By Ron Cassie, Baltimore Magazine<\/p>\n
I didn’t plan to write one of those \u201cBest. Time. Ever.\u201d posts. But I\u2019ve never seen so many people riding bicycles and smiling as I did at Friday night\u2019s most recent iteration of the Baltimore Bike Party \u2014 the last Friday of each month group pedal around town. Big smiles, too.<\/p>\n
I actually heard a guy at the Druid Hill Park rest stop say that he\u2019d been waiting for a bike ride like this his whole life. (He was probably in his mid-20s, but still.)<\/p>\n
More than 700 bicyclists, surpassing all expectations, rolled out together from Mt. Vernon\u2019s Washington Monument for the \u201cMoonlight Madness\u201d-themed ride, a 12-13 mile trek through East Baltimore, West Baltimore, Druid Hill Park, Hampden and other neighborhoods. It wrapped up about 10 p.m. with an outdoor party at the Wyman Park Dell: Buscia\u2019s Kitchen and IcedGems food trucks, Natty Boh on tap, music and dancing. Whole night could not have been better \u2014 check the comments on the event\u2019s Facebook page. (The above photo, I took, the rest are courtesy of the event’s Facebook page.
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