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Steve OParticipantIn a similar vein, how about this one:
[ATTACH=CONFIG]642[/ATTACH]As President of RUB (Remove Useless Bollards) I must gasp with horror at that one.
Steve OParticipantI just liked that you used the word “plenitude.”
January 8, 2013 at 3:26 am in reply to: Freezing Saddles: Winter Bike Challenge (sign up open) #959271Steve OParticipantHow come we only get four team members?
January 3, 2013 at 4:36 pm in reply to: Freezing Saddles: Winter Bike Challenge (sign up open) #958831Steve OParticipantStrava question:
This Strava thing is good. Now I can make better use of the Garmin doohickey I got for my birthday last summerQuestion 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?January 3, 2013 at 4:07 pm in reply to: Freezing Saddles: Winter Bike Challenge (sign up open) #958828Steve OParticipantWhat 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?!
January 2, 2013 at 7:30 pm in reply to: Freezing Saddles: Winter Bike Challenge (sign up open) #958751Steve OParticipantSorry 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?
SteveDecember 1, 2012 at 4:15 pm in reply to: How would you tell a cyclist that you think his lighting is insufficient? #956617Steve OParticipantI 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 OParticipantAt 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 OParticipantAs 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.October 7, 2012 at 3:52 pm in reply to: Where are there currently bike lanes in Fairfax County #953024Steve OParticipantHey 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 OParticipantRiding 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 OParticipantI’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.Steve OParticipantAnd don’t forget that there’s free valet bike parking right at the park. I commend you for cycling to the game!
Steve OParticipantCould you ask them to please fix the lights while they are at it. They’ve been out since October.
August 8, 2012 at 4:06 am in reply to: Tuesday Freshbikes (fka Conte’s) Arlington Hill Ride is back #948021Steve OParticipantI was not on the ride, but I saw the emergency equipment at the corner of Glebe and Old Glebe.
Yes, there may have been gravel, but I also blame the county for leaving the road in such poor condition. There is a lump of asphalt on the curve that could take someone down on the corner. Perhaps that’s what caused the crash–or contributed to it.
There’s a similar problem on the corner of Old Glebe and Military that’s been there for several years. It took me down once turning onto Military. -
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