Wow it’s STILL 60 plus degrees yayyyyyyy

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  • March 1, 2012 at 10:24 pm #911013
    jpaulwhite
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    For the first time in a long time I am actually eager to get this ride home started.

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  • March 1, 2012 at 11:55 pm #936964
    MCL1981
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    First time in a long time I was able to ride IN with shorts and a t-shirt, and ride home with shorts and a t-shirt. It was so nice out, I stopped to move yet another downed tree off the CCT.

    CCT Tree.jpg

    March 2, 2012 at 1:04 am #936965
    jcpetrson
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    Yay back at you. Second great day this week. Hope the rain holds off tomorrow.

    March 2, 2012 at 2:11 pm #936981
    pfunkallstar
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    Sweated like a beast yesterday on the way in, will definitely check the weather from now on.

    March 2, 2012 at 2:42 pm #936985
    Bunjabi
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    Been fighting a cold all week, today was my first day riding this week. Glad I made it in. What a gorgeous day!

    Now, let’s hope I didn’t exacerbate my cold.

    March 2, 2012 at 3:41 pm #937000
    creadinger
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    I’m sure you all had an awesome commute yesterday but I had the day off and went for a 65 mile fun ride instead. This was my first time stopping at Carolina Brothers and I was pleasantly surprised. For the trip back home, I had a full stomach and the wind at my back. I stopped at the Italian Store just off the Custis trail to pick up some pizza slices for dinner, but I don’t think they would have fit in my handlebar bag very well.

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    March 2, 2012 at 3:51 pm #937001
    Tim Kelley
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    @creadinger 15676 wrote:

    Carolina Brothers…Italian Store…

    MAC AND CHEESE!

    You sound like my kind of rider! I’ve recently thought about how much fun it would be to try to hit all of the 7-Elevens in the area and try to eat donuts at each one. Maybe some sort of hybrid alley-cat race/eating competition?

    March 2, 2012 at 3:52 pm #937003
    americancyclo
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    @Tim Kelley 15677 wrote:

    I’ve recently thought about how much fun it would be to try to hit all of the 7-Elevens in the area and try to eat donuts at each one. Maybe some sort of hybrid alley-cat race/eating competition?

    Can you dress up like homer simpson when you do this?

    March 2, 2012 at 3:54 pm #937004
    Tim Kelley
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    Costumes encouraged!

    March 2, 2012 at 7:10 pm #937016
    DaveK
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    http://www.bebikeclub.com/tourdedonut/about.html

    Quote:
    Riders must stop at the two checkpoint stations (donut stops). Donut consumption is not mandatory, however, a five minute bonus is awarded for each donut consumed and recorded.

    We need one of these. I would fall off the wagon in such an epic way that Rapha would have to make my elastic-waist sweat pants.

    March 2, 2012 at 10:21 pm #937034
    vvill
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    I’d be in. I think I like eating more than cycling.

    March 3, 2012 at 3:50 am #937040
    americancyclo
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    Do we have donut shops here? Would we be forced to do something with cupcakes instead (ugh)

    ok, here we go:

    Toby’s Homemade Ice Cream & Coffee
    Northside Social Coffee & Wine
    Migue’s Magnificent Mini Donuts
    Heller’s Bakery
    Heidelberg Pastry Shoppe

    http://g.co/maps/c3zmf

    March 3, 2012 at 4:18 am #937041
    jrenaut
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    @americancyclo 15717 wrote:

    Do we have donut shops here? Would we be forced to do something with cupcakes instead (ugh)

    ok, here we go:

    Toby’s Homemade Ice Cream & Coffee
    Northside Social Coffee & Wine
    Migue’s Magnificent Mini Donuts
    Heller’s Bakery
    Heidelberg Pastry Shoppe

    http://g.co/maps/c3zmf

    Okay, that’s cool, but maybe we do it in the reverse and end up at the Westover Beer Garden? I love donuts and whatnot, but not as much as I love beer.

    March 3, 2012 at 4:04 pm #937046
    DaveK
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    I suppose DC really demands a Tour de Cupcake… versus Arlington’s Tour de Fro-yo, Cupcakes, Burgers, and Pizza.

    March 3, 2012 at 4:09 pm #937047
    dbb
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    @DaveK 15723 wrote:

    I suppose DC really demands a Tour de Cupcake… versus Arlington’s Tour de Fro-yo, Cupcakes, Burgers, and Pizza.

    I am thinking a multi-stage, regional Tour de Waistline that would include all the above

    March 3, 2012 at 4:18 pm #937048
    acc
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    This should become part of Bikefest. It’s quirky and fun, family friendly, significant other friendly, and it’s good public relations.

    My first thought was Mr. Kelley and a skewer of donuts and me turning green after the second one. But there’s a lot to be said for this now that I think about it. Good donut shops tend to be small independent businesses, we’re happy to support them. Photographs of cyclists eating donuts counters the negative images we sometimes are associated with. And it shows we can take a joke in stride, even be part of the joke.

    Happy Crumb Picking Trails,
    Ann

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