured:

If tomorrow gets better I will attend twisty perversion tour.

Tomorrow?  Thought he was talking about Saturday. 

Looks like Lars took a page from my book, hit the pipe too hard and forgot what day it was.   

Quote from: DRKWNG on September 30, 2010, 05:00:11 PM
Tomorrow?  Thought he was talking about Saturday. 

Looks like Lars took a page from my book, hit the pipe too hard and forgot what day it was.   

If I had the pipe I would hammer it right about now as I am trying to stop my house from flooding.

Quote from: Lars D on September 30, 2010, 05:19:30 PM
If I had the pipe I would hammer it right about now as I am trying to stop my house from flooding.

YEESH!  Good luck with that! 

frack! I'm out, kids/soccer/visiting parents 

Won't be able to attend.

Absolutely fantastic ride. Ended up with four bikes because of the relatively short notice and all you fools going out to the Pond to lust after bikes you can't buy

Early traffic in the northeast side kept things reasonable for the beginning of the ride. Things opened up after we accidentally crashed the Darlington Apple Festival like a bunch of hoons. I'm pretty sure there are a few women in Darlington that fell in love that day...

Once things opened up the roads were great. Plenty of long sweepers, a couple tight sections on shaded roads that proved challenging, and dodging wash out from the biblical amount of rain we got only a few days prior. The pace stayed reasonably quick, and other than a mail truck stopped on a curve that gave everyone a little high blood pressure (remember kiddies, this ain't the track, leave yourself some aw shit room) there were no hiccups.

Loch Raven Dr. is still shut down during the weekends so we missed the twistiest section, but Spooks Hill Rd made up if it once everyone got used to riding the washboard surface in spots. Other than that area the roads were in impeccable condition minus the aforementioned washout in some of the low spots.

I'd love to lead another ride up in that area and some of the other great roads nearby, so if anyone wants to go riding, I'm back next Sunday after a jaunt down to TX.