So who passed me this morning on the MVT?

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May 29, 2012 at 1:44 pm #941563

ShawnoftheDread
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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.

May 29, 2012 at 2:37 pm #941571

Mikey
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I came down from the Pentagon and crossed the 14th street bridge around 8:05, so if you were really slow (20 min from Gravelly point to 14th street bridge ~5 mph) and you were crossing the 14th street bridge you could have seen me.

May 29, 2012 at 2:46 pm #941573

DismalScientist
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If you noticed my bike changing colors due to the Doppler shift as I accelerated it was me.:rolleyes:

Oops, sorry, my bad. I don’t take the MVT.

May 29, 2012 at 2:50 pm #941577

baiskeli
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@KelOnWheels 20688 wrote:

I saw lots of people passing me, so some of them must have been you guys!

Let’s see… I was heading north through Gravelly Point at 7:45 AM. I was the slow, bright red person

(Black MTB, blue shirt, orange messenger bag, black shorts, beige-ish spotted Nutcase helmet.)

So you’ve settled on a route? Up to 4MR and over to Mt. V, I presume? How’s that final hill on the way home working out?

May 29, 2012 at 2:55 pm #941578

KelOnWheels
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@baiskeli 20705 wrote:

So you’ve settled on a route? Up to 4MR and over to Mt. V, I presume? How’s that final hill on the way home working out?

Yep! I went through Shirlington this morning (although I didn’t have enough time to stop for coffee – I left a little later than planned) and that was much better. I’ll let you know how the hill is today, it about killed me on BTWD.

May 29, 2012 at 2:56 pm #941579

Dirt
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I think I was through that area a bit ahead of you. You would have easily recognized me. I’m the freakishly tall guy riding a pink bike with a Canadair Regional Jet 700 sticking out of my forehead.

May 29, 2012 at 3:12 pm #941584

KelOnWheels
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That looks a bit painful… you might wanna get that looked at.

I was looking for your pink bike but I did not see you – you were probably a blur

May 29, 2012 at 3:24 pm #941585

baiskeli
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@KelOnWheels 20706 wrote:

Yep! I went through Shirlington this morning (although I didn’t have enough time to stop for coffee – I left a little later than planned) and that was much better. I’ll let you know how the hill is today, it about killed me on BTWD.

You might find a work-around. A mile uphill is longer than a flat one, despite what you learned in geometry. But you will have fabulous calves soon, which are highly admired in some subcultures.

May 29, 2012 at 3:37 pm #941591

consularrider
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@KelOnWheels 20688 wrote:

I saw lots of people passing me, so some of them must have been you guys!

Let’s see… I was heading north through Gravelly Point at 7:45 AM. I was the slow, bright red person

(Black MTB, blue shirt, orange messenger bag, black shorts, beige-ish spotted Nutcase helmet.)

I was through there around that time this morning, passing through Shirlington around 7:35 and hitting the Roosevelt Island parking lot at 8:00. I have to admit, I wasn’t paying too much attention to who I was passing though. I’m usually on an orange hybrid with a black rack trunk, and the clothing/helment colors vary.

May 29, 2012 at 5:23 pm #941614

Tim Kelley
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@Dirt 20707 wrote:

I’m the freakishly tall guy riding a pink bike with a Canadair Regional Jet 700 sticking out of my forehead.

I find you to be rather petite. And fluffy.

May 29, 2012 at 5:43 pm #941619

GuyContinental
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Clearly we need some sort of secret signal for Bike Arlington recognition- I nearly yelled Freeedommm(!!!) at Dirt this morning but he looked kind of surly and was in his aero bars so I decided that it wasn’t the moment to make friends…

May 29, 2012 at 6:27 pm #941627

americancyclo
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@GuyContinental 20747 wrote:

Clearly we need some sort of secret signal for Bike Arlington recognition

I keep a BikeArlington reflective band around my seatpost. sometimes I even wear my BikeArlington socks.

May 29, 2012 at 6:34 pm #941629

Dirt
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I think we should let Ann design some outfits for us to wear while commuting. It would make us MUCH easier to identify.

May 29, 2012 at 6:37 pm #941631

eminva
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@americancyclo 20756 wrote:

I keep a BikeArlington reflective band around my seatpost. sometimes I even wear my BikeArlington socks.

I did that for a while, but then it mysteriously disappeared when my bike was parked somewhere. Those things are highly coveted, apparently.

Liz

May 29, 2012 at 6:51 pm #941633

rcannon100
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Well you can always tell the secret service guys. They are the homeless guys, wearing spit polished black dress shoes and have a radio earbud going into their ears (this use to be true – I think it was in the 1970s, until someone enlighted the service that they stuck out like sore thumbs). I think the Service has used little pins on people’s collars to identify who is authorized to be inside a zone, and who is not. We could standardize some graffiti mark on the back of our helmets. Something like and anarchy symbol, only its BA – so BA in a circle? Which also stands for Bad Attitude for added bonus. Also apparently stands for British Airways.
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Of course anarchy symbols on helmets might make getting into fed buildings a bit more difficult.
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