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8 and 9, in Baltimore where I went for the Bikemore Family Open House.
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Was not super impressed with the choices available, #problems.

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Old Oriole Park Beer Stout. It was a stout at noon. Fine by me!

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Peabody Heights Brewery Mocha Obscuro. Dark and delicious.

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Out of order 6 and 7 from Sunday.

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Port City Colossal 5 I like it better than the 6, which is also good and I had but I had it second so I had to not have it count here.

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Beer from Hops at Potomac Yards. Meh. I asked for a beer that they made on site, and this is what I got. Generic mostly flavlourless beer that is agreeable to drinking large quantities of quickly.

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I’m behind. I have several (5-6?) stops I need to post. Hopefully soon.

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@jrenaut 154859 wrote:

This is a good opportunity for me to ask a question I’ve been kind of afraid to ask. What is the secret to riding hands-free? It can’t be purely a disregard for one’s safety. I see people ride for blocks without touching the handlebars. It can’t be JUST a core thing – while my core strength isn’t winning any awards, I can do something resembling a track stand on the longtail with 125+ pounds of children on the bike.

What am I missing?

I’m told the angle of the fork has a lot to do with it. I find that a CaBi is difficult, but I can weave traffic on my hybrid Sirrus. When I first got it, I made an exaggerated push of the handlebars to get upright fast, I think it’s harder if you just try to hover over the handlebars. #commitment

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Found 6 micro breweries sharing an industrial site, and tasting room, in Baltimore. Bartender tells me they are six independent beer making operations. How will this count? It’s less than two miles from the MARC station, if anyone is wondering.

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Thanks Ted for motivating the splinter group so I could learn about Ross Road and ride for the first time.

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Had a sick day today, food poisoning in the wee hours through most of the day. It might take me two hours to warm up from my 15 minute ramble. Hopefully I’ll be ready for a weekend ramble!

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I’m working 11-1500 on Saturday, and Sunday I would need to be done by 1400. Otherwise I’m happy to ride!

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First stop, Birdsong Brewing. I got a stout called Mexicali. 5.8% ABV and 35 IBU. It was a stout, chocolate notes.

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Next stop, Legion Brewing. Here I got System of a Brown, a hoppy brown ale at 5.5% ABV and 51 IBU. It was yummy, and the area they had overlooking the brew making equipment was nice.

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Third stop had some cx practice thrown in to get to. Google maps took me through a street that is closed for construction of a light rail station, but with a bike sized gap in the fence it seemed OK to continue. It was mostly OK, though I think the second set of tracks I crossed was live.

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Beer at NoDa Brewing Company! This was a Belgian, and tasty, but consumed in haste because the cx detour took me a lot longer than expected and my drinking companions were well ahead of me.

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After a break for dinner, (TACOS!), we went to Free Range Brewing. Here I had “We Knead Each Other”, a collaboration with Duke’s Bread, a long time local bakery. They used a 100 year old sourdough starter to make this tart IPA at 5% ABV. It was AWESOME. I got a crowler to go. Seriously made me happy.

Last stop was at Heist Brewing Company. I had their Ka’ Kau’, 10.2% ABV Imperial Mayan Stout. “Brewed with Cinnamon, vanilla beans, cocoa nbs, pasilla, and ancho peppers.” It was as dark, mysterious, and delightful as our server. The second one I got might have been one too many, but I wasn’t driving home!

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@jwetzel 152658 wrote:

Wish me luck.

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I managed 5 of these on Saturday night, whilst my brother and best friend drove between them. I’ll find time to post pictures and reviews tomorrow.

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Wish me luck.

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@Vicegrip 152485 wrote:

I too saw some odd data and after reading your post I logged in. Now the site looks like it is well populated. charts and leader boards have the teams now.

I too saw some strange data earlier, but now it looks like it did last night. No login, just a refresh. (bunderwunder still off all on their lonesome)

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@hozn 152437 wrote:

Probably not. If they aren’t on a team they won’t show up on the leaderboard anymore. That is by design. If they are on a team and don’t show up after an hour or so, then that might be related.

Different challenge!
bunderwunder ™ shows on their own team (bottom of the team chart) They are and have been listed on our strava club (https://www.strava.com/clubs/250622) funky character issue with the database from the TM? They show on the leaderboard as “bunderwunder t”

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Paging aeagle23! You need to join the Strava team here: https://www.strava.com/clubs/250622

bunderwunder: you are not showing up on the leaderboard with the team, did you authorize it here? http://freezingsaddles.com/authorize

Everyone else, keep riding! I saw MrT out there today. He was enjoying spectacular weather on a day off whilst I was headed to work.

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@hozn 152424 wrote:

I suspect it will sort itself out, but if you are still off the leaderboard in the AM, let me know. It may be a fix I attempted to make for excluding the slackers team (which turned into a rabbit hole — and didn’t actually happen in the end).

One of my teammates who was on the leaderboard but not on the strava team yet has been dumped from the leaderboard. Related?

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