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04-15-2021, 11:51 AM

lordofthemark replied to a thread Btwd 2021 in General Discussion

Sigh. I mean I guess I was hoping for something more like this ...

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04-14-2021, 02:01 PM

lordofthemark started a thread Btwd 2021 in General Discussion

Anyone have a sense of how it will work? I see something about staggered hours, and a time slot registration - so limits on the number per slot? ...

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04-14-2021, 02:00 PM

lordofthemark started a thread Btwd 2021 in General Discussion

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04-09-2021, 11:55 AM

lordofthemark replied to a thread April 2021 - Road and Trail Conditions in Road and Trail Conditions

Getting a like and a dislike on the some comment is one of the joys of this board :o

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04-09-2021, 09:43 AM

lordofthemark replied to a thread April 2021 - Road and Trail Conditions in Road and Trail Conditions

The new owners of the ferry, and the owners of the farm where the landing is, have not yet reached a meeting of the minds. ...

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04-08-2021, 11:08 AM

lordofthemark replied to a thread Pointless Prize: Civil War History in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

I'd like to thank BicycleBeth for organizing this. This BAFS was my wimpiest since my first, so much had I oriented my riding around my commute,...

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04-06-2021, 11:33 AM

lordofthemark replied to a thread The strange psychological phenomenon that explains why people hate cyclists in General Discussion

"mostly"

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04-05-2021, 03:40 PM

lordofthemark replied to a thread The strange psychological phenomenon that explains why people hate cyclists in General Discussion

So I had an officer interaction a few years back on 4th Street SW, where I was making a vehicular left on to Virginia to head to the metro station. ...

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04-05-2021, 03:36 PM

lordofthemark replied to a thread The strange psychological phenomenon that explains why people hate cyclists in General Discussion

I would venture that a very large number of cyclists who will Delaware a stop sign won't Idaho a red, and plenty who will Idaho a red on an all red...

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04-05-2021, 03:30 PM

lordofthemark replied to a thread The strange psychological phenomenon that explains why people hate cyclists in General Discussion

Yeah. Where there's an actual protected intersection like that one in DTSS, I will do the full Copenhagen left, for the sheer joy of the...

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04-05-2021, 03:27 PM

lordofthemark replied to a thread The strange psychological phenomenon that explains why people hate cyclists in General Discussion

Theres an ordinance in Md requiring riding in a bike lane if it's available (unless they have repealed that since last I heard) but it has a bunch of...

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04-05-2021, 03:26 PM

lordofthemark replied to a thread The strange psychological phenomenon that explains why people hate cyclists in General Discussion

I would say MOST frequent transportation riders appear to me to realize A. That bikes are legal in the road B. That riding on the far right of the...

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04-05-2021, 10:05 AM

lordofthemark replied to a thread The strange psychological phenomenon that explains why people hate cyclists in General Discussion

This doesn't really match my point though. People who regularly ride bikes on street generally have a pretty good idea of safe riding behavior, and...

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04-01-2021, 03:27 PM

lordofthemark replied to a thread The strange psychological phenomenon that explains why people hate cyclists in General Discussion

I mean in addition to attribution bias, there is the problem that huge numbers of non bike riders (and many casual bike riders) don't actually know...

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03-24-2021, 06:30 AM

obscurerichard replied to a thread Lowest mileage variance prize in honor of Chris Maimone in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

I love pie as Sol Schott of ACME Pie could tell you! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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03-23-2021, 08:33 PM

obscurerichard replied to a thread Lowest mileage variance prize in honor of Chris Maimone in Freezing Saddles Winter Riding Competition

I’m tickled! After I got in the groove of things I started riding 3.14 (π) miles every time I could. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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