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  • October 10, 2015 at 5:47 pm #1039301
    Boomer Cycles
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    @Steve O 125907 wrote:

    No. I plan to head west on the W&OD from EFC at 7am, just before sunrise. You are welcome to hand me a coffee on a flyby.

    Can you route by coffee somewhere if we get up at sunrise to support your departure???

    October 10, 2015 at 6:36 pm #1039303
    Steve O
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    @Rod Smith 125917 wrote:

    When planning routes, I use Strava global heat map to see where people ride. http://labs.strava.com/heatmap

    Thanks, Rod!
    You people are right. No one rides on 28.

    Using Rod’s suggestion, I remapped my route to avoid roads that appear to be never ridden on. New route is only a couple miles longer.
    Here it is (MapMyRide)

    I welcome any suggestions.

    October 10, 2015 at 7:49 pm #1039305
    Steve O
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    @Boomer2U 125920 wrote:

    Can you route by coffee somewhere if we get up at sunrise to support your departure???

    It has to be a place that’s open before 7am, because I want to get rolling pretty much as soon as it gets light out. Cafe Kindred doesn’t open that early; neither does Mike’s.

    The two possibilities are the Starbuckses in Falls Church – 344 W. Broad (Broadale shopping center) and 1218 W. Broad by the Giant.

    October 12, 2015 at 12:28 am #1039310
    Rod Smith
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    Oh no I meant use Strava heat map to find where everyone rides, then take the path less travelled! How else you gonna find the dirt roads and dead ends? :D

    October 15, 2015 at 8:25 pm #1039615
    Steve O
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    Lookin’ pretty good for tomorrow!
    [IMG]http://bikearlingtonforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=9845&stc=1[/IMG]

    October 16, 2015 at 3:26 am #1039635
    wheelswings
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    Have a great ride, Steve O. Be safe.

    October 16, 2015 at 12:52 pm #1039647
    Boomer Cycles
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    May beautiful fall colors be at your fore, and the wind at your aft.

    October 16, 2015 at 1:44 pm #1039640
    Arlingtonrider
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    Please have a safe and fun ride and let us know how it goes!

    October 16, 2015 at 5:56 pm #1039656
    baiskeli
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    @Rod Smith 125929 wrote:

    Oh no I meant use Strava heat map to find where everyone rides, then take the path less travelled! How else you gonna find the dirt roads and dead ends? :D

    So for you, it’s a cold map.

    October 17, 2015 at 1:49 am #1039673
    Judd
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    From the looks of Strava, you made it. How was the route/ride?

    October 18, 2015 at 11:21 pm #1039707
    Steve O
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    Made it. Both ways.

    A million details, which I’m happy to share at happy hour or coffee. Two quick ones:

    – Rod Smith will be happy to learn that I ended up on a couple of gravel roads, despite the “heat” map (I guess gravel grinders’ rides show up, too)
    – Rte 20 between Orange and Charlottesville is a really,really,really,really,really,really,really, very, extremely bad place to ride on Friday afternoon. But it’s actually quite nice early on Sunday morning.

    Oh, and if you ever decide to do this yourself, I highly recommend you choose October 16, 2015 to do it. The weather is ineffably sublime.

    Pictures here.

    October 26, 2015 at 2:48 am #1040018
    Steve O
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    @Steve O 126373 wrote:

    Made it. Both ways.

    A million details, which I’m happy to share at happy hour or coffee. Two quick ones:

    – Rod Smith will be happy to learn that I ended up on a couple of gravel roads, despite the “heat” map (I guess gravel grinders’ rides show up, too)
    – Rte 20 between Orange and Charlottesville is a really,really,really,really,really,really,really, very, extremely bad place to ride on Friday afternoon. But it’s actually quite nice early on Sunday morning.

    Oh, and if you ever decide to do this yourself, I highly recommend you choose October 16, 2015 to do it. The weather is ineffably sublime.

    Pictures here.

    October 26, 2015 at 4:32 am #1040020
    KLizotte
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    So how many hours did it take each way?

    October 26, 2015 at 2:13 pm #1040034
    Steve O
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    @KLizotte 126709 wrote:

    So how many hours did it take each way?

    From Strava:[ATTACH=CONFIG]9910[/ATTACH]

    Remarkably, my elapsed time differed by only about 2 minutes between the two trips.

    October 26, 2015 at 9:08 pm #1040091
    KLizotte
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    Very impressive!

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