Had to ride straight to work today, so missed CCCC.
Followed this guy on a road bike down MVT into Jones Point Park. He turned towards Royal St, I continued on the scenic route (Union St, etc.). Later on where the two MVT branches rejoin, I see the same guy again, despite his riding at a faster speed. Just more proof that the Royal St. route can really slow you down if you’re commuting northbound through Old Town.
This is the 2nd commute in a row on the Uptown 8 in which somebody made a comment about electric bikes to me. The first time it was from a random cyclist who said “Get an electric!” as he passed me on Jefferson in the National Mall, after 3-4 other cyclists passed me. Today, it was a pedestrian on N. Capitol St. who asked me if my bike was heavy. I said “It’s 35 lbs”. He then asked if I had a motor on the bike. I said, no, just my legs.
After the nice little chat, I was in the odd position of riding northbound N. Capitol St. on the rightmost lane with nobody in front of me, and backed up cars on the middle lane. I wanted to pedal harder to cross K St. before the light turned red, but was wary of one of these drivers realizing the right lane was completely empty (except for me) and suddenly deciding to cut over.
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