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  • September 10, 2012 at 4:21 pm #950697
    culimerc
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    To the guy in the polka dot jersey this morning. You may want to consider getting a new pair of knickers, with a heavier weight lycra…….PLEASE……. these seem to be wearing a bit thin in all the wrong places….. =:O

    September 10, 2012 at 5:28 pm #950709
    aflapr
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    @culimerc 30560 wrote:

    To the guy in the polka dot jersey this morning. You may want to consider getting a new pair of knickers, with a heavier weight lycra…….PLEASE……. these seem to be wearing a bit thin in all the wrong places….. =:O

    Maybe he was just trying to show how he got named King of the Mountain???

    September 10, 2012 at 6:22 pm #950717
    baiskeli
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    @benbhsu 30511 wrote:

    Two crazy passes this afternoon on the MVT. First, Mr. No-Helmet-No-Call) passes me on the right as I’m completing my own pass and starting to merge back to the right. He ends up going off-road to complete his maneuver.

    Someone did that to me once, approaching the Intersection of Doom. I caught up to him and explained why it was a bad idea.

    Also saw a girl on a mountain bike do it years ago. She also went into the grass to pass on the right. She was on a mountain bike, so going off the trail is what they do, right? Sure – but sometimes they hit a rock and blow a tire.

    September 10, 2012 at 6:40 pm #950719
    krazygl00
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    You: guy with rack n’ panniers eastbound on the Custis Trail way out in the left lane, making a pass around a curve made very blind by the I-66 barrier wall.

    Me: the guy rounding the curve westbound with possibly the worst looking face you can imagine, as I stare, my face paralyzed in what must have looked like a caricature of terror, at the narrow strip of path with no shoulder to which I had to cling to avoid catapulting into the VERY deep ditch to the right. I imagine I looked what Jim Carrey might look like if he were doing a comic exaggeration of a face of terror. I think my face was stuck that way for at least another quarter mile.

    September 10, 2012 at 6:45 pm #950720
    Tim Kelley
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    @krazygl00 30582 wrote:

    I imagine I looked what Jim Carrey might look like if he were doing a comic exaggeration of a face of terror.

    http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w113/nickherum/AceVentura-Scream.gif

    September 10, 2012 at 6:48 pm #950721
    krazygl00
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    @Tim Kelley 30583 wrote:

    http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w113/nickherum/AceVentura-Scream.gif

    Actually, yeah! That could have been it!

    September 10, 2012 at 9:14 pm #950730
    mstone
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    I always ding the bell going around those corners, in the hope that someone might think twice about passing.

    September 12, 2012 at 11:31 am #950891
    MRH5028
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    To the two cyclists that I almost crashed into as I was getting off of the Custis Trail on my bike in Ballston onto the Fairfax trail ramp near 66, I apologize. I took the turn a little too tight and thanks to an ungodly glare I didn’t see the two of you coming. Thanks for yelling and snapping my back to reality, I’m glad we didn’t crash. Next time, I’ll take the turn wider.

    September 12, 2012 at 2:53 pm #950906
    bobco85
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    To the ninja-driver in a black car around 10:30 pm coming towards me around the curve on Patrick Henry Dr between Rt 7 and Rt 50 towards me: you proved to me that ninja-drivers are far more terrifying than ninja-bikers or ninja-joggers! Please turn your headlights on, if not for the fact that it’s the law but that you might need to see things in front of you. Also, thank you for staying on your side of the road, as you are at least 1 for 2 in being a lawful driver because of it.

    September 12, 2012 at 3:17 pm #950916
    ShawnoftheDread
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    To everyone I passed this morning, sorry. I wasn’t even going fast, but it seemed like every time I passed there was a bike and pedestrian in too close proximity to justify it. I guess my timing was off today.

    To the pedestrian at 18th and L: how am I a “jerk” because you decided to cross against the light without looking?

    September 12, 2012 at 5:39 pm #950943
    CPTJohnC
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    You: Scruffy looking guy on a BSO, riding across K St. NW at 17th against the light… both ways (He boxed the turn, against both lights… seriously!)

    Me: The frustrated bike commuter who has been doing way too much driving lately.

    September 12, 2012 at 11:02 pm #950973
    KelOnWheels
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    To the two cyclists coming through the 4MRT underpasses who discovered me wedged against the railing right before the uphill turns, you were absolutely right, that WAS a bad place to stop.

    Not as bad as the guy that was right in front of me who started up the left hand turn and then stopped with his bike blocking the entire trail, though.

    September 13, 2012 at 12:58 pm #951005
    NicDiesel
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    To the lady that was walking her bike up Martha Custis yesterday while I was getting my HR under control before making the final climb – keep on rocking!

    September 13, 2012 at 3:28 pm #951037
    Terpfan
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    @4st7lbs 30890 wrote:

    To the lady that was walking her bike up Martha Custis yesterday while I was getting my HR under control before making the final climb – keep on rocking!

    Reminds me of seeing two guys walking their bikes down the 14th St Bridge/MVT slight hill on VA side. Neither seemed to have a flat or any sort of bicycle problem so I have to say I was baffled.

    September 13, 2012 at 4:25 pm #951046
    NicDiesel
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    @Terpfan 30923 wrote:

    Reminds me of seeing two guys walking their bikes down the 14th St Bridge/MVT slight hill on VA side. Neither seemed to have a flat or any sort of bicycle problem so I have to say I was baffled.

    I saw that the other day and thought the same thing. What’s really crazy is when you see more than two people walking like that.

    After getting to the top of the hill last night (after three HR stops) I kind of wish I had walked it up instead.

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