Pointless Prize METRO PEAK PIONEER

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  • January 7, 2019 at 7:36 pm #1093372
    jrenaut
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    @Subby 185032 wrote:

    Okay now I’m interested.

    There are no hills involved

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    January 7, 2019 at 7:42 pm #1093373
    Brett L.
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    Extra points if you bring along Bianchi’s newest bike!!!

    https://www.theonion.com/bianchi-introduces-new-bike-for-blocking-commuters-on-s-1819579824

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    January 7, 2019 at 7:55 pm #1093374
    Judd
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    @jrenaut 185033 wrote:

    There are no hills involved

    “Ride in front of a metro train. Live forever.” – Subby

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    January 7, 2019 at 8:00 pm #1093375
    LhasaCM
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    @Brett L. 185034 wrote:

    Extra points if you bring along Bianchi’s newest bike!!!

    https://www.theonion.com/bianchi-introduces-new-bike-for-blocking-commuters-on-s-1819579824

    Only 7 feet long? I wish my normal ride were that short. In any event, the length and width would put this outside of the allowable size limits (that still exist), so please don’t break Metro’s rules. (Apparently, my 750mm wide flat bars are already too large for Metro, so I still can’t bring my regular bike on board) 😎

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    January 7, 2019 at 8:10 pm #1093376
    LeprosyStudyGroup
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    @bikedavid 184997 wrote:

    It was smooth sailng on the metro this morning from Farragust West to Reston! Spotted a couple of other cyclists taking advantage of the new policy too. Didn’t want my manager to know that I have the capacity of coming in earlier so using the extra 15 minutes I made a coffee ride out of it. Quite excited that I no longer have to wait until after peak and with the extra time I can now explore some coffee shops in Reston.47f23935a51158fef21abd549d95de5d.jpg

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    Give it to us straight though man; how much K-Y Jelly did you have to lather up with to squeeze yourself into this tight lil tube?

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    January 8, 2019 at 3:19 am #1093403
    huberww
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    Furlough = lots of room for bikes during evening “rush”

    https://www.strava.com/activities/2063176206

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    January 10, 2019 at 2:37 pm #1093485
    lordofthemark
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    I tried this last night.

    Comments: I forgot to take a picture while on metro – that said, I don’t think it would have been easy to do so. I was gripping my bike with both hands to make 100% sure it did not create any problem for my fellow passengers. There was room – I was in the last car, and furlough impacted L’Enfant Plaza pretty heavily. However there were still other standees, so I wanted to be especially careful.

    At elevators I yielded preference to strollers and wheelchairs. At Pentagon (track to mezzanine) there were two wheel chair users. I offered to let them both go ahead. One went on. The second invited me to join him, as he had a smaller wheel chair and said we would both fit. The mezzanine to street level elevators at Pentagon are quite big – fit the wheel chair, me, and two people who had no visible reasons to not use the escalator (but who knows?).

    I believe that if we make a point of using the metro as PAL’s, we can actually strengthen the case for this WMATA policy. I would like to say also model for our fellow people on bikes, but to be honest, I did not see anyone else with a bike on metrorail last evening.

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    January 10, 2019 at 2:52 pm #1093486
    obscurerichard
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    @LeprosyStudyGroup 184894 wrote:

    To score a point, ride your bike to or from a metro station and post a picture of your bike from that ride on the train during the newly opened peak hours (5 to 9:30 am and 3 to 7 pm weekdays). Put hashtag #bafsmetro in your ride to show up on the leaderboard, or post the pic and link to the ride here in this thread (hell, your impressions of the experience would be appreciated too).

    Newly opened peak hours are from 5 to 10 am, and 3 to 7 pm. The original post had 9:30 AM. Please correct the rules cause Im about to post another ride starting at 9:55 AM :)

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    January 10, 2019 at 4:43 pm #1093590
    LeprosyStudyGroup
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    @obscurerichard 185255 wrote:

    Newly opened peak hours are from 5 to 10 am, and 3 to 7 pm. The original post had 9:30 AM. Please correct the rules cause Im about to post another ride starting at 9:55 AM :)

    Fine by me.

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    January 10, 2019 at 7:44 pm #1093597
    LeprosyStudyGroup
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    @lordofthemark 185254 wrote:

    I tried this last night.

    Comments: I forgot to take a picture while on metro – that said, I don’t think it would have been easy to do so. I was gripping my bike with both hands to make 100% sure it did not create any problem for my fellow passengers. There was room – I was in the last car, and furlough impacted L’Enfant Plaza pretty heavily. However there were still other standees, so I wanted to be especially careful.

    At elevators I yielded preference to strollers and wheelchairs. At Pentagon (track to mezzanine) there were two wheel chair users. I offered to let them both go ahead. One went on. The second invited me to join him, as he had a smaller wheel chair and said we would both fit. The mezzanine to street level elevators at Pentagon are quite big – fit the wheel chair, me, and two people who had no visible reasons to not use the escalator (but who knows?).

    I believe that if we make a point of using the metro as PAL’s, we can actually strengthen the case for this WMATA policy. I would like to say also model for our fellow people on bikes, but to be honest, I did not see anyone else with a bike on metrorail last evening.

    By the way, tag your ride, I think everybody agrees you’d deserve a point for that. Thanks for being a good roll model (ahuh). The world needs more people like you to counterbalance the people like me.

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    January 10, 2019 at 9:25 pm #1093608
    obscurerichard
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    Here’s photos from my 2 Metro peak rides today. Silver line, Virginia Square to Reston between 9 and 10 AM. Silky smooth, uncrowded trains.

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    January 10, 2019 at 11:27 pm #1093624
    obscurerichard
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    And more from tonights Metro Peak ride30d1b71a1f1844dec912294af492ef4e.jpg

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    January 11, 2019 at 3:58 am #1093644
    bikedavid
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    The Freezing Saddles happy hour express from earlier tonight. Choo choo!e9457da4797caa311babf659492040d3.jpg

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    January 11, 2019 at 4:13 am #1093646
    bikedavid
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    Just to clarify, only one of the rides to or from Metro counts right? So if you do bike-metro-bike you would only tag one of the rides?

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    January 11, 2019 at 10:45 am #1093653
    SurlyTed1187
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    @bikedavid 185328 wrote:

    Just to clarify, only one of the rides to or from Metro counts right? So if you do bike-metro-bike you would only tag one of the rides?

    You don’t have to make it separate rides. If you pause your computer/app when you arrive at the metro station, then un-pause when you arrive at your destination station to record the remainder of the trip to your final destination it won’t record the metro trip as part of the bike ride.

    The map will show a straight line from your departure metro station to your final metro station, regardless if you had to change lines or not. Just don’t forget to pause and un-pause. Then just tag #BAFSMETRO, and upload your photo here!

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