Bike DC meetup?

[dbb]

Sounds like fun. I’ll look for you at the start line. I’ll likely be wearing a BikeArlington jersey

Dana

[jrenaut]

I’m still waffling on whether or not I’m doing the ride, but if I do I’ll meet you at the Newseum. I’ll keep you posted.

[DaveK]

Let me give you some friendly advice – don’t start at the back of Bike DC. You’ll be fighting through people who haven’t dragged their bikes out of the garage in months, if not years. If you want to enjoy it, start towards the front around 7am. We almost missed the ride altogether last year and started at the back. It was quite the slog through people walking uphill on the GW Parkway.

[Greenbelt]

@DaveK 19356 wrote:

Let me give you some friendly advice – don’t start at the back of Bike DC. You’ll be fighting through people who haven’t dragged their bikes out of the garage in months, if not years. If you want to enjoy it, start towards the front around 7am. We almost missed the ride altogether last year and started at the back. It was quite the slog through people walking uphill on the GW Parkway.

For better or worse, our schedule is set — we’ll slog happily with the slowbies. (We have plenty other opportunities to ride fast, like on our way downtown, so don’t mind going slow and social with this one…)

[Arlingtonrider]

Dana,

Thanks for mentioning the BikeArlington jerseys! I’ll likely wear mine too. I hope to start with the early group, but I’m not super fast, so will probably see the Newseum folks along the ride. See you all there!

Kathy

[Riley Casey]

Glad you started this thread. I’m going to ride with my ten year old grandson this Sunday and while we have ridden thru the park a couple of times the 11 mile half course is probably going to stretch his riding experience. Has anyone ridden previous years with kids or have any observations about riding with kids?

Thanks

[consularrider]

I’ll be there as a ride marshal, so look for the yellow bib over my Bike Arlington jersey.

[KLizotte]

I’m going to aim to meet Greenbelt in front of the Museum no later than 7:45.

I’ll be wearing this, err, distinctive jersey. I figure no one else will be wearing one so feel free to swing by and say “hi” while on the ride.

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