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I had to Elite your post because you posted at 12:01am on 2/1.

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Riding home from Herndon in the unexpectedly more intense snow, I had no particularly scary moments on the W&OD and Custis...that is until I started down the Rosslyn hill. A lot more slick than...

Yesterday's late morning-ish commute...

Got on bike, headed south on 6th St NW a block. Turned west onto Rhode Island.

Ugh, the wind. Wow, I'm going to be late for the 1pm meeting. Yup. Key...

I second the recommendation of the Facebook Women & Bicycles group. They are very informative and supportive (or so I have heard).

Also: I routinely ride out of the city on longer rides (commuting...

I found that switching rear wheels sometimes leads to minor irritation with slightly-off shifting. Addressing the issue required only fine adjustments to the barrel adjuster(s). But I had to do it...

Any more info on the incident reported this weekend in the Post?
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Second that recommendation. I have some pretty tight 26" tires on my 26" rims, until then I assumed tight tires only happened on 700c road rims. Took me about 30 minutes before the speedier levers to...

Yup, time to seasonally adjust our trail safety strategies...

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Yup.

Thursday was my first "I'm cautiously overtaking a slower trail user in front of me, calling pass, ringing bell and then glancing over my left shoulder to find someone overtaking me at speed...

Tires snakes. Why'd it have to be tire snakes?

I ate gravel several times today, but didn't crash once. Silly wind.

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Artisinal U-locks, on the other hand...

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I usually keep a couple sets of 9sp and 10sp kmc missing links in the bag. Along with tire boots, patches, cables and more tools than anyone should bike with. I also learned the hard way how...

I rode DC->Purcellville (and back) to pick up four bottles of liquor from Catoctin Creek distillery last fall. :P

Ok, I rode to ride, but I picked up the bottles to brag (and to drink). :) Plus,...

Boo, video deleted.

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Rode south on MVT around 2:30pm, then north on MVT around 7pm after the rain. The slog north of the airport was a slog both ways. Clearly I had somehow offended the gods.

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Had to wait for the delivery guy to drop off the wedding rings this A.M., so that was a *nice* delay before starting out... :)

...but I still felt it was safest to re-install the barmitts for this...

<nerd>um, actually</nerd>

One can coast on a fixie. You just need to find a safe place to stow your feet/legs and have really good timing to get them back on the pedals without leading to total...

Yikes.

Action wipes work well for this largish very sweaty man.

Finding a large/accessible bathroom stall for cleanup/changing after arrival is key, preferably in the common area. I shower...

My old project office in Reston had no shower. Actionwipes were my go-to product, been a year without them and using competitors, but now they're ramping production back up so I've got an order in...

Comment #1 for the win:

"The guy doesn't know the law, but he does have a gun. Maybe they can request $8 million to make a replica Beach Drive so that they can receive training on it."

Oh snap....

You: riding west across the IOD.
Me: riding east across the IOD.
Everyone else: crowded-ly crossing the intersection on foot.
You: moving left.
Me: moving right.
You: moving right.
Me: moving...

True, but my recollection is that there is a SAG van that patrols the route for cyclists who aren't going to make it back in time, and gives them a choice of a ride or removal of their rider #.
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Speaking of Surlys...note that the 26" LHT/Disc Trucker handles substantially different than the 700c LHD/Disc Trucker. If you're not super-tall, there are really three varieties of Surly to compare:...

This is reminding me of the time that G. Gordon Liddy showed up in a Miami Vice episode.

Also, I was down on Vermont Ave at VACO today, so who knows, maybe I got sucked up into one of the driving...