Absolutely fantastic ride. Ended up with four bikes because of the relatively short notice and all you fools going out to the Pond to lust after bikes you can't buy
Early traffic in the northeast side kept things reasonable for the beginning of the ride. Things opened up after we accidentally crashed the Darlington Apple Festival like a bunch of hoons. I'm pretty sure there are a few women in Darlington that fell in love that day...
Once things opened up the roads were great. Plenty of long sweepers, a couple tight sections on shaded roads that proved challenging, and dodging wash out from the biblical amount of rain we got only a few days prior. The pace stayed reasonably quick, and other than a mail truck stopped on a curve that gave everyone a little high blood pressure (remember kiddies, this ain't the track, leave yourself some aw shit room) there were no hiccups.
Loch Raven Dr. is still shut down during the weekends so we missed the twistiest section, but Spooks Hill Rd made up if it once everyone got used to riding the washboard surface in spots. Other than that area the roads were in impeccable condition minus the aforementioned washout in some of the low spots.
I'd love to lead another ride up in that area and some of the other great roads nearby, so if anyone wants to go riding, I'm back next Sunday after a jaunt down to TX.
