Bike to Work Day – Best Pitstops
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May 15, 2012 at 1:08 pm #940576
txgoonie
ParticipantGot my blinkie light – yay!
The CC BID table was full of bagels and coffee, and cyclists were riding right by! Take a second, Crystal City folks – get yourself a bagel. You earned it!
May 15, 2012 at 1:16 pm #940577Arlingtonrider
ParticipantI plan to stop by tomorrow. It was really pouring down when I wanted to leave this morning. I have lots of admiration for those of you who made it!
May 15, 2012 at 1:55 pm #940582vvill
ParticipantWait, the CC pitstop is open all week? I’m there! This one, right?
http://www.biketoworkmetrodc.org/arlington-crystal-city-water-park-pit-stop/Yeah it was a wet one this morning. I still need to newspaper my shoes.
May 15, 2012 at 2:04 pm #940584consularrider
Participant@vvill 19630 wrote:
Wait, the CC pitstop is open all week? I’m there! This one, right?
http://www.biketoworkmetrodc.org/arlington-crystal-city-water-park-pit-stop/Yeah it was a wet one this morning. I still need to newspaper my shoes.
Yep, that’s the one. Stop by, I’m sure they would like the company.
May 15, 2012 at 3:54 pm #940596dbb
ParticipantBagels were available today. Thank you CC BID.
I’m hoping the rain increased my chances for the BTWW prizes from the BID.
May 15, 2012 at 6:20 pm #940599eminva
Participant@acc 19607 wrote:
So here is the person to contact: Megan Van de Mark megan@waba.org
Good news, I was able to confirm with Megan that I am indeed registered for the Rosslyn pitstop. Not only do I get a t-shirt, but my chances are just as good as those of anyone who also registered at Rosslyn that I might be taking home a new bike.
@dbb, are they giving away jerseys again this year at Crystal City for those who commute every day? I seem to recall that was a very nice looking jersey.Liz
May 15, 2012 at 7:40 pm #940609consularrider
Participant@eminva 19649 wrote:
Good news, I was able to confirm with Megan that I am indeed registered for the Rosslyn pitstop. Not only do I get a t-shirt, but my chances are just as good as those of anyone who also registered at Rosslyn that I might be taking home a new bike.
@dbb, are they giving away jerseys again this year at Crystal City for those who commute every day? I seem to recall that was a very nice looking jersey.Liz
I don’t think so. What I think I heard them say this morning was that there would be some kind of raffle.
May 15, 2012 at 8:03 pm #940613zanna_leigh
Participant@consularrider 19659 wrote:
I don’t think so. What I think I heard them say this morning was that there would be some kind of raffle.
I actually spoke to Joe with the BID a few weeks ago and he did say that they will be giving away jerseys to everyone who rides everyday during bike to work week and checks in at the table.
May 15, 2012 at 8:17 pm #940615jpetty1
Participant@zanna_leigh 19663 wrote:
I actually spoke to Joe with the BID a few weeks ago and he did say that they will be giving away jerseys to everyone who rides everyday during bike to work week and checks in at the table.
Last year the BID gave away jerseys to the top 50 riders of the week. This year they are handing out a different prize everyday. The BID will be raffling off 10 Crystal City jerseys at Bike to Work Day on Friday.
May 16, 2012 at 3:19 am #940626vvill
Participant@consularrider 19632 wrote:
Yep, that’s the one. Stop by, I’m sure they would like the company.
I have no idea where that is relative to the trail! Even after consulting a map :confused: I’ve only ridden Mt Vernon a couple times and both times I was on the wheel of someone from this forum. I’ll try to find it though… I never scoff at free bagels.
May 16, 2012 at 10:10 am #940630dbb
Participant@vvill 19677 wrote:
I have no idea where that is relative to the trail! Even after consulting a map :confused: I’ve only ridden Mt Vernon a couple times and both times I was on the wheel of someone from this forum. I’ll try to find it though… I never scoff at free bagels.
Head south on the MVT past Roach’s Run (parking lot with porta potties). Go past the DCA fence where the trail is wedged between the parkway and the fence and up a trail overpass over a DCA access road. About 100 yards past the end of that bridge you will see another bridge to your front and a trail off to your right. Take the right. [ATTACH=CONFIG]1043[/ATTACH]
It doubles back under the MVT and goes under the GWMP
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Then goes under the railroad tracks
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and up to the Crystal City Water Park
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May 16, 2012 at 12:58 pm #940634txgoonie
ParticipantGot a bell today in Crystal City!
Beautiful day – lots of cyclists out. Many are still rolling right past the pit stop, though. Folks must not love bagels as much as I do;-)
May 16, 2012 at 1:13 pm #940638vvill
ParticipantThanks dana! I found it successfully. I also mapped my ride in advance and noted the approx mileage of the turn off, and luckily Street View also had some good vistas. Funny thing was another cyclist asked for directions on my way into DC – that always seems to happen whenever I’m somewhere relatively new.
Nice to see you, consularrider. I’ll try to arrive earlier tomorrow so we can actually chat a bit.
I got a bell, a purple t-shirt leftover from last year, a granola bar, bagel, banana and a coffee – well worth the 8 mi detour!
May 16, 2012 at 1:35 pm #940645eminva
ParticipantI took the long road in and also stopped at the Crystal City Pitstop for bagel and bell. Right after I left I ran into a cyclist with a flat tire on the MVT. I didn’t have a pump, so I directed him back to the pit stop so hopefully someone there could help him.
Kudos to you MVT regulars — it is busy and narrow.
Liz
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