2014 March Trail Conditions

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  • March 26, 2014 at 8:24 pm #996848
    dkel
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    @rpiretti 80621 wrote:

    Sorry guy! Hey what bike do you have? Will be on the lookout for you out there.

    Cannondale Quick, black with white lettering. I have a BikeArlington tag and a Washington Area Bike Forum tag on my pannier, though they’re most visible from the side (so you’ll have to catch me to see them!).

    March 26, 2014 at 8:34 pm #996851
    rpiretti
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    I’ll consider that a challenge! :)

    @dkel 80646 wrote:

    Cannondale Quick, black with white lettering. I have a BikeArlington tag and a Washington Area Bike Forum tag on my pannier, though they’re most visible from the side (so you’ll have to catch me to see them!).

    March 26, 2014 at 8:44 pm #996852
    Steve O
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    @vvill 80584 wrote:

    . . .but I had to stop when I hit the Lee Hwy overpass before the spiral o’ doom – there were a couple others walking their bikes and it was probably good since I didn’t realize just how icy that bridge was until I had to stop. Without studs in the back there was no way to get going again and even walking was treacherous.

    I must be a badass, because I rode across both of those bridges on my 28s. Slowly, but I made it.

    March 26, 2014 at 10:46 pm #996862
    vvill
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    Sorry, but a true badass does not resort to self-appellation.

    (And more seriously, I wasn’t going to try to roll by while others were walking.)

    March 26, 2014 at 11:25 pm #996864
    rpiretti
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    I can’t speak for park st to gallows but everything was great but great falls/little falls section on the WOD from gallows to Shirlington. However, heading west on the rte 7 bridge is clear but going east it is not.

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    March 26, 2014 at 11:52 pm #996866
    eminva
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    I rode the W&OD from Citizens Bridge to Vienna (Tapawingo Road exit ramp). Most of the trail was fine, but icy in the usual shady spots. There were only a couple of stretches without a clear path, but you could walk those easily if you didn’t want to ride. I rode through okay on MTB tires.

    Liz

    March 27, 2014 at 1:03 am #996876
    hozn
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    Yeah, I put the 28c tires back on for tomorrow. There are a couple of sections between Arlington & Vienna where one will have to slow down, possibly even briefly dismount, but the trail is mostly fine. Gallows to Park street was really the only place where there was any significant stretch of non-clear trail (and even that was probably no more than a couple/few 25-foot sections).

    From Vienna to Reston was clear.

    Was nice to have the tailwind to help overcome the drag of the studded tires on the commute home.

    March 27, 2014 at 1:29 am #996878
    Trish
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    Hi there, did anyone take Custis trail today? What shape is it in? Is it still January?

    March 27, 2014 at 4:00 am #996881
    TwoWheelsDC
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    @Trish 80678 wrote:

    Hi there, did anyone take Custis trail today? What shape is it in? Is it still January?

    I rode from the W&OD junction to the Ballston connector. It was a little dicey at the Harrison underpass and in front of St. Ann School, but no dismount was required since there are paths through the icy spots. Otherwise, it was nice and dry.

    March 27, 2014 at 5:00 am #996882
    Steve O
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    @vvill 80661 wrote:

    Sorry, but a true badass does not resort to self-appellation.

    Well, no one else was going to do it for me. :-)

    March 27, 2014 at 10:16 am #996884
    Fast Friendly Guy
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    @eminva 80666 wrote:

    I rode the W&OD from Citizens Bridge to Vienna (Tapawingo Road exit ramp). Most of the trail was fine, but icy in the usual shady spots. There were only a couple of stretches without a clear path, but you could walk those easily if you didn’t want to ride. I rode through okay on MTB tires.

    Liz

    Where is Citizens Bridge?

    March 27, 2014 at 10:26 am #996885
    mstone
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    @Fast Friendly Guy 80686 wrote:

    Where is Citizens Bridge?

    That’s the proper name for the wooden bridge in falls church.

    March 27, 2014 at 1:06 pm #996899
    dbb
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    Yesterday on the 14th Street Bridge about 1130

    IMG_3885_zps0ce397d9.jpg

    Today at about 0645

    IMG_3925_zps8802c377.jpg

    I prefer the conditions today!

    March 27, 2014 at 1:30 pm #996910
    cyclingfool
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    @dbb 80701 wrote:

    I prefer the conditions today!

    Amen. Today was beautiful.

    Oh, and here’s hoping there’s no need for there to be an “April 2014 Trail Conditions” thread.

    March 27, 2014 at 1:39 pm #996912
    vvill
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    @cyclingfool 80712 wrote:

    Amen. Today was beautiful.

    Oh, and here’s hoping there’s no need for there to be an “April 2014 Trail Conditions” thread.

    Maybe we should make one and pre-emptively post nice weather comments in there, and then have an admin close the thread.

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