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When do you ride the MVT? I don’t have many problems on it. True, most don’t call their passes, but I’ve never had someone pass me blatantly unsafely. And I call the few passes I manage to make.

On the other hand, I saw four Capitol Police on a training ride Friday morning. The lead officer called their pass to me when he was riding right next to me on the 14th Street bridge. Note to the officer: if I’m looking right at you, “on your left” is completely unnecessary.

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I had the opposite experience on the MVT this morning, about 8:30. I hardly saw anyone.

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My experience with MPD leads me to think they’ll focus entirely on people already stopped at lights and ignore those barreling down the road phone in hand.

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There also was one big puddle on the MVT near the marina this morning that wasn’t there yesterday.

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Thanks. Maybe I’m just paranoid.

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One, those are the wildest looking bars I’ve ever seen. Two, the Hello Kitty bandaid really pulls it all together.

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Ain’t no party like a fixie party, ’cause a fixie party can’t stop (pedaling).

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I think Dirt should set up a “play with a fixie” day for all us wannabes to give it a whirl. We could each take a lap or two around Haines Point after work. Payment would be a pack/container of his favorite beverage.

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I came through Gravelly about an hour after that, and I wasn’t passing much of anyone. The trail was pretty empty, though. There was only one other bike parked in my building today.

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The Custis needs an elevator somewhere along the way. And the W&OD needs trees. But it was a nice ride. I made it to Audrey Moore Rec Center in 1.5 hours, and another 10 minutes to get home from there. Not bad. Pete was right — the ride was mostly bike friendly. Next time I might try Gallows Rd for the new bike lanes.

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Nice! Office is closing at 2:30 tomorrow, so sometime around then. I’m sure you’d catch up to me if you left work at 4:30, though. I’m the guy on the old Giant hybrid, wearing a red backpack and looking faint. As I said, my usual ride is Old Town to DC, 2-3 days a week since January — though I’ve ridden every day this week — so I’m just starting to get into it.

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Thanks again, y’all are great. I think I’ll go with Pete’s first suggestion, unless I miss the turn. In which case I’ll get off the trail at Sandberg, go down Gallows, and put myself real close to the hospital for when I get nailed.

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How about if I went down Gallows further west — through Merrifield and past Fairfax hospital? Likely death?

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Thanks. I was just checking out Gallows. It’s more direct at least, and I can avoid that two-lane uphill at Prosperity and Arlington Rd. I’m going to Wakefield Chapel and Braddock, just down the road from Audrey Moore. That should work.

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Thanks, Liz. I’m coming from 18 & K, so I think I’ll use Memorial Bridge. Would Key or Roosevelt be better?

Yes, I’m familiar with Prosperity and the Cross County. Might cut over through the neighborhood on a couple of spots on the two-lane section of Prosperity, and may skip the Cross County entirely to make the ride more direct (though I’m on a hybrid, so can handle it if needed).

An alternative suggested is to leave the W&OD at Van Buren to eventually make my way down Annandale Rd. and Hummer Rd, but that seems worse.

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