Don't forget to ride Alafia way different from MORE's maintained trail IMO. Tight and techincal with steep but short climbs not too rocky like Fredrick's Gambrill but rooty similar to Patapsco.
Ahhh...a man what speaks my language. I was planning on hitting the organized ride there next weekend...I've been warned not to miss Alafia upon threat of beatings by my friends up in DC. I won't be taking my dad on that one though.
-mp
The main difference, other than we don't have mountains, Alafia has a lot of steep drops and equally steep quick climbs on the other side. You can experience a good amount of g-gorce with enough speed or you will have to grunt the climb on the short steep climbs. I don't think we have this kind of sections in Maryland or Virginny.
Santos
http://omba.org/index.php/Maps.html is a great trail system too. Similar to Schaeffer Farm without the long powerline climb but with a lot of fast single track, rocks and logs too (but there a lot of ramp fairies here so its pretty doable).
Morisson