Presidents on Bikes

[komorebi]

@Judd 202018 wrote:

Sweet! I tacked this on to the thread. Interesting to read that he and Nixon lived in Park Fairfax. I’ll have to see if there’s enough online to do an Alexandria Presidential Homes bike ride.

My 2018 Alexandria presidential history ride stopped by Ford’s house on Crown View Drive, and my 2019 Alexandria presidential history ride stopped by the Nixon and Ford houses in Parkfairfax. There’s also an Airbnb in Old Town located on property once owned by Washington. Those were the only presidential homes I found in Alexandria, but if you find another one, please let me know so that I can add it to the 2021 ride!

[Judd]

@n18 202024 wrote:

You missed a spot:

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Edit: Apparently he is an avid cyclist, doing 250 Miles on a single speed bike at one time according to this article, but I didn’t see that translates into a push for more cycling infrastructure in the last 3.5 years, unless I missed something. Most of the improvements that we have seen appeared on the state/local level.

I ran across that yesterday when I was looking at VPs who ride which was prompted by a Twitter post of a young Kamala Harris on a bike. She’s the kiddo on the right:

https://twitter.com/smilepolitely/status/1293296853866426368?s=21

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[Judd]

@Henry 202023 wrote:

And Ford would have supported the bike lanes on Seminary Road, no doubt.

He’d at least be able to get to the King Street metro mostly on bike lanes now by taking Janneys and King.

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[Judd]

@komorebi 202029 wrote:

My 2018 Alexandria presidential history ride stopped by Ford’s house on Crown View Drive, and my 2019 Alexandria presidential history ride stopped by the Nixon and Ford houses in Parkfairfax. There’s also an Airbnb in Old Town located on property once owned by Washington. Those were the only presidential homes I found in Alexandria, but if you find another one, please let me know so that I can add it to the 2021 ride!

There’s a house on Pitt that was built by George Washington. He didn’t live there but there’s a great article about a cistern found in the basement that was filled with archaeological treasures.

https://alextimes.com/2018/01/excavating-a-george-washington-landmark/

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@Judd 202030 wrote:

I ran across that yesterday when I was looking at VPs who ride

He didn’t quite make it to being VP, but Tim Kaine rode RAGBRAI.

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