TOUR DU PORT - Baltimore's Cool Bicycling Tour for a Terrific Cause!!!

Our Mayor is to be the master of ceremonies, say a few words at 7:15, and open the Tour at 7:30. Many of us will be there, so you can start the ride with friends.

TOUR DU PORT -  Baltimore's Cool Bicycling Tour for a Terrific Cause!!!  
Awesome design TdP t-shirt (design is flyer) purchase deadline Sept 18th 
 Also-get a free One Less Car t-shirt with OLC membership
 
Tour du Port  - October 4th is Baltimore 's Premier Bicycle Event !   Thousands of riders starting at the Canton Waterfront Park  will kick off the 16th Annual Tour du Port. Routes 12 to a new 1/2 century 50 mile ride!  Scenic route travels through over twelve historic neighborhoods, waterfront areas and parks. This fully supported tour includes lunch, refreshments at rest stops, map and sag and a post-ride celebration with live music at Tour's end. This event is One Less Car's Annual Fundraiser! All fees go directly to advancing the programs and advocacy efforts of One Less Car, a non-profit dedicated to walking, bicycling and smart commuting. Click here to register or visit www.onelesscar.org  Please pass this on to friends and help us spread the word about Tour du Port!
 

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"Tour du Port is a superb way to intimately tour Baltimore.  It is one of the coolest bike events around - and it certainly supports a cause that we support -bicycle safety!      All proceeds fund smart commuting options and bicycle advocacy. What more could a bicyclist or commuter tired of congestion ask for from a bicycle event!" --- Baltimore Bicycle Club

by B' Spokes

Like most people I live a hectic life and who has the time for much exercise? Thanks to xtracycle now I do. By using my bike for daily activities I can get things done and get an hour plus work out in 15 minutes extra of my time, not a bad deal and beats taking the extra time going to the gym. In case you are still having trouble being motivated; the National Center of Disease Control says that inactivity is the #2 killer in the United States just behind smoking. ( http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/bb_nutrition/ ) Get out there and start living life! I can carry home a full shopping cart of groceries, car pool two kids or just get lost in the great outdoors camping for a week. Well I got go, another outing this weekend.
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I was coming back from a 3+ hour ride that started in Fells, with a turnaround out in the County on Tufton, and the ride back home. I was in Charles Village at 40th and University, stopped for the red light, no cars were turning left in front of me, and a car was maybe 100 yrds to my right slowly for the right turn. I had a comfortable amount of time and space, so I pulled out across the street and was making my way down University when I got pulled over. This was getting well into the third hour of my ride, I was tired, hungry, and just wanted to get home, so I was a little standoffish to the cop, but I really didn't buy his argument that he was trying to keep me safe by giving me a $140 ticket. He then tried to contend that I had in fact run two red lights, which was completely incorrect, then wrote me up a ticket anyways. I tried to argue that some of the laws of the road don't make sense to biking versus driving, and that if I had been running instead of biking, nothing would have come of the "running a red light". I literally ran 75% of the red lights on Calvert out of the city, but I always initially stop at each of the red lights to make sure no cars are coming before I cross. I had done this in front of at least three cop cars on today's ride, and none of the other cops even lifted a finger. I'm definitely going to court to fight this. What should be my plan of attack?