Flooded Commute

[ebubar]

@jpetty1 83954 wrote:

I just saw this on the news, and had to post it. They said it was on beach drive. I like the dedication, but everyone be careful out there today.

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I don’t know if this is ELITE or just insane…

[mstone]

@ebubar 83960 wrote:

I don’t know if this is ELITE or just insane…

The latter. There are still jurisdictions in the area with combined sewer systems, so you do NOT want to get in the water when there’s a major event like this. If you do, shower well. If you have any cuts, check with your doctor about antibiotics

[bobco85]

No excuse for being unprepared for the weather; he should’ve had this:

http://www.gizmag.com/baycycle-water-bike/29322/

[Harry Meatmotor]

@ebubar 83960 wrote:

I don’t know if this is ELITE or just insane…

it’s a little hard to tell, but it looks like he’s got his glasses on OVER the helmet straps, so I’d say gotta be ELITE.

[jrenaut]

Bike is out of the water, at least he had his priorities straight

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[W Odie]

His name is Barry Martin and his interview with Jackie Benson is on NBC4’s web site: http://www.nbcwashington.com/

Basically he said his alternative was to fight rush-hour traffic and driving rain on Connecticut Ave, and he thought it was safer to just wade through the water on Beach Drive to get home.

[cvcalhoun]

Here is a direct link to the video.

[baiskeli]

How the cyclists do it in the floods in Florida:

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=dfa_1398909853

[TwoWheelsDC]

@Harry Meatmotor 83968 wrote:

it’s a little hard to tell, but it looks like he’s got his glasses on OVER the helmet straps, so I’d say gotta be ELITE.

That steerer tube though….

[mstone]

@Harry Meatmotor 83968 wrote:

it’s a little hard to tell, but it looks like he’s got his glasses on OVER the helmet straps, so I’d say gotta be ELITE.

wait, is that an ELITE fanny pack?

[cyclingfool]

@TwoWheelsDC 84017 wrote:

That steerer tube though….

If you want to give him the benefit of the doubt, maybe he’s still dialing in the fit. Best to measure twice and cut once than to cut once then have to order a new fork.

[baiskeli]

@Harry Meatmotor 83968 wrote:

it’s a little hard to tell, but it looks like he’s got his glasses on OVER the helmet straps, so I’d say gotta be ELITE.

Wearing glasses on a cloudy day, let alone in heavy rain, is ELITE. If they are prescription glasses, then having special prescription bike glasses is also ELITE.

[pfunkallstar]

This a post-modern interpretation of ELITE – it has come full-circle, passed “Go,” and collected its bucket of crazy. Respect for the glasses, minus a billion points for the fan-pahk.

[dasgeh]

@mstone 84025 wrote:

wait, is that an ELITE fanny pack?

It looks like the waist strap for the backpack

(Seriously, waiting 30 seconds between posts wouldn’t be enough?)

[Terpfan]

@bobco85 83963 wrote:

No excuse for being unprepared for the weather; he should’ve had this:

http://www.gizmag.com/baycycle-water-bike/29322/

Ha, you have just sent me on a 20 minute wild good chase across the internet since I cannot read Italian. The Chinese have ripped off the idea and sell it ([url]http://inflatable_boat.china-direct-buy.com/v/4/product_detail/6794074/Inflatable_boat-shuttle_bike_kit.html[/url]), but their alleged website doesn’t work so I don’t have the faith in it. Damn. I was thinking, I could hop in up by Georgetown and take the current all the way down to Belle View.

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