Did I not get the memo? Half of Virginia Started Biking Today

[sjclaeys]

Yes, lots of fun this morning:

1) Arlington County van parked on the Custis Trail at the intersection with the W&OD at 7:30. A conveniently dangerous place to park.
2) Cat 6 racers passing on the right at the Custis Trail intersections near Rosslyn.
3) NPS cones in the middle of the cut-out for the sidewalk in front of the Jefferson Memorial.

Nonetheless, a nice ride overall.

[consularrider]

Hmmm…
Seemed like a pretty normal fair weather Monday to me. I must say I was surprised at how many people were out on bikes on the MVT yesterday between noon and 1 pm. I’d say about ten bikes to every one runner. What is that phrase about mad dogs and Englishmen…?

[Dirt]

It was really nice this morning. It was cool to see so many people out. Happy people on bikes. They’ll clue and and figure stuff out. I had fun with Mr. “I’m gonna pass you then slow up immediately as many times as I possibly can” this morning. The count got to 4 before I tired of the game. Cool thing was that he announced his passes every time. Super nice guy…. just really wanted to be in front of me and move slowly. Perhaps I was the one that didn’t get the memo.

[JimK]

I almost hit a bunny on the W&OD just south of the Custis intersection. It sprinted beside me for about ten feet then cut in front without signalling. It did not have a bell.

[jrenaut]

@JimK 21761 wrote:

I almost hit a bunny on the W&OD just south of the Custis intersection. It sprinted beside me for about ten feet then cut in front without signalling. It did not have a bell.

F@*#ing bunnies are a menace.

[eminva]

Alas, I have to be back in Vienna and presentable (to non-Lycra clad types) by 7 pm which is not consistent with bike commuting for me. Metro is as bad as you remember.

Liz

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[creadinger]

I didn’t see so many bikers, as much as just weird craziness.

-1 From the MVT at the airport – the traffic on the GWP was terrible this morning! Good day for a ride

-2 The cones blocking the cut-out in front of TJ have been there for a while. If they don’t want people to salmon up the road, why do they put cones there?

-3 The usual guy yielded to me again on the Douglass Bridge. I really need to get that guy back, it’s just that he just hops off his bike like 100 yards before we pass each other.

-4 Heading up the hill on Mass Ave SE, a car started backing out of their driveway without looking. If I didn’t see it, I would have gotten squashed. The most surprising thing though was that a dumptruck driver coming down the hill saw this potential collision and slowed down in case I had to swerve out around, and honked his horn probably to alert me and the driver that something was up. Wow! I give dump truck drivers a lot of well deserved crap, but this guy was top notch. We gave each other a wave after I got around the car.

-5 A DC work truck towing a diesel generator was driving all erratically in SE. He did not seem capable of making a left turn onto 36th St from Alabama, and then pulled a U-turn at Suitland Road, and proceeded to honk at #6, even though he and everyone else clearly had no idea where he was going.

-6 I saw a white cyclist heading up Suitland road for probably the 2nd time ever (was that Certifried?).

[Greenbelt]

I had a very nice looking young woman (blonde, not that it matters) stop me at the corner of 18th street NE and Bunker Hill Ave to ask me if I know where Bunker Hill Ave was. I was speechless — all I could do was mumble and point at the street sign.

[jopamora]

Same for Maryland. I got a very late start and I was surprised at how many bikers also had a late start today.

[ShawnoftheDread]

I had the opposite experience on the MVT this morning, about 8:30. I hardly saw anyone.

[TwoWheelsDC]

I got a later start than usual (645, probably early for most people I suppose) and thinking back on the ride in, I am surprised at how few riders I saw, particularly between 14th St. Bridge up the MVT and riding up the Custis. I think I saw about 3 cyclists on Military, but then I probably went 4 more miles without seeing another bike.

[KLizotte]

The next time I get off the George Mason Bridge and see that stupid cone in the handicap ramp to the bike trail heading into DC, I’m going to move it. I mean seriously, what are they thinking?! If we keep moving it, perhaps they will get the message.

[DaveK]

Nothing important happened today.

[Megabeth]

Hrm, I didn’t see any other cyclists but me out there this morning on the way to Rosslyn. However, it was strangely smoggy/dusty a lot more than usual around the construction sites, so perhaps everyone was hidden in the “mist”?

[vvill]

I saw less commuters than average today, surprisingly.

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