My Morning Commute

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  • December 9, 2013 at 8:17 pm #988041
    PeteD
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    In Ottawa visiting the corporate headquarters. Commute is 3 blocks, so I walked it:

    This Bike is always attached to this post. In the 6 months I’ve been coming to Ottawa I haven’t actually seen it moved.
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    Just after I took this pic, some guy on a fixie with a drop handlebar rode down the street. I don’t think he heard me yelling “Rocking Rule #9!”
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    My commute takes me by Sweden too. I wonder if they have a VASA ride too. Totally sporting the only scarf I’ve ever earned.
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    And of course, Canadians must get their beer, even in the driving snow.
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    December 11, 2013 at 12:36 pm #988176
    Jason B
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    MVT – Airport to Custis was fine except for the two little overpasses at airport. Custis was OK. Climb out of Rosalyn was clear, but after 66 overpass it was pretty icy until first climb past corkscrew (corkscrew was fine).
    riding 32 road tires about 60psi.

    December 11, 2013 at 2:37 pm #988185
    TwoWheelsDC
    Participant

    Walked outside and thought “wow, pretty warm, I totally overdressed.” It was 26 degrees. Winter is a sickness and it needs to stop!

    December 11, 2013 at 8:05 pm #988241
    ronwalf
    Participant

    Almost took a plunge this morning. Near Lake Artemesia, the entrance road sometimes retains water. I was on the lookout for it, and thought I spotted a dry (but snowy) path to the side. Turns out it was a dusting of snow on an 1/4″ of ice on 3″ of water. It was part icebreaking, part slipping on wet chunks of ice, and all nerve wracking.

    I gave a practice talk for my thesis defense 10 minutes later. I’m glad I wasn’t soaked in ice water!

    December 12, 2013 at 1:56 pm #988325
    Jason B
    Participant

    Tad bit nipper this morning.
    Also, weird sound alert:
    when i was coasting down hill at higher speed, somewhere on my bike a high pitch rubbing brake pad type sound would happen. Check the pads, nothing rubbing. As soon as I pedaled, it would stop, which made for some hairy descents. Maybe bottom bracket area. Sorry to vague about the location, i was wearing one of those windblock ear covers. I don’t ride my cross much, so kind of unfamiliar with the bike’s nuances.
    Any ideas??

    December 12, 2013 at 2:12 pm #988332
    TwoWheelsDC
    Participant

    Today was the only morning I can remember where, during normal commuting hours, I was the only person in the locker room during my entire change/shower routine. Makes me think that people are put off more by days with lower high temps than days with lower lows but moderate high temps.

    December 12, 2013 at 2:16 pm #988333
    Steve
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    @TwoWheelsDC 71735 wrote:

    Today was the only morning I can remember where, during normal commuting hours, I was the only person in the locker room during my entire change/shower routine. Makes me think that people are put off more by days with lower high temps than days with lower lows but moderate high temps.

    I’d agree. Also I think people are still worried about trail conditions. I don’t know that DC has any temps that would keep me in, but today is the first I’ve rode because ice scares me quite a bit. I asked Santa for studded tires, this storm just came a few weeks too early!

    December 12, 2013 at 2:38 pm #988343
    TwoWheelsDC
    Participant

    @Steve 71736 wrote:

    I asked Santa for studded tires, this storm just came a few weeks too early!

    I’m in the same boat! Only I asked for Bar Mitts rather than tires.

    December 13, 2013 at 8:00 pm #988544
    aguy7
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    Took this picture Wednesday morning around sunrise standing under the MARC/VRE/Metro/Amtrak tracks that cross over L St NE between 1st and 2nd. It shows the now vacant former site of the Greyhound bus station. The intersection in the distance is 1st and K NE, near Union Station. The view across the vacant lot will soon be filled with a building.

    December 13, 2013 at 11:57 pm #988568
    TwoWheelsDC
    Participant

    It was Thunderdome tonight! I kept wondering if there had been some sort of natural disaster and everyone was fleeing the city.

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    December 14, 2013 at 1:51 pm #988586
    ShawnoftheDread
    Participant

    It started early too. I left about 4:30 and traffic was already bad everywhere. The poor dears, stuck there in their little machines.

    December 14, 2013 at 4:42 pm #988593
    Amalitza
    Guest

    @ShawnoftheDread 72001 wrote:

    The poor dears, stuck there in their little machines.

    Shut up.

    I mean that in the nicest possible way:p

    December 14, 2013 at 4:47 pm #988594
    ShawnoftheDread
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    My neighbor works in Georgetown and it took her 2.5 hours to get home last night. Still not clear on what the problem was. I rubbed it in just a little.

    December 14, 2013 at 10:35 pm #988613
    OneEighth
    Participant

    Betcha none of that would have happened if only DC hadn’t put in all those bike lanes!

    December 16, 2013 at 1:58 pm #988665
    TwoWheelsDC
    Participant

    Among GWMP commuters, there’s a common refrain: “Under normal conditions, it’s generally an easy, quick road to commute on. But if one little thing goes wrong, it’s the worst road in the region to be on.”

    Today looked to be the latter….so glad I don’t commute on it anymore.

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