My Morning Commute
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April 2, 2015 at 2:20 pm #1027291ShawnoftheDreadParticipant
@hozn 112862 wrote:
Agreed: cycling caps are not hipster any more than using a u-lock makes you a hipster.
What if I strap the ulock prominently to my Chrome bag or in my belt and occasionally brandish it at motorists?
NTIWEDT.
April 2, 2015 at 2:22 pm #1027292hoznParticipant@ShawnoftheDread 112863 wrote:
What if I strap the ulock prominently to my Chrome bag or in my belt and occasionally brandish it at motorists?
NTIWEDT.
Hipster!!
April 2, 2015 at 2:25 pm #1027293brendanParticipant@hozn 112862 wrote:
Agreed: cycling caps are not hipster any more than using a u-lock makes you a hipster.
Artisinal U-locks, on the other hand…
B
April 2, 2015 at 2:59 pm #1027303DaveKParticipant@mstone 112830 wrote:
Bah, that’s a hipster visor. I was thinking something more like this:
[ATTACH=CONFIG]8234[/ATTACH]The fact that you think this is the opposite of hipster tells me you don’t spend much time around hipsters. I envy you.
April 2, 2015 at 3:20 pm #1027313PotomacCyclistParticipant@hozn 112862 wrote:
Agreed: cycling caps are not hipster any more than using a u-lock makes you a hipster.
What about this?
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http://hipsternascar.blogspot.com/2010/02/billykirk-u-lock-holster.html
April 2, 2015 at 3:38 pm #1027322ShawnoftheDreadParticipantThat’s just dorky, not hipster.
April 2, 2015 at 4:44 pm #1027334TwoWheelsDCParticipantThe hipster label is so overused as to be meaningless…but to clarify (again), this is a hipster:
Confused Midwesterner who wants to be a hipster (thus negating any actual hipsterness):
Not hipster:
Also not hipster:
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April 2, 2015 at 4:56 pm #1027338bentbike33ParticipantApril 2, 2015 at 4:57 pm #1027339rcannon100ParticipantDont forget the other important Hipster requirement….. college graduate ~~~> working at an independent coffee shop.
April 2, 2015 at 4:58 pm #1027340dasgehParticipant@bentbike33 112911 wrote:
The thing is, at least in Arlington, often the unmarked, neighborhood streets are the ones you want to bike on, and the bikes with sharrows (and sometimes even bike lanes) are the ones you want to avoid. So the network is almost the inverse of what this kind of mapping would show.
Speaking of… what is happening with BikeArlington’s comfort map initiative?
April 2, 2015 at 5:15 pm #1027341AnonymousGuestHipsters bore me. Back to my morning commute
According to my phone, it was 43F when I left my house, and the temperature then fell to 34 degrees by mile ten, stayed there for awhile, then started rising and made it back to the mid-40s by the end of the ride. That would seem like a highly unlikely weather anomaly that is probably not true but some misinterpretation of data from whatever weather source is used, except for the part where I left my house concerned that I may have overdressed a bit, got rather toasty on the first uphill, then frickin nearly froze to death the rest of the ride. My hands and toes went numb despite being ensconced in winter hand- and foot-wear, I was sweaty/shivering/chilled in my appropriate for low-to-mid-forties clothing, and the wind was bitingly cold. WTF weather between 6 and 8 am this morning???? Did this happen to anyone else, or did I just ride through some pocket of an alternate dimension where it’s still February, or what?
April 2, 2015 at 5:22 pm #1027343ShawnoftheDreadParticipantApril 2, 2015 at 5:26 pm #1027344Tim KelleyParticipant@dasgeh 112913 wrote:
Speaking of… what is happening with BikeArlington’s comfort map initiative?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoy4_h7Pb3M
(and women)
April 2, 2015 at 5:30 pm #1027345jrenautParticipantI checked Wunderground before I left the house. Today’s low: 58. Current temperature: 44. I don’t think that’s how it works.
I wore shorts today and don’t regret it.
April 2, 2015 at 6:07 pm #1027353mstoneParticipant@Amalitza 112914 wrote:
According to my phone, it was 43F when I left my house, and the temperature then fell to 34 degrees by mile ten, stayed there for awhile, then started rising and made it back to the mid-40s by the end of the ride. That would seem like a highly unlikely weather anomaly that is probably not true but some misinterpretation of data from whatever weather source is used, except for the part where I left my house concerned that I may have overdressed a bit, got rather toasty on the first uphill, then frickin nearly froze to death the rest of the ride. My hands and toes went numb despite being ensconced in winter hand- and foot-wear, I was sweaty/shivering/chilled in my appropriate for low-to-mid-forties clothing, and the wind was bitingly cold. WTF weather between 6 and 8 am this morning???? Did this happen to anyone else, or did I just ride through some pocket of an alternate dimension where it’s still February, or what?
I wore light gloves yesterday because April and numbed my hands. Wore heavier gloves today and they got a little sweaty but happily no frostbite. Was under 40 where I was, with a good breeze. Looking forward to the upper 60s this afternoon. (WTF? 30 degree temperature swing?)
@jrenaut 112918 wrote:
I checked Wunderground before I left the house. Today’s low: 58. Current temperature: 44. I don’t think that’s how it works.
I think the low is for the next evening, the morning temperature reflects yesterday’s low.
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