Video of Rock Creek Park ride from end to end

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  • December 18, 2011 at 11:54 pm #910732
    MCL1981
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    Took the Metro from home up to Shady Grove, then rode through Rock Creek Park all the way down to the Memorial Bridge. If you ever wondered what approximately 600mph on a bike looks like, this will answer your question. The first half has the GoPro on the handlebar (right next to the main deflector array). The second half, I put it up on my helmet.

    High Def!
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7YmMcYzC10&hd=1

    Standard Definition
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7YmMcYzC10

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  • December 19, 2011 at 12:04 am #933759
    KLizotte
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    Err, might I suggest you slow it down to 300mph? Got too carsick watching it and couldn’t finish the video :p

    I never thought of going all the way to Shady Grove then biking down but that is a very cool idea. Was it paved all the way? Well marked? Did you have any trouble finding the trail from the metro station?

    December 19, 2011 at 12:40 am #933764
    MCL1981
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    I’d slow it down, but then it would take too long. 😎 The beginning shows an unpaved trail through the woods, which is a “shortcut” I intentionally took just for fun rather that riding around the north end of the lake. The entire route is paved. Getting there from Shady Grove is extremely easy. Two roads and you’re there.

    December 19, 2011 at 3:40 am #933773
    CCrew
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    Err, bad form right out of the gate. Supposed to take bikes on the elevator through Metro stations, not on the escalator :p

    December 19, 2011 at 5:13 am #933774
    KLizotte
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    @CCrew 12135 wrote:

    Err, bad form right out of the gate. Supposed to take bikes on the elevator through Metro stations, not on the escalator :p

    I see people do that all the time but I’ve been too chicken to try it.

    December 19, 2011 at 11:28 am #933775
    MCL1981
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    @CCrew 12135 wrote:

    Err, bad form right out of the gate. Supposed to take bikes on the elevator through Metro stations, not on the escalator :p

    This would require a Metro elevator to be working.

    December 20, 2011 at 2:48 pm #933796
    pfunkallstar
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    @MCL1981 12138 wrote:

    This would require a Metro elevator to be working.

    Station manager yelled at me down at Metro Center. I told him that the elevator had one of those annoying “Working to make things better” boxes around it. He didn’t seem to know it was out of service and didn’t want to apologize. Yet another reason I don’t take Metro – the rude.

    December 20, 2011 at 4:12 pm #933806
    MCL1981
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    Faragut North was a bundle of joy after this ride. The 17th/K down escalator was broken. The 17th & M was completely closed for repairs. And the on the other side of CT was also closed for service. And the elevator is hidden. I went around the block three times looking for it.

    Metro Forward…. every so slowly.

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