VOL. 50 ISSUE 2 JANUARY 15, 2013
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goes back at least 20 years. One version of events
has drug dealers, who realized it was next to impossible for police to intercept deliveries transported on bikes that could negotiate any terrain, buying bikes for their couriers to use. And over time
a stunt scene grew up within off-duty narco riders
that's been emulated across the city. The riders vehemently deny this history, claiming dirt bikes have
always been a Baltimore thing and the stories about
drug dealing are just a way to paint them as bad
guys terrorizing the city. To find out the truth we
headed to Charm City.
Although spotting dirt bikes on a Sunday in Baltimore isn't much of a problem - stand anywhere
on the west side and sooner or later a pack will
