Grassroots Bike Series - Saturday, April 25

The Grassroots Bike Series is a series of bicycle races, once a month, taking place throughout the Baltimore area. While these are "races," everyone is invited, regardless of speed or competitive nature. The goal of the GBS is to provide a time for us, the Baltimore area cycling community, to come together and have some fun in an otherwise hectic bike city.

Each month a new location will be chosen, and a course will be determined beforehand. I will do my best to keep the course varied each month, in terrain as well as style. One month may be all pavement, the next all grass, the next a mix of pavement, grass, gravel, mud, etc. You get the idea. The style of race may also change from month to month. We may be racing for laps, for time, or mix it up with unconventional race styles, such as a tag-team race. Each race will, however, be a reasonably small (a mile or so) closed loop with a number of laps, so as not to send anyone too far away or all across the city. Before each race I will post a page describing the location and time of the race, as well as what to expect you will be riding on and any other special instructions you should know before showing up.

You can race on any bike you want; track, mountain, bmx, cyclocross, hybrid, tandem, recumbent, unicycle, etc. It's all good. As said above, I will note what type of terrain each race will be held on.

Each race will gather at a specific time. Before the race begins, i will lead everyone in a few leisurely laps around the course, so everyone understands clearly what the course is. I will do my best to bring signs, cones, tape, or other devices for particularly confusing sections, but in general the expectation will be to remember where you are going.

If anyone has any questions, feel free to email me at grassrootsbikeseries"at"gmail.com

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Race #3 will be in Druid Hill Park. Meet at the Safety City. This race will be a mix of pavement, grass, and a little gravel. It's nothing that can't be done on road tires if you really want, but a thicker tire is recommended!

The race will be at 3pm, following Bike Blast. check the website for more information and i hope to see you all there!



p.s. for any of you who might be new to the GBS, there is no signing up, just show up, and it's FREE!

p.p.s. if anyone would like to help me set up the course, i could use a couple people. it would consist of meeting about 1 and sweeping any broken glass/rocks/etc and putting up signs/barrels/cones/whatever i find. send me a message on here if you want to help! -------

Remember to bring a helmet! (read the rules) and bring some friends as well!

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