My Morning Commute

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@KelOnWheels 85102 wrote:

Hit the Crystal City Bike to Work Week pitstop again this morning and saw all the usual suspects who were there yesterday

It makes it really hard to actually GO to work when you’re in a nice park drinking free coffee and all your bike friends are showing up… they should do that every day!

Seriously – if bike commuting wasn’t awesome enough. Throw in friends plus free stuff from Corner Bakery and put it in a nice park. Totally worth the extra miles.

[vern]

@KelOnWheels 85102 wrote:

Hit the Crystal City Bike to Work Week pitstop again this morning and saw all the usual suspects who were there yesterday

It makes it really hard to actually GO to work when you’re in a nice park drinking free coffee and all your bike friends are showing up… they should do that every day!

My legs are gonna be so dead by Friday…

I keep forgetting to stop there but then, hot coffee isn’t what I’m thinking about when I’ve been sweating for over an hour. But Friday…I must remember that day.

[americancyclo]

After ccbid coffee yesterday I saw a gentleman trying to ride on to the 14th st bridge. The bridge traffic lane not the side path. Just around the corner of the Jefferson a woman was lying on the ground surrounded by paramedics after possibly hitting a jersey barrier. Can you tell its bike to work week?

[83b]

@americancyclo 85125 wrote:

Can you tell its bike to work week?

The fair-weather brigade has been getting into breathtaking shenanigans on Capitol Hill this week! Between them and Cop Week, I’ve never wanted a GoPro more in my life.

[brendan]

@Emm 85103 wrote:

I pulled a spider off of my face yesterday on my ride home.

And H.R. Giger just passed away…coincidence?

“Oh no…not again….”

B

[Terpfan]

@americancyclo 85125 wrote:

After ccbid coffee yesterday I saw a gentleman trying to ride on to the 14th st bridge. The bridge traffic lane not the side path. Just around the corner of the Jefferson a woman was lying on the ground surrounded by paramedics after possibly hitting a jersey barrier. Can you tell its bike to work week?

This is the one time that it’s totally ok to pedal and take a photo (ie of the guy, not the poor woman on the ground). Maybe he knows some secret we have all been missing out on!

[bobco85]

@Terpfan 85176 wrote:

This is the one time that it’s totally ok to pedal and take a photo (ie of the guy, not the poor woman on the ground). Maybe he knows some secret we have all been missing out on!

Top secret Strava segment… or, at least it WAS top secret

[KelOnWheels]

Can it be 60F and misty every morning? That was most excellent.

Got to ride with americancyclo from Crystal City to the tidal basin, then ran into Ricky at Penn Ave

Bike friends are awesome!

[Steve]

@KelOnWheels 85254 wrote:

Can it be 60F and misty every morning? That was most excellent.

I think one of the things that really enjoyed about becoming a bike commuter is how much more in tune with the weather I am, and how much better I notice things. Because of cyling and clothing choices, I really pay attention to the weather now. A lot of people think 60F is 60F, but we know that 60 and sunny is MUCH different that 60 and dark. And 60 with humidity feels completely different that 60 with mist (I felt cold this morning). I also know exactly what time the sun rises, as many probably know exactly when it sets, and can really tell when the seasons are changing based upon the sun coming up 15 minuts earlier in my ride. You can smell your allergies coming, not just fell then, and in the last few weeks, I’ve really noticed the birds have returned (because I hear the chirping and at first thought my bike was making noise).

It’s nice to feel a little more connected.

[Geoff]

@Steve 85261 wrote:

I think one of the things that really enjoyed about becoming a bike commuter is how much more in tune with the weather I am, and how much better I notice things. Because of cyling and clothing choices, I really pay attention to the weather now. A lot of people think 60F is 60F, but we know that 60 and sunny is MUCH different that 60 and dark. And 60 with humidity feels completely different that 60 with mist (I felt cold this morning). I also know exactly what time the sun rises, as many probably know exactly when it sets, and can really tell when the seasons are changing based upon the sun coming up 15 minuts earlier in my ride. You can smell your allergies coming, not just fell then, and in the last few weeks, I’ve really noticed the birds have returned (because I hear the chirping and at first thought my bike was making noise).

It’s nice to feel a little more connected.

Amen to all that.
Some years I’ve gotten into fall and felt that I missed summer, like I spent all my time indoors or in some climate controlled capsule moving from one building to another. It’s depressing. I don’t feel that way since I’ve been bike commuting.

[TwoWheelsDC]

I had to take off my riding glasses because the mist + brake lights as I was on the shoulder passing traffic (haha) was making it really difficult to see. It was very odd to have moisture dripping from my bike, helmet, and shoes, yet not a drop of rain fell.

[vern]

I love it when my legs feel better when I get to work than they did before I started riding.

[KLizotte]

Came across a CaBi tourist lost in the Pentagon maze of parking lots looking for the MVT this morning. As he rightly pointed out, the bike lane in Pentagon City just disappears and there aren’t any signs on how to get to the MVT. I was heading that way so I slowed way down and let him follow me. Turns out he is from Boston but is now living in Scotland. He is here on business but had a few hours to spare so he figured he’d bike along the MVT which he had only seen on a map. He was really excited to try out the trail despite the gray weather. A nice reminder of things we take for granted.

By the Jefferson Memorial there was a foreign tourist family on Bike & Roll bikes that included a bike with a burley trailer and a kiddie bike; they were a little lost too.

We’ve got a ways to go before this area is truly bike tourist friendly with respect to signage and trails.

[baiskeli]

@KLizotte 85274 wrote:

Came across a CaBi tourist lost in the Pentagon maze of parking lots looking for the MVT this morning. As he rightly pointed out, the bike lane in Pentagon City just disappeared and there weren’t any signs on how to get to the MVT. I was heading that way so I slowed way down and let him follow me. Turns out he is from Boston but is now living in Scotland. He is here on business but had a few hours to spare so he figured he’d bike along the MVT which he had only seen on a map. He was really excited to try out the trail despite the gray weather. A nice reminder of things we take for granted.

By the Jefferson Memorial there was a foreign tourist family on Bike & Roll bikes that included a bike with a burley trailer and a kiddie bike.

We’ve got a ways to go before this area is truly bike tourist friendly with respect to signage and trails.

I just rescued a family of French tourists from crossing at a social trail to get to the Memorial Bridge last week, likely saving them from certain death.

[vern]

@vern 85272 wrote:

I love it when my legs feel better when I get to work than they did before I started riding.

And the irony is that I’m walking around the house tonight like I’m Fred Sanford.

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