Actually, if you roll from Columbia/16th into the bike lane on Sycamore/Roosevelt (just like the cars do), you can see southbound traffic just fine. ...
Unless the programmers have fixed it, competitors in westerly time zones can record an extra riding day by riding between 12:00:01 am Jan. 1 DC time...
I've been going this route eastbound as well, and I don't find it particularly troubling, but then I'm there well before 7am and do other crazy stuff...