My Morning Commute

[Dewey]

Was the awning a velotop?

[Dewey]

@lordofthemark 142771 wrote:

I swear, on the 4MRT I saw someone riding a bike (2 wheels, and human powered, I think) with an awning.

Was the awning a velotop?

[lordofthemark]

@Dewey 142824 wrote:

Was the awning a velotop?

I don’t think so, but I didn’t get that good a look.

[consularrider]

I saw him twice on the MVT near National Airport in May. His setup looked homemade to me.

[Judd]

@consularrider 142850 wrote:

I saw him twice on the MVT near National Airport in May. His setup looked homemade to me.

I’ve seen him. It’s home made and also has surround sound speakers built in. Someone on Strava posted a pic of him a few months ago bi will try to find it when I’m not in the iPhone.

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[AFHokie]

Was the awning a chocolate color or something close to that? I passed a guy at the 395 underpass back in May with something similar.

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[LeprosyStudyGroup]

Parked off the trail sunday morning, by the car dealership south side of 4mr/rt 1
Didn’t see the owner, but it’s an impressive contraption.

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[Judd]

@LeprosyStudyGroup 142869 wrote:

Parked off the trail sunday morning, by the car dealership south side of 4mr/rt 1
Didn’t see the owner, but it’s an impressive contraption.

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I saw him on the W&OD along 4MR yesterday. Jogged my memory that Chris Tank had posted a picture of him on Strava before: https://www.strava.com/activities/578542818

Paging ctank for some more info.

[bobco85]

The good: Someone must have known that I was running a little behind on my morning commute, so most of the lights I encountered turned green just for me. It coincided quite well with my slightly faster than normal pace.
The bad: I did not have water with me for the first time in months, so my throat was quite parched when I arrived at work.
The weird: I vividly remember getting my water bottle out in my apartment this morning so that I could fill it with ice and water, but I have no memories of what happened to the bottle afterward (it did not get filled and/or make it onto my bike). Also, Monday morning sleepiness.

[JanaeBixby]

@Judd 142870 wrote:

I saw him on the W&OD along 4MR yesterday. Jogged my memory that Chris Tank had posted a picture of him on Strava before: https://www.strava.com/activities/578542818

Paging ctank for some more info.

Where do I get one of these?! Maybe biking the rain wouldn’t suck so much during metro shutdown haha.

[TwoWheelsDC]

Decided to take the really long way to work, which resulted in a solid low-five from DCV, although I wasn’t entirely sure he recognized me since I rarely go that way.

Also, I caught up to a woman midway through my ride…she was going just fast enough to make passing more effort than I really wanted to put in, while slow enough that I would’ve had to go really slow to let her get some distance ahead of me…so I kept my average distance to about 4-5 bike lengths (more accurately, a two second count), but she seemed kind of annoyed when we got to the light at Lee/W&OD and asked if I wanted to go ahead of her because “she was slowing me down” or some such. I interpreted that as “I don’t like you following me.” It didn’t really matter since she jumped the light and I didn’t and I was turning off right after that anyway, but the situation kinda frustrated me. I try to be conscientious about following distance, and I also know that some people have a lower threshold for what bothers them, but there’s gotta be a reasonable limit where someone’s comfort level isn’t really my problem anymore, right?

[DanB]

@bobco85 142881 wrote:

The bad: I did not have water with me for the first time in months, so my throat was quite parched when I arrived at work.

The weird good: FREE small Slurpee on 7/11 from 11AM to 7PM! :p

You’re welcome.

[Judd]

@JanaeBixby 142884 wrote:

Where do I get one of these?! Maybe biking the rain wouldn’t suck so much during metro shutdown haha.

From the looks of it, the Home Depot for supplies and some duct tape.

I’m not sure if it’s worth the trade off in extra weight and drag.

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[dasgeh]

@JanaeBixby 142884 wrote:

Where do I get one of these?! Maybe biking the rain wouldn’t suck so much during metro shutdown haha.

There are lots of issues with DIYing these. Any large solid piece will catch wind, and end up like a sail, either flying of the bike entirely, or pulling the bike. Plus, rain will just come in the sides.

[AFHokie]

I passed awning bike guy this morning!

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