Bike Jam 2006 promises good time

For most people, the words “fun” and “healthy exercise” don?t belong in the same sentence. That may change this weekend with Baltimore?s Bike Jam 2006, now in its eighth year. The Bike Jam is the largest cycling event in the mid-Atlantic, is featured on the National Race Calendar and often attracts pros from around the country.

Dr. David Scharff, a Mercy physician with a private practice in East Baltimore, is the president of Lateral Stress Velo, the club that organizes the event. The Bike Jam began when Scharff had an idea to expand the small bike race that LSV was organizing every year.