Hi Michael - many thanks for the route info. Looks great! You even indicated where the killer hill is, so I can mentally prepare for it. :) John (also in this Riv group) and I will want to try it out one day. He patiently accommodates my slowish pace. If that wouldn't bother you too much I'd be happy to see if we can arrange to do the ride with sometime soon.
On Wednesday, January 15, 2014 1:38:09 PM UTC-5, Michael wrote: > > Hi Nancy, >> > From Catonsville, you could take Frederick Road through Ellicott City, > then stay on Frederick and pick up my Route at: > > Right turn onto Centennial Lane (turns into Bethany Lane after you cross > over Rt. 40 > Left turn onto Rt. 99 > Right turn onto Sykesville Rd. (Rt. 32) > Left onto West Friendship > tunr into: > 1s Ave/Main Street Sykesville. > Just keep going straight and it turns into Spout Hill Rd. with the big > climb that ends at > Right turn onto 3rd Ave > Right turn onto Springfield (watch your speed as this downhill ends > abruptly at T intersection) > Left onto Main, and back out to West Friendship and go back home the same > way. > > If you want to ride it and want company let me know and I will happily > join. It is a fun, but hilly ride. > Shoulders on 99 and Sykesville Rd, are wide and nice. Bethany Lane doesn't > have much shoulders, but it is short and gets you to 99 quickly. > If you want less miles, you could always park at Centennial Lake in > Ellicott City and ride Centennial lane up to Bethany Lane and go from there. > > Here it is but without the right turn onto 3rd Ave and Springfield. > > https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Catonsville,+MD&daddr=39.2777149,-76.8606282+to:39.3074167,-76.8691579+to:39.3170305,-76.9015447+to:Spout+Hill+Rd&hl=en&ll=39.307605,-76.864815&spn=0.083015,0.198269&sll=39.373173,-76.970751&sspn=0.005184,0.012392&geocode=FXM-VwId9Clt-ylNjA7JPRzIiTGNcyTcDrP1IQ%3BFZJUVwIdLDNr-ymVhGCEsiHIiTEtTIujZ6W3uw%3BFZjIVwId2xFr-ynnKf4qgyHIiTE7dAniwcv8Ww%3BFSbuVwIdWJNq-yllBMe0XiHIiTGrZpnoVOlK6w%3BFVjPWAIdXntp-w&t=h&gl=us&dirflg=b&mra=dme&mrsp=4&sz=17&via=1,2,3&z=13&lci=bike > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
