Bike to Work Day – Best Pitstops

[Arlingtonrider]

I stopped there too today. Nice folks!

[Mikey]

Got my bell, and a bagel and banana this morning. Also, the CC pit stop crew said that they will not be giving out jerseys to those who visit each day this week, but there will be a drawing on Friday for 1 of 10 Bike Arlington jerseys.

got a bell, got a light, missed the patch kit, wonder what tomorrow will bring?

[KelOnWheels]

Well since I’ll be going right by CC anyway, I spose I should stop in on Friday!
Hmm. I think I will need to head out a little earlier than 7:15 from Shirlington if I’m going to hit 3 pit stops AND make it to work by 8:15.
They’ll probably catch up with me anyway

[Stivnik]

Anyone riding from Leesburg/LoCo to MoCo/Bethesda on BTWD? One of our Marriott riders is making the trek from Lansdowne via White’s Ferry. If anyone from LoCo rolls into our Rock Springs Business Park Pit Stop, hit me up for refreshments. And if you don’t register at Leesburg, register with us. We’ll be open 6:30-9:30.

[KelOnWheels]

OK, I have plotted my Tour de Pants.

Alexandria to Four Mile Run to MVT, hit the CC stop, over the 14th St bridge, up to Freedom Plaza stop, down Penn Ave, up to the Mount Vernon stop, and back down to work.

Roughly 12 miles. I can do 12 miles, right? :confused:

[vvill]

I plotted my day too:

AM
1) Go directly to Freshbikes. Do not pass GO. Chick-Fil-A breakfast perhaps.
2) Go to Rosslyn. Collect T-shirt.
3) Cross into DC via the Roosevelt bridge, stop by Murrow Pk (H + Penn).
4) Proceed east on Penn, south on 15th to hit up Ronald Reagan Bldg.
5) Cross back west on Penn past the White House, take a right up 17th for the Farragut Sq stop
6) Continue up 17th + M St (cut through Farragut Sq, and cross K St) to Nat’l Geographic. Continue west on M St until 19th, head south until K St and then I’m at work.
14 miles or so. Should be easy enough… but the time spent hunting swag/eating food/drinking coffee will be the real constraint. so in a way this will be like The Amazing Race. I’m planning on bringing my big(ger) backpack for swag.

PM – relatively normal home commute with stops at
7) East Falls Church (Tri360)
West Falls Church/Grove (Bikenetic!)

I would like to hit up CC to get a chance at a BikeArlington jersey but I doubt that’s a good idea with all the MVT traffic I’m expecting.

[acc]

I am so very excited!
Tim Kelley offered me a chance to volunteer at Ballston on Friday.
At six am.

I’m thinking of just sleeping on a grate in front of Metro to save time.

ann

[Mikey]

@acc 19766 wrote:

I am so very excited!
Tim Kelley offered me a chance to volunteer at Ballston on Friday.
At six am.

I’m thinking of just sleeping on a grate in front of Metro to save time.

ann

Save some chicken biscuits for the rest of us

[Megabeth]

Methinks Mr Kelley has a plan to sleep in on Friday. He successfully recruited me to also show up at o’dark thirty at Ballston. Hmmmmm….

[consularrider]

@acc 19766 wrote:

I am so very excited!
Tim Kelley offered me a chance to volunteer at Ballston on Friday.
At six am.

I’m thinking of just sleeping on a grate in front of Metro to save time.

ann

You mean Bike Arlington isn’t providing accommodations at one of the neighborhoods fine hospitality establishments? I should see you there around 7:30 to 7:45.

[RESTONTODC]

@kelinva 19757 wrote:

Alexandria to Four Mile Run to MVT, hit the CC stop, over the 14th St bridge, up to Freedom Plaza stop, down Penn Ave, up to the Mount Vernon stop, and back down to work.

Fyi, there is no Freedom Plaza pit stop this year. It will be relocated to Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center.

My stops are Vienna, Merrifield, Falls Church, Freshbikes, Rosslyn, Woodrow Wilson Plaza.

[eminva]

@acc 19766 wrote:

I am so very excited!
Tim Kelley offered me a chance to volunteer at Ballston on Friday.
At six am.

I’m thinking of just sleeping on a grate in front of Metro to save time.

ann

@Megabeth 19770 wrote:

Methinks Mr Kelley has a plan to sleep in on Friday. He successfully recruited me to also show up at o’dark thirty at Ballston. Hmmmmm….

If you look at the One Eighth thread, it appears there are people who actually get up and commute at this hour on a routine basis. Personally, I can only speculate. However, there does seem to be photographic evidence.

Just saying this to point out the trails appear to be open for business at those hours (again, not speaking from personal experience).

I will probably be at the Vienna pit stop for the early part of the window. Say hello if you pass through.

Liz

[KLizotte]

@acc 19766 wrote:

I am so very excited!
Tim Kelley offered me a chance to volunteer at Ballston on Friday.
At six am.

I’m thinking of just sleeping on a grate in front of Metro to save time.

ann

Good practice for your upcoming triathalon? Don’t those games of torture start before dawn?

[vvill]

@essigmw 19706 wrote:

Got my bell, and a bagel and banana this morning. Also, the CC pit stop crew said that they will not be giving out jerseys to those who visit each day this week, but there will be a drawing on Friday for 1 of 10 Bike Arlington jerseys.

got a bell, got a light, missed the patch kit, wonder what tomorrow will bring?

Crystal Ride Trek water bottle, made in America. They said there’ll be a chance to get a blinkie tomorrow (I’m guessing whatever leftovers from the week will be available then).

I saw dbb going north on the MVT as I was going south around 7:05am (passing under the Arland D. Williams Memorial Bridge). My brain was working too slowly to say hi.

[dbb]

A new rider in the office is much better prepared through the generosity of the CC BID. He stretched to get a nice bike and the CC swag is getting him really ready for the trails. Thanks CC BID!

I saw Dirt on his pink fixie last night at the Jefferson. I was able to keep up with him on the bridge but then he put the hammer down heading south. The boy was doing more than 25 mph on a clear stretch of the MVT on a fixie!

Building on my experience on the Custis with him a couple of weeks ago (when I was able to keep up and he was on his fat tire fixie), the experimental hypotheses seem to be:

Width of the tires is a controlling variable- I was able to keep up with him on his fat tire fixie but not the thin tire fixie.
Fixed gears are a controlling variable – When this variable is held constant, the results are mixed. I am now removing this variable from the experiment.
Dirt is a much better rider than me – This remains a plausible explanation

That said, it is always a pleasure to see others on the trail, if only for a moment.

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