Photos from your rides.

[jemoryl]

Originally Posted by brucehappy

Greetings and salutations from cow county, md...long time no post.

The sky was awfully pretty today, and the cloud bursts were lovely from afar.
Riding last few miles home in a downpour on the other hand....

Hey, where are those roads in Frederick? I'm in Montgomery Co. and want to include some new scenery on my rides now that the weather is picking up.

[AngryScientist]

man, that looks gorgeous and luxuriously green. i just want to roll down that hill like a little kid!

[jasonification]

Inspired by joostx's dawn patrol. Nothing quite as pretty as his, but it'll have to do

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[brucehappy]

Here's the cues for a little 14mi loop that hits the roads all the pics were taken on.

On Devilbiss Bridge Rd you should be able to park on the west bank of the Monocacy river.
Turn right onto Lenhart Rd
Turn left onto Old Frederick Rd
Turn right onto Utica Rd
Turn right onto Hessong Bridge Rd
Turn right onto Angleberger Rd
Angleberger Rd turns slightly right and becomes Stevens Rd
Turn right onto Wilhide Rd
Turn left onto Lewistown Rd
Slight left onto Old Frederick Rd
Turn right onto Links Bridge Rd
Turn right onto Dublin Rd
Turn left onto Links Rd
Turn right onto Glade Rd
Turn left to stay on Glade Rd
Turn left onto Devilbiss Bridge Rd

There's lots and lots of gorgeous farms out this way, and on this loop the covered bridge on Utica Rd is nice. When building a route, I find that using Satellite mode to find non-lined and gravel roads works pretty well, then I just try linking them together.

Originally Posted by jemoryl

Hey, where are those roads in Frederick? I'm in Montgomery Co. and want to include some new scenery on my rides now that the weather is picking up.

[joosttx]

Originally Posted by jasonification

Inspired by joostx's dawn patrol. Nothing quite as pretty as his, but it'll have to do

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Awesome! #alwaysworthit

[madsciencenow]

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[Hilltopperny]

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[jemoryl]

Originally Posted by brucehappy

Here's the cues for a little 14mi loop that hits the roads all the pics were taken on.

On Devilbiss Bridge Rd you should be able to park on the west bank of the Monocacy river.
Turn right onto Lenhart Rd
Turn left onto Old Frederick Rd
Turn right onto Utica Rd
Turn right onto Hessong Bridge Rd
Turn right onto Angleberger Rd
Angleberger Rd turns slightly right and becomes Stevens Rd
Turn right onto Wilhide Rd
Turn left onto Lewistown Rd
Slight left onto Old Frederick Rd
Turn right onto Links Bridge Rd
Turn right onto Dublin Rd
Turn left onto Links Rd
Turn right onto Glade Rd
Turn left to stay on Glade Rd
Turn left onto Devilbiss Bridge Rd

There's lots and lots of gorgeous farms out this way, and on this loop the covered bridge on Utica Rd is nice. When building a route, I find that using Satellite mode to find non-lined and gravel roads works pretty well, then I just try linking them together.

Thanks. When I moved to MD a few years ago, I wound up driving up and down Rt. 15 quite a bit and thought there might be some nice riding up that way. is it safe to assume: west of Rt. 15 = hilly, east = flat/rolling? Might want to mix some hills in with the flat. For me, I'll be looking at the satellite images or gravelmap as a way to avoid the unpaved!

[brucehappy]

Originally Posted by jemoryl

Thanks. When I moved to MD a few years ago, I wound up driving up and down Rt. 15 quite a bit and thought there might be some nice riding up that way. is it safe to assume: west of Rt. 15 = hilly, east = flat/rolling? Might want to mix some hills in with the flat. For me, I'll be looking at the satellite images or gravelmap as a way to avoid the unpaved!

No, definitely not safe to assume that. Typically all of my rides are east of 15 and there's plenty of climbing. To give you a general sense of it, from my home in Walkersville, my routes cover down to Linganore Creek below Libertytown, up to Johnsville, over to Rocky Ridge and to Graceham outside Thurmont, down through Lewistown, and there's lots and lots of hills to be had all throughout this area, especially when you're off the main roads. I've got my Warbird setup with a 48-31 up front and an 11-40 in the rear so I'm ready for whatever I find!

The vast majority of my riding is (unfortunately for me) paved. Even the little one lane and non-lined farm roads are mainly paved. Most of my routes are built around getting me to the bits of unpaved stuff using the least traveled farm roads I can find.

[gbcoupe]

Originally Posted by B4_Ford

I like old things.

Looks like your Litespeed had to stop for a pee. Old things do that.

[veloduffer]

This former airfield (now a park for soccer) is part of my regular route and belonged to the Aircraft Radio Corporation. In 1929, Army Air Corps pilot Jimmy Doolittle made history at Boonton by taking off and landing from the ARC field purely by use of radio beacon and transmitter, without looking out of the cockpit. The work he and the ARC engineers did on that field revolutionized aviation, making it possible for pilots to fly just about any kind of plane in virtually any conditions. Up until then, pilots generally used ground landmarks to assess their route, which limited their ability to fly at night or in adverse weather conditions.

Some of the former hangars are still being used for storing equipment.

Since it is Spring and the Classic/Monuments season was underway, a good time for a ride on a classic.

[joosttx]

above the clouds this morning.


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[TheseGoTo11]

Originally Posted by joosttx

above the clouds this morning.

This forum should really have a thread devoted solely to your photos. Always stunning.

[TheseGoTo11]

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