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Come ride with us!  We ride every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings, usually from Arlington, VA. 

Contact membership@
babesonbikes.org  to be added to our email list to receive the ride announcements. Please include the following information: 

1. a little about yourself
2. your biking experience
3. how you heard about us


To learn more read Who We Are

 

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Emergency Information Form
Carry this with you when you bike.

 

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  BABES on BIKES 
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site last updated 06/29/2007

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Bicycling for Friendship, Fun and Fitness in Northern Virginia, Washington D.C., and Maryland

 

Wed 3/14/07 Babes in Bethesda

 

 

What's New

 

New photo from 3/14 ride begins to Spring 2007 Page

 

New photos from 3 Events added to Fall 2006 Page:   Babes Event at Vienna Spokes (11/1), Bethesda (11/15), Belle Haven (11/29)

 

New photos:  Wed ride: W&OD to Herndon Great Harvest 10/4/06

 

New photos:  Wed ride along Mt Vernon trail 7/19/06

 

New photos:  2nd Annual Leesburg Lunch Ride  On Wed 6/7/06, 26 Babes rode 3 separate rides and met in Leesburg for a picnic lunch: 

     10 babes rode the 80-mile White's Ferry circuit

             (2 turned it into a century),

     10 babes rode 50 miles starting in Vienna,

      5 babes rode 30 miles starting in Herndon, and

      our founding babe drove to Leesburg and met us for lunch.

Great weather, great company, great route!!  Who could ask for more?

 

Updated Events & Tours page for 2006.  Please let me know if you have corrections or additions.  (4/14/06)

 

New photos:  Blossoms 2006 page has has pics from 3 rides so far (3/27, 3/29, and 3/31).

 

Updated Ride Start Location page including links to directions and map for Bluemont, Benjamin Banneker Dog Park, Memorial Baptist Church (hill ride start), West End Park (Falls Church), and updated page for Dawson Terrace including bike directions. (12/12)

 

New Ride on Events page:  Sept 24 DC Randonneurs Brevet, Populaire, Century.  For a challenge, try the 200K.  100K and 100 mile routes are also offered.

 

New photos:  Travelling babes page has eight pics now.  Please send more pics from your travels.  Also added photo from Wed 8/17 ride to Bethesda to 2005 Rides page (8/25)

 

Traveling Babes:  New page has six pics now.  Please send more pics from your travels.  (7/27)

 

Extended hill ride #3cue sheet and map. Even longer!  30 miles of tough hills in North Arlington.  A great way to start the week!

 

Beth and Nancy are back!!  See pics from their first ride with the babes in waaay too long. (6/15)

 

Thirteen babes rode three separate routes and met for lunch in Leesburg on 6/10/05.  See pics from the ride that replaced our annual Lake Needwood ride this year.

 

Reorganized pics to make a separate Blossoms 2005 page and updated labels on Close-Up page

 

New pics from Scavenger hunt and Goodbye party (3/11/05).  We miss you, Peggy!!

 

Yet more Cherry blossom pics (4/8, 4/13)

 

New pics from Wed rides (3/30 & 4/6) and Fri ride (4/1)

Beth and Nancy are back!!  See pics from their first ride with the babes in waaay too long. (6/15)

 

Thirteen babes rode three separate routes and met for lunch in Leesburg on 6/10/05.  See pics from the ride that replaced our annual Lake Needwood ride this year.

 

Reorganized pics to make a separate Blossoms 2005 page and updated labels on Close-Up page

 

New pics from Scavenger hunt and Goodbye party (3/11/05).  We miss you, Peggy!!

 

Yet more Cherry blossom pics (4/8, 4/13)

 

New 14 mile Bluemont Hill Route with map

 

New pics from Fri hike (2/4)  and First Fri ride (1/7)

 

Two new items in Misc Useful Links

 

Updated Events & Tours page with 2005 links when available

 

New 66.1 mile Urban Hill Route with detailed maps.

Not for the faint of heart nor feeble of thigh, this is HARD! 

 

Old photos added including new Sea Gull 1999 and MS 150-2000 pages

 

Updated cue sheet for Hill Ride #3 including a bigger map.

 

New faces on the Babes Close-Ups page

 

More pics from Wednesday Trail Rides (9/22, 10/6, 10/27)

Sandy's Unofficial Wednesday Ride
Sandy's leading an "unofficial" Babes' ride on Wednesdays now, starting from Dawson Terrace Park.  If it becomes a popular ride, we'll make it an "official" Babes' ride.  Sandy will announce the ride through our private e-mail list.  For directions to Dawson Terrace park plus a map, click hereNEW pics from some rides.

BBMOB Team Wins Recognition for Raising the Most for the National Capital Chapter's MS 150!
The Babes and Babe Magnets on Bikes (BBMOB) won two awards this year at the Annual Bike Awards Party!  They raised the most money of all 50 registered teams: $35,487!  This is the most the team's raised in the 5 years the team has been in existence!  They also received an award for being the largest "friends and family team" with 48 registered riders. 

Read more about the team here.  Read about the 2004 ride, the awards ceremony, and see the pics here.

5th Annual Babes & Babe Magnets 4th of July Ride

Jann led this ride for the 5th time!  It rained but this did not slow 'em down (much).  See the pics from this awesomely fun ride in Washington D.C. where the riders "help" lead the parade. 

IMPROVED Cue Sheets
Check out the improved cue sheets!  They have cumulative and point-to-point mileage, awesome maps, and great descriptions!  We're converting our favorite rides' cue sheets to this new format and are adding more!  If all you want is a quick-download of just the cues, we have that format too. Joan and Lynn are the new Cue Sheet Curators and they are getting busy!

Find a Babe's Photos
To search for a photo of someone in particular, use our Search Feature to search on the person's first name.  This works nicely except for those group shots, where we didn't bother to show names.  

Weekly Rides

We now have rides every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday!  The leaders of these rides send out ride announcements via our private e-mail list, so if you want to be on that list, contact our Membership Babe at membership@babesonbikes.org.  Please include the following information:

     1. a little about yourself

     2. your biking experience

     3. how you heard about us

To see a quick summary of the ride types go to Who We Are.

Photos From Rides
This web site is our public photo album, so we have lots of photos from our rides.


-- Joan

 

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