a few questions and notes about the W&OD
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My trip this AM was an identical route to what I did in August 2012 (thanks, search function) – Gallows to RTC and back
1. Does the hill at Buckthorn, nr MP 15, have a name? Buckthorn hill?
2. Second time – the motorists are more polite at W&OD crossings in Vienna than anywhere else on the route (and a fortiori, than motorists at regular old crosswalks in NoVa) I think this is a pattern
3. Thanks to being schooled here, I now ONLY pass when I can move completely across the center line, and move as far as I safely can over it. I do notice occasional cyclists passing peds a bit closer – almost on the yellow line.
4. When someone calls a pass with a number (“two bikes passing!) and a third person is right behind them (drafting?) shouldn’t he also call the pass – it can be confusing.
5. It was nice hearing all the frogs today.
6. It seems like runners get up earlier in the morning than cyclists (lots more runners when I set out, almost all cyclists on the way back). Cause we make our own breeze (and can take the midday heat better?) Cause runners want to run the same time every day, and cyclists don’t care? Or was this an anomaly?
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@lordofthemark 79697 wrote:
6. It seems like runners get up earlier in the morning than cyclists (lots more runners when I set out, almost all cyclists on the way back). Cause we make our own breeze (and can take the midday heat better?) Cause runners want to run the same time every day, and cyclists don’t care? Or was this an anomaly?
The early rising cyclists are farther out by then, and haven’t yet turned around to come back.
The Buckthorne hill is annoying mostly because it’s the culmination of a slowly increasing incline west of Hunters Mill road, so you’re attacking it when you’ve already been working a bit harder than normal to keep your speed. The worst part comes later in the season, though, when you have to watch out for less seasoned cyclists climbing the hill, some of which are apt to fall over right in front of you because they forgot to shift low enough before being in too high a torque zone to emergency shift. Be prepared to bail!
@brendan 79725 wrote:
The Buckthorne hill is annoying mostly because it’s the culmination of a slowly increasing incline west of Hunters Mill road, so you’re attacking it when you’ve already been working a bit harder than normal to keep your speed. The worst part comes later in the season, though, when you have to watch out for less seasoned cyclists climbing the hill, some of which are apt to fall over right in front of you because they forgot to shift low enough before being in too high a torque zone to emergency shift. Be prepared to bail!
funny thing
I watched this happen.So if I got up the hill without falling over does that make me a seasoned cyclist? Or an unduly cautious and lazy one who is riding in too low a gear to begin with?
@lordofthemark 79898 wrote:
So if I got up the hill without falling over does that make me a seasoned cyclist? Or an unduly cautious and lazy one who is riding in too low a gear to begin with?
It means you are ready to take it to the next level: the Hunter Station detour. http://ridewithgps.com/routes/4245659
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