[Steve O]

@rcannon100 44314 wrote:

And you thought vvill had a lock on the pointless prize for freezing saddle ride in the warmest climate. Well, we now have another contender

http://app.strava.com/activities/41525327

I’m curious about the 100 mph section, too. And not even on much of a hill.

[Steve O]

Probably too late now, but it might have been nice to have some of the bike counters in place to track how many cyclists are using the base as a commuting route. If it were only 8 or 10, then Ft. Myer might have a point, but if it’s 100+, then the community would have a point. Without data, though, it’s all anecdotal. Long ago, when I used the Wright gate for a while, I think they wrote something on a clipboard, so the base might actually have some info. Probably unwilling to share, however.

[Steve O]

On the Strava comments thread, I nominated Laurie Lemieux for
Best Alliterative Ride Title:
Misty, Moisty, Mostly through the Farms

Best ride titles (various categories) could be awarded. I volunteer to determine winners, but I am not going to read all the titles. You must send them to me at steve (at) offuttemail. I will collect them, keep them and determine awards. You may nominate others’, but not your own. I might, if I’m feeling democratic, put some out for comment or vote. Otherwise, I appoint myself Unassailable Czar of the ride title awards.

[Steve O]

In a similar vein, how about this one:
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As President of RUB (Remove Useless Bollards) I must gasp with horror at that one.

[Steve O]

I just liked that you used the word “plenitude.”

[Steve O]

How come we only get four team members?

[Steve O]

Strava question:
This Strava thing is good. Now I can make better use of the Garmin doohickey I got for my birthday last summer

Question though. I use two bikes: one is a road/commuter bike for my commutes and trips >3-4 miles. The other is a 1961 Western Flyer 3-speed, toodler bike I use to run errands and toodle around town. Strava only offers 4 choices of bike types in the system: Road, Mountain, TT and Cross. This bike doesn’t really fit any of those categories.
Advice?

[Steve O]

What I propose is that each team come up with an official Pointless Prize, to be awarded – presented – imposed – inflicted – at the final happy hour.

So in addition to sitting on our freezing saddles, now we have homework, too?!

[Steve O]

Sorry I didn’t join til today. Was away visiting grandma for New Years.
I like Bollard Busters. Is it too late to change our name?
Steve

[Steve O]

I bike the Capital Crescent a couple times a week after dark–from Bethesda to Chain Bridge in the reverse direction (most cyclists coming at me; few if any traveling my direction). Since early November pretty much all the cyclists who use the trail have decent (or amazing!) lights. However, I recently passed two cyclists coming the other way without any lights at all. How they could even see the trail (it’s pretty much pitch black) is beyond me. I also have some extra blinkies, but by the time I even saw them we were long past each other. I almost turned to chase one down, but I wasn’t sure about what kind of reaction I would get…and I’m on my way home to dinner with some nice momentum.

I’d love to give out the lights, but in the dark of the CCT I can’t see the lightless cyclists until it’s too late. Thankfully they are on the other side of the trail.

[Steve O]

At 9:30 this morning there was a worker with a blower clearing leaves. By this evening the entire trail from Bethesda to the DC line was completely cleared of leaves. Kudos to MoCo!!!

[Steve O]

As of 3 pm this afternoon, the trail was clear from Chain Bridge to Connecticut Ave.
I saw a crew out about 10:30 am beginning work on clearing trees. Hopefully they made it all the way to Georgetown.

[Steve O]

Hey Lord,
To make that ride slightly better, turn right off Annandale on Kerns, go to Sleepy Hollow and ride up to 7 Corners that way–better than along 50. Then if you like, you can cut over to Castle, cross Rte 7 at the light and through the shopping mall parking lot to cross 50 on the ped/bike overpass.

[Steve O]

Riding a CaBi bike in Crystal City is a definitely a hybrid between being a car and a pedestrian. I likely would have done the same thing.
Given that the CaBi bikes are probably better off crossing on the ped signal, perhaps it would serve all populations to add a bike traffic signal at some of those intersections to coincide with the crosswalk signal. This would clear bikes out of the way of right-turning cars, keep bikes off the crosswalks mingling with peds, help overall flow, and make everyone feel safer.
Let’s do it.

[Steve O]

I’ve ridden both Sleepy Hollow and Annandale. Maybe it’s the time of day, but the shoulder rarely has cars, providing plenty of room. I tend to ride just a couple of feet from the lane, because there often is gravel and debris. I don’t find it to be problematic at all as long as a I pay attention.
However, I don’t ride during commuting hours, so your experience may differ from mine.

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