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• ABC Weekday Rides - Winter Edition

  • Start
    03 December 2019
  • End
    30 January 2020
  • Schedule
    9 sessions
  • Location
    Generals Highway Corridor Park

  
  Tuesday
  

  10:00 AM sharp at Generals Highway Corridor park right across from the Renaissance Festival, following a 27 mile route; also the 902 Group rides about 22 miles. Please be ready to ride 5 minutes before start time. For more information contact John Richardson at jjrichardson2@msn.com. 
  
  

  Thursday 

  10:00 AM sharp at Generals Highway Corridor park right across from the Renaissance Festival, following a 27 and 22 mile routes. See Tuesday's description for details.

  
  

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• ABC Weekend Rides and Events

  • Start
    25 January 2020
  • End
    26 January 2020
  • Location
    see description

  
  

  Saturday

  No rides scheduled.  

  
  Sunday

  10:00 AM start time at Jacobsville Elementary School: the Lasso The BWI Airport Ride! Andrew Beron will lead a 32 mile ride that is 85% on trails - the B&A and the BWI Airport trails. Speed will be about 15 MPH average. Map & cue sheet:  https://ridewithgps.com/trips/33608220 Please contact Andrew if you plan to ride: awberon@gmail.com

  4:00 PM start time at Pirate's Cove restaurant: The ABC Club Winter Party and Elections! Join us for dinner, elections, and a raffle from 4-7 PM at Pirate's Cove. Click here for details and reservations. 

  
  

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• ABC 2020 Winter Party

  • When
    26 January 2020
  •  
    4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
  • Location
    Pirate's Cove, 4817 Riverside Dr, Galesville, MD 20765
  • Spaces left
    4

  Registration is closed

  Join us for the Annapolis Bicycle Club Winter Party on Sunday, January 26 2020 from 4 PM - 7 PM. We will hold club elections and a raffle after a buffet dinner at Pirate's Cove restaurant in Galesville. 

  The menu: 

  Appetizer: Crab Dip with toast Points

  Mixed Green Salad with 2 dressings

  Entrées:

  Cove Meatloaf

  Honey Salmon

  Chicken Piccata

  Sides: Mashed Potatoes, Rice Pilaf, Fresh Steamed Vegetables

  Dessert: Bread Pudding

  
  Registration cost is $25 per person. As in previous years, the club will subsidize the cost of dinner. 

  Pirate's Cove 
  4817 Riverside Drive
  Galesville, MD 20765
  (410) 867-2300 
  

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• ABC Weekday Rides - Late Winter Edition

  • Start
    04 February 2020
  • End
    19 March 2020
  • Schedule
    7 sessions
  • Location
    Generals Highway Corridor Park

  
  Tuesday
  

  10:00 AM sharp at Generals Highway Corridor park right across from the Renaissance Festival, following a 27 mile route; also the 902 Group rides about 22 miles. Please be ready to ride 5 minutes before start time. For more information contact John Richardson at jjrichardson2@msn.com. 
  
  

  Thursday 

  10:00 AM sharp at Generals Highway Corridor park right across from the Renaissance Festival, following a 27 and 22 mile routes. See Tuesday's description for details.

  
  

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• STOP, SWAP AND SAVE 2020

  • When
    09 February 2020
  • Location
    Westminster, MD

  
  

  For more information visit the event website: http://www.stopswapandsave.com/

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• 2020 Icicle Metric/Century

  • When
    04 April 2020
  • Location
    Elkton Maryland - Cherry Hill Middle School

  Get your riding season off to an early start with the Icicle metric!
  

  The WCBC Icicle may be your first chance to stretch your legs on a long ride after the cold winter months. Choose from three routes of varying distances of between 13, 24, and 31 miles or combine them to get up to 68 miles covering moderately hilly terrain in the areas west and north of Newark, Delaware.  Snacks will be available at the start and the traditional well-stocked, indoor food stop will add to the camaraderie of the day.

  Icicle Metric Infromation and Registration
  

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• Annual Ocean to Bay Bike Tour

  • When
    25 April 2020
  • Location
    Bethany Beach, DE

  Join more than 2,500 cyclists of all levels April 24-25, 2019 in the Quiet Resorts for a cycling tour through Sussex County’s beautiful beaches, bays, and beyond! This award-winning event offers cyclists a 30-, 50-, metric century, and century ride on flat terrain – the perfect destination for an early season spring ride. Celebrating 31 years, this year’s event will feature special anniversary celebrations!

  Click here for event website and registration.

  
  
  Ocean to Bay
  Start & Finish Line
  Bethany Beach Bandstand
  Saturday, April 25, 7 am-5 pm

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• Draw for Sight Bicycle Poker Ride

  • When
    26 April 2020
  •  
    8:00 AM - 2:00 PM
  • Location
    Betterton Volunteer Fire Company, 2 Howell Point Road, Betterton, MD 21610

  The Chestertown Lions Club welcomes cyclists to Draw For Sight Bicycle Poker  Ride. The tour consists of a 36 or 60 mile rolling to flat course. The route takes in the scenery of the heartland of Upper Kent County in Maryland including farmlands, old country homes, quaint towns, and great country stores. The ride goes through historic Chestertown.

  Route starts and ends at Betterton Volunteer Fire Company, 2 Howell Point Road, Betterton, MD 21610.

  Click here for ride dates - Registration availability to follow
  

  Time:

  Registration Hours 7:30 am to 8:30 am

  ABC members meet at 8 AM near the registration area. 

  Rides start at 8:30 am

  Drawing stations close at 1:00 pm

  Ride ends promptly at 2:00 pm.

  Last sweep 2:00 pm

  All score cards must be turned in by 2:00 pm.

  
  

  
  

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• Ride for the Feast 2020

  • Start
    02 May 2020
  • End
    03 May 2020
  • Location
    Start in Ocean City, MD

  Registration is OPEN!

  Ride for the Feast is a 2-day, 140-mile Maryland bike ride from Ocean City to Baltimore City. Options exist this year for riders to choose 1-day routes to cycle Saturday only (100 miles) or Sunday only (40 miles).

  The event raises money for Moveable Feast, the only Maryland nonprofit that delivers healthy meals to people living with HIV, cancer and other life-threatening illnesses. Our services are provided in Baltimore City, the 5 surrounding counties and on the Eastern Shore, all at no cost to our clients. Last year, Moveable Feast delivered 743,940 life-saving meals to 6,060 Marylanders.

  With your help, we are working to deliver 1 million meals in a single year – each one made and delivered with love. 100% of your donation goes directly to the services provided to our clients. Your support will aid thousands of our neighbors here in Maryland.

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• Six Pillars Century: 2020 Black Water Tour

  • When
    02 May 2020
  •  
    7:00 AM
  • Location
    Cambridge, MD

  Six Pillars Century: Black Water Tour 

  Character Counts Mid Shore, Inc. is sponsoring the 12th annual Six Pillars Century Blackwater Tour fundraiser on Saturday, May 2, 2020.

  Cycle the Scenic back roads of picturesque Blackwater Wildlife Refuge in Dorchester County, MD. Choice of three FLAT routes: 37 miles, the famous 56 – mile Ironman Eagleman course, or our beautiful 100 – mile century course that takes you through quaint townships along the Chesapeake Bay and back through serene woodlands. Begin your day at Great Marsh Park for a complementary al fresco breakfast on the shores of the scenic Choptank River.

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• 2020 Baltimore Region Bike to Work Day

  • When
    15 May 2020
  •  
    7:00 AM - 10:00 AM
  • Location
    various locations - se description

  23rd Annual Bike to Work Day

  Ride to work with dozens of others! There are meetup points around Anne Arundel County.

  2020 Maryland Bike to Work Day Information
  

  
  

  
  

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• Double Creek Tour

  • When
    30 May 2020
  •  
    7:00 AM
  • Location
    York PA - John Rudy Park

  Ride on moderately rolling terrain through the York, PA surrounding area between two creeks.

  Join in and cycle new routes and old favorites. Offering a 10-mile, 25-mile, 50-mile and 62-mile course for cyclists. Cyclists start their journey from 7 AM to 8AM. Enjoy a cooler start time and have plenty of time for rest stops and food at the finish line.

  Double Creek 2020 Information and Registration
  

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• SMECO 75 Bike Ride

  • When
    06 June 2020
  •  
    7:00 AM
  • Location
    Hughesville Maryland

  SMECO 75 Bike Ride: 

  Mark your calendars for June 6, 2020, the date of the ninth annual SMECO 75 Bike Ride. This year's event will benefit organizations in Southern Maryland working to end the opioid crisis. 29, 47 or 75 mile routes through the southern Maryland countryside.

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• Patuxent River Rural Legacy Bicycle Ride

  • When
    13 June 2020
  •  
    7:00 AM
  • Location
    Jug Bay Natural Area, 16000 Croom Airport Rd, Upper Marlboro, Maryland

  Enjoy scenic, rural cycling at the Oxon Hill Bicycle and Trail Club's annual ride to showcase Prince George’s County’s Patuxent River Rural Legacy Area, where farms, wetlands, and woods are being protected from development with Maryland’s Rural Legacy Program.

  Starting Location 
  The Picnic Pavilion and Group Camp Area of the Patuxent River Park. 

  Event website:  Oxon Hill Bicycle Club 2020 Patuxent River Ride Information

  DIRECTIONS: From Croom Road, take Croom Airport Road. Go 2.9 miles to the Picnic Pavilion and Group Camp Area of the Patuxent River Park.   Some GPS devices would have you go the Patuxent River Park Visitor Center. Do NOT go to the Visitor Center, but follow the sign to the Picnic Pavilion and Group Camping Area and continue on Croom Airport Road.  When Croom Airport Road turns left at the Columbia Air Center Memorial, turn right, go through the gate toward the picnic area. and follow directions from the parking volunteers.

  Routes
  Scenic routes of 22, 35, 44 and 64 miles on paved, country roads.

  
  

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• FireFighter 50 Bicycle Ride - Pleasant Valley MD

  • When
    19 July 2020
  •  
    6:00 AM
  • Location
    Pleasant Valley FD, 2030 South Pleasant Valley Road, Westminster, MD 21158

  
  

  The 9th annual Firefighter 50 bike ride will be held on Sunday, July 19, 2020.

  Offering routes for cyclists of all abilities.  All rides start and finish in the Village of Pleasant Valley, MD which is about 6 miles west of Westminster, MD. There will be  four great road routes in 2020 of 35 miles, 50 miles, 62 miles and a full century of 100 miles. All routes are fully supported with SAG/Sweep and either a water or rest stop approximately every 15 miles. The Pleasant Valley Fire Company will be preparing you a full “All you can eat lunch” to enjoy after your ride. Our goal is for you to have a SAFE and FUN day of cycling.

  Cost Per Rider: is $35, same-day registration is $40

  Includes: Full “all you can eat” Firefighter Lunch in the air-conditioned dining hall, and fully supported routes.

  Show and go start of 6:00 - 9:00 AM

  2020 Firefighter 50 Registration and Information
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• Chocolate Tour 2020 - Hershey PA

  • When
    01 August 2020
  •  
    7:45 AM
  • Location
    Hershey, PA

  Donegal Insurance Group 2020 Chocolate Tour

  SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 2020

  Join us at the annual Chocolate Tour to support cancer research at Penn State University. With exciting events like the Briova Rx Chocolate Tour Cycling Events. ( 10 family fun ride, 30 mile, 50 Mile, 75 mile, 100 Mile )

  There is something for everyone!

  The event starts at the beautiful campus of Milton S. Hershey School Athletic Complex, 635 Brook Drive, Hershey, PA 17033 located along Route 322 (Governor Road) a few minutes from downtown Hershey and approximately 12 miles east of Harrisburg.

  This is a rain or shine event, NO REFUNDS

  *CASH OR CHECK EVENT*

  Registration for all events open at 6:30 AM. Get there early to enjoy the festivities.

  Funds raised by the Chocolate Tour will support cancer research at Penn State University

  Click Here for 2020 Chocolate Tour Information and Registration

  

  The Chocolate Tour is part of the Bicycling Trifecta, a collaboration of Central Pennsylvania's 3 Premier cycling events.   Learn more about how to participate in the Bicycling Trifecta and receive a commemorative mug.
  

  
  

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• Lancaster Covered Bridge Classic

  • When
    16 August 2020
  • Location
    Lancaster, PA

  
  

  Lancaster Covered Bridge Classic

  Sunday August 16, 2020
  

  Lancaster Covered Bridge Classic (formerly the Covered Bridge Metric Century) is a classic Pennsylvania ride now in its 42nd year. It offers beautiful routes of 100 miles, 65 miles, 33 miles, and 16 miles, covering some of the most scenic cycling terrain anywhere. Each route traverses through covered bridges and past Amish farms.

  The routes all cover rolling terrain with only moderate climbing with the exception of 100 mile route. The 100 mile option is a challenging ride that includes a hilly 38 mile loop that starts and ends at the lunch rest stop in Stevens, PA. There are no official rest stops on the 38 mile loop, so please stock up at the lunch stop.

  Proceeds from the ride benefit the Lancaster Bicycle Club’s grant program. Over $300,000 has been donated for covered bridge restoration and bike-related initiatives since 1999.

  Date: Sunday August 16, 2020

  Where: Lancaster, PA

  Click Here for 2020 Event Website and Information
  

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• BBC Civil War Century

  • When
    12 September 2020
  • Location
    Thurmont, Maryland near the corner of East Moser Road and Frederick Road

  The Civil War Century         
  Saturday, 9/12/2020
  Thurmont, Maryland

  A ride for everyone – Earn bragging rights on the long and mountainous routes, look at the mountains on the mid-length routes, or enjoy a short scenic tour. All routes are well marked, we also provide cue sheets, GPS course downloads, and maps are posted at the rest stops. Whichever route you choose, you will be cycling through some of the most beautiful countryside east of the Mississippi.

  Check-in – Open from 7 am through 10 am at the ride start on the day of the event. Early check-in on Friday night from 6 – 9 pm at the Thurmont Visitors Center, 11 Water St., near the corner of Water and Main streets.
  

  On-line advance registration only - No on-site registration

  Registration opens on June 1, 2020.

  Registration limited to 1600 riders - register early to avoid getting shut out of this ride which has always sold out!

  Click here for 2020 event website and more information
  

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• 7th Annual Lifeline100 Bicycle Event

  • When
    04 October 2020
  •  
    7:00 AM
  • Location
    Kinder Farm Park, 1001 Kinder Farm Park Rd, Millersville, MD

  The Lifeline 100 features rides for every age and ability! 15 and 30 mile flat paved trail rides and 65 and 100 mile scenic tours including the Severn River, Chesapeake Bay, historic Annapolis, US Naval Academy and more!

  Free Bike Rodeo 12 -2PM for kids age 4-10.

  Details and registration at www.lifeline100.com

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  The Annapolis Bicycle Club supports the Lifeline 100 with rest stop and Sag wagon volunteers! To participate as a volunteer please contact us at abc_pres@annapolisbicycleclub.org - to ride in the event use the registration link below. 
  

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• Seagull Century 2020

  • When
    10 October 2020
  • Location
    Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD

  Sea Gull Century on Saturday, October 10, 2020, a nationally acclaimed bicycling event, beginning and ending on the campus of Salisbury University, tours the picturesque Eastern Shore of Maryland and offers two routes:

  Assateague Century Tour (100 miles)
  Princess Anne Metric Tour (65 miles)

  Click here for 2020 Event Website and Information
  

  
  

  Start and Finish Information:

  • Located on the east side of campus near the corner of Bateman and Wayne streets.
  • “Show-and-Go” start, no need to check-in
  • Start between 7-9 a.m.
    • Start Time 1st Heat: 7-7:45 am Pace groups and faster riders. For cycling safety, if you typically pass riders please use this start time.
    • Start Time 2nd Heat: 7:50-8:45 am All other riders.

  
  

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