Labor Day Closing - Summer Comes to a Close
Baltimore Bicycle Works will be closing early Saturday, September 4th at 4:00pm and remain closed Sunday, September 5th for the Labor Day Holiday. We hope you all enjoy the long weekend, go on some good rides and BBQ your hearts out. Many of us from the shop will be taking this opportunity to head up to Raystown Lake, PA for a camping/MTN bike trip. We will update you with photos of all the fun when we return.
As the summer winds down and the students flood back into the city, we would like to thank all our customers, supporters and friends for another wonderful Summer. We are looking forward to the Fall and what is often the best riding weather of the year. Have a great weekend!
Back to School Sale Starts Tomorrow!
Stop by Baltimore Bicycle Works between August 31st and September 14th with your valid school ID and receive 10% off lights, locks, helmets, fender, racks and bells. Everything you need to go back to school with your bike!
BIke Swap at the Hexagon Saturday, August 28th
Join BBW and a host of other bike supporters like Red Emmas, Velocipede, and Twenty 20 and bike swap enthusiasts from all across Baltimore for a bike swap. Tomorrow at the Hexagon from 12 to 5pm.
It is free to come buy and sell. Donations are welcome. The event is also BYOB and BYOBBQ (there will be grilling and drinking at your own expense). Tommy will be there representing the BBW crew so come by and said hi.
People for Bikes Video
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Bob Moore Memorial Moonlight Madness Bicycle Ride
Posted on the Baltimore Brew by Liz Suman:
A group bike ride in Baltimore at night? Cyclists looking for an alternative to the potentially-confrontational Critical Mass rides — but curious to see the city by bike at night and show the flag for city cycling — should check it out.
Tomorrow night’s Bob Moore Memorial Moonlight Madness Bicycle Ride – a group ride beginning at War Memorial Plaza at 8 p.m. – honors Bob Moore, one of Baltimore’s most passionate cyclists. Moore died from pancreatic cancer in May at the age of 73.
“Bob Moore originally created the ride,” said Baltimore bike planner Nate Evans. He was “instrumental in getting the initial political attention on cycling around Baltimore: starting the Mayor’s Bicycle Advisory Committee (MBAC) & eventually getting the Bicycle Master Plan adopted.”
Moore, who averaged 58-plus miles a day, was “the most active bicycle advocate within the Baltimore Bicycle Club during the 90′s and up until his illness,” said Penny Troutner, who became friends with Bob in 1991, the year she opened her bicycle shop Light Street Cycles .
Troutner said she was the only person who responded to Bob’s ad about promoting bicycle advocacy. After she did, he biked over to her shop to meet her.
“When Bob created the ride, he started it at the Baltimore Youth Hostel to bring attention to it and encourage donations for their renovation project,” Troutner added.
According to Evans, the Bob Moore ride is one that gives group cycling a good name. “As I try to sell ‘biking’ to Baltimore, the rebuttals always include: ‘How come cyclists don’t obey traffic signs & laws?’” said Evans. ” While Critical Mass can be fun, it does not promote road-sharing or encourage people to get out and ride . . .Tomorrow night’s Moonlight Madness Ride is a group ride through the city, but it is NOT a Critical Mass. We’ll take ONE LANE, we’ll have fun…”
The ride will still take place in spite of recent cycling incidents nor will the riders shy away from any particular location. “…We’ll ride by areas of recent attacks on cyclists,” said Evans. “We’ll ride in areas that most cyclists wouldn’t ride alone.”
The Bob Moore ride is open to anyone and cyclists should meet at War Memorial Plaza 8pm. Click here to RSVP.