OneEighth Sighting

[OneEighth]

vvill at 1700 on Westmoreland heading toward the intersection with Williamsburg this evening? On something (possibly greenish) with a straight bar?

[Dirt]

Nice riding home with Off2Ride tonight. Thanks for taking the long route home to catch up a little more. You can visit him yourself at Bike Pro Shop in Georgetown. Great shop!

Pardon the photo… certainly not my best. I’m exhausted and it shows.

Night y’all!

Pete

[off2ride]

Whoa!!! That’s me!!! Thanks for the company Dirt. I dig the fat tires.

[vvill]

@OneEighth 25087 wrote:

vvill at 1700 on Westmoreland heading toward the intersection with Williamsburg this evening? On something (possibly greenish) with a straight bar?

Mostly likely, yes if I was heading south! I probably wasn’t in a stopping mood as it was only 5 mins after some guy two cars behind me in a truck was honking and shouting “get on the sidewalk” a few yards from some sharrows and a “Share the Road” sign. The grips on my flat (riser) bar hybrid are light green. Which way were you going?

[OneEighth]

I was in a car heading towards Tysons. Can’t think of a more effective way to remind myself how good my commute is. Rush hour around Tysons is unpleasant even if you can hop on some of the back roads.
Noticed quite a few riders on Westmoreland in the evenings this week. Too bad the effectiveness of good signage is limited by the intelligence of the target audience.
I’ll honk and wave if I see you again. White car. With black handlebar tape wrapped on the steering wheel (kidding).

[sjclaeys]

Was that Dirt on the W&OD going under Rt 50 around 6:20 this morning?

[Dirt]

@sjclaeys 25116 wrote:

Was that Dirt on the W&OD going under Rt 50 around 6:20 this morning?

Probably. Happy Friday to you!

[GuyContinental]

@Dirt 25123 wrote:

Probably. Happy Friday to you!

Dang, I missed you by about 5 minutes- hid in the bushes near RT 29 for at least 8 seconds, camera at the ready…

[vvill]

@OneEighth 25115 wrote:

I was in a car heading towards Tysons. Can’t think of a more effective way to remind myself how good my commute is. Rush hour around Tysons is unpleasant even if you can hop on some of the back roads.
Noticed quite a few riders on Westmoreland in the evenings this week. Too bad the effectiveness of good signage is limited by the intelligence of the target audience.
I’ll honk and wave if I see you again. White car. With black handlebar tape wrapped on the steering wheel (kidding).

Haha handlebar tape on a steering wheel would be awesome. A honking whilst waving driver might surprise me though! Westmoreland is regularly used by quite a few cyclists but unfortunately there’s just too many impatient/unknowledgeable drivers. I’ve recently taken to using a backstreet way home (instead of going north on Westmoreland) that has a cool cut through (looks different to that now – all gravel and wide enough to ride through easily). I love taking shortcuts where cars can’t go.

Tysons is horrid, yes. The problem is there really are no back roads! My wife used to work near the Tysons II mall when we lived close to WFC, and sometimes I’d drop her off/pick her up. There were days it would take 30+mins to go oh, maybe, 2 miles. I’m really hoping after the metro line is finished up there, traffic will get a little better and they really will try to make it more ped/bike friendly.

[OneEighth]

Well, yeah, once in Tysons proper, you’re pretty much screwed. But there are decent routes that can get you to the bottlenecks more quickly. Oh joy.
Not my problem after today. Next camp is on a bike-friendly route (by which I mean that it is sufficiently bike-friendly for a kid on her own bike). Sweet!

[consularrider]

@vvill 25109 wrote:

Mostly likely, yes if I was heading south! I probably wasn’t in a stopping mood as it was only 5 mins after some guy two cars behind me in a truck was honking and shouting “get on the sidewalk” a few yards from some sharrows and a “Share the Road” sign. The grips on my flat (riser) bar hybrid are light green. Which way were you going?

Then you had to deal with the guy in Shirlington telling you to ride on the road!

[vvill]

@consularrider 25178 wrote:

Then you had to deal with the guy in Shirlington telling you to ride on the road!

Good thing he’s leading the Bike Arlington A-team!

[SilverSpring]

Dirt,

Was that you and another gent (couldn’t make out who) on the W&OD today (Sunday) at about milemarker 13 at about 9am? Nice tires!

[KelOnWheels]

I got to draft ShawnoftheDread for a while this morning on the MVT

I was not slick enough to manage to get my phone out for a picture though.

[Dirt]

dcv on his amazing Cinelli. I love that bike!!!!

Very nice to see dcv this morning. We ride similar routes ever day, but we ride at very different times.

Rock and roll!

Dirt

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