Sat. March 22, 2008.
TANDEM * 25 * MD * 10:00 AM * Glen Echo Park
Ramble through Glen Echo, Fletchers Cove, and Bethesda. Highlights include Glen Echo Park, Clara Barton House, Macarthur Boulevard, Palisades, Fletchers Boathouse (bathrooms), C&O Canal, Capital Crescent Trail, Arizona Avenue Trestle, Dalecarlia Tunnel, Wisconsin Avenue Tunnel, Bethesda Avenue (donuts/bagels, bathrooms), Bradley Boulevard, Persimmon Tree Road, Glen Echo, and Cabin John stone-arch bridge. Directions: Beltway (I-495) to River Road, exit onto River Road (MD 190) east toward DC, after 2 miles right on Goldsboro Road (traffic light), after 1 mile RIGHT on Macarthur Blvd (yield sign), and only 0.1 mile to Glen Echo park entrance on left, park in far back corner of lot. Jean Chin and Don Schneider Jdon79@aol.com. 301-942-6330,  Cell: 301-641-0239

Sat March 29, 2008
Tandem * 35 * MD * 10:00AM * Matapeake State Park .
Tandem Tune-up Ride Joint BBC/WABITS. Use this virtually flat ride to check out and tune up your tandem and your bodies for the coming tandem year. Ride through beautiful estates on the Chesapeake and a commercial fishing community. See houses in which the first floors are airplane hangers! Lunch at the Kentmor Marina Restaurant. Ride can easily be shortened. Let's have a great turnout for this early season kickoff ride! Convenient location for CRABS/WABITS. New tandem teams as well as our existing teams are encouraged to join us. START: Go across the Bay Bridge and turn at first exit onto Rt. 8 south. Continue on Rt. 8 south for 2.3 miles to Marine Academy Drive. Turn right on Marine Academy Drive. Make another right into Matapeake State Park. Go a very short distance to parking lot on right .George and Mary Drake - (410-343-1106) tandemriders@comcast.net Peggy or Tom Dymond at 410-272-9139 tedymond@verizon.net

Sun March 30, 2008.
ALL * 8-38 * MD * 10:00AM * Mt Airy Bicycles
Mt Airy Spring Demo Day - No Fooling, skip breakfast, come out and play - we'll have the juice, java, bagels and fresh pastries ready. Our later 10 AM start time will give you time to grab helmets and shoes. Rides from the family-friendly 8 miles to the more challenging 38. After the ride try out some of the new tandems, recumbents and singles, plus other interesting 2- and 3- wheel toys. New-to, or wannabes get first-hand tips from the seasoned devotees. After the rides find out more about the club over a healthy catered lunch, courtesy of  Larry and Linda Black, tandemming since the days of the 10 speed in the 70' s. Got old gear? Swap with fellow club folk - no fees. Maybe even score a great tandem. There will be a bunch of tandems, recumbents, trikes, and other toys to try out all day. START: Mt Airy Bicycles, 4540 Old National Pike, Mt Airy, MD - Directions: From I-270, Exit 16 (Md 27 - Father Hurley Blvd) East approx 13 miles to MD 144 (Old National Pike), Right at Shell gas station and go ½ mi. Team Black 301/831-5151, larry@bike123.com, www.bike123.com