Winter Bike to Work Day

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February 12, 2015 at 3:34 pm #916473

creadinger
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It seems like tomorrow is Winter Bike to Work Day in many locales, including Washington state and New England. We don’t have this officially do we? How does New England have this, and we don’t?

https://twitter.com/CathyRyanVT/status/565888351983894529/photo/1

Seeing what they’re going through up there, I think I’ll tough it out and try riding in again tomorrow. I’ll need to wear all of my layers though.

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February 12, 2015 at 3:36 pm #1022924

Tim Kelley
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We don’t have anything official, other than encouraging folks to commit and ride:

http://bikearlingtonforum.com/showthread.php?8161-Winter-Bike-to-Work-Day-February-13th!

February 12, 2015 at 3:39 pm #1022926

creadinger
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@Tim Kelley 108243 wrote:

We don’t have anything official, other than encouraging folks to commit and ride:

http://bikearlingtonforum.com/showthread.php?8161-Winter-Bike-to-Work-Day-February-13th!

Oh, whoops! I must have missed that thread. Nice. Of course the link is blocked here at work…. .

February 12, 2015 at 4:37 pm #1022935

worktheweb
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It looks like BicycleSpace is doing a count at 15th and Mass and giving out bagels and coffee tomorrow. Will be interesting to see how many people they end up counting. That said, I would think they’d get more commuters by counting at the 14th Street Bridge.

February 13, 2015 at 4:03 pm #1023029

Terpfan
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@worktheweb 108254 wrote:

It looks like BicycleSpace is doing a count at 15th and Mass and giving out bagels and coffee tomorrow. Will be interesting to see how many people they end up counting. That said, I would think they’d get more commuters by counting at the 14th Street Bridge.

I would do all of the bridges if it were possible. I used to do 14th every day and I think it gets the highest volume, but the others, particularly Key, get high volumes too in the morning.

February 13, 2015 at 4:09 pm #1023032

sethpo
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After getting home last night feeling beat up by that headwind, I was fully intending to skip today’s WBTWD and just count my short trip to/from that metro as my ride. But I was inspired by the tweets and feeling refreshed enough to go. Glad I did. With the wind behind me and plenty of layers it wasn’t bad at all and the bright sun made 10 degrees feel almost like…15!

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February 13, 2015 at 6:23 pm #1023058

vvill
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@sethpo 108357 wrote:

With the wind behind me and plenty of layers it wasn’t bad at all and the bright sun made 10 degrees feel almost like…15!

Agreed the dry conditions and sunshine made it feel at least 5F warmer. At least!

February 13, 2015 at 6:36 pm #1023062

consularrider
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I got to 15th and Mass after stopping at FCC and didn’t see any sign of the counters, bagels, or coffee. Sigh.

February 13, 2015 at 9:33 pm #1023091

PotomacCyclist
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They probably bailed out because of the brutal weather. The overall cyclist numbers were probably much lower than usual because of the weather too. Not really the best day to count if one is looking for a representative sample.

February 14, 2015 at 4:17 pm #1023122

consularrider
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Well, since I’m no longer “commuting,” I guess I shouldn’t be counted anyway.

February 14, 2015 at 4:25 pm #1023125

Boomer Cycles
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I was at 15th & Mass at 8:15 AM with a group of 3 cyclists and there were 2 WBTWD counters who check us in, FYI
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