Reflecting Pool miles?

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  • January 3, 2018 at 10:15 pm #1080090
    drevil
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    @peterw_diy 170743 wrote:

    I keep seeing pics of folks playing on the Reflecting Pool on the Mall which makes me think: forget Hains Point laps, there oughta be a pointless prize for greatest distance ridden on the Reflecting Pool…

    I just spent an hour roaming my ‘hood, looking for rideable ice. I did some laps in a small stream that was frozen over, but my wife was hating the idea of me riding around the edges of Lake Artemesia, so I skipped it (begrudgingly) :)

    I wish I had time to get down to C&O to check it out and ride it, if possible. It’s such a cool feeling biking on ice.

    January 3, 2018 at 10:36 pm #1080093
    Raymo853
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    @drevil 170747 wrote:

    I just spent an hour roaming my ‘hood, looking for rideable ice. I did some laps in a small stream that was frozen over, but my wife was hating the idea of me riding around the edges of Lake Artemesia, so I skipped it (begrudgingly) :)

    I wish I had time to get down to C&O to check it out and ride it, if possible. It’s such a cool feeling biking on ice.

    Of course I will flag any reflecting pool segment

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    January 3, 2018 at 11:09 pm #1080097
    Brett L.
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    @drevil 170747 wrote:

    I just spent an hour roaming my ‘hood, looking for rideable ice. I did some laps in a small stream that was frozen over, but my wife was hating the idea of me riding around the edges of Lake Artemesia, so I skipped it (begrudgingly) :)

    I wish I had time to get down to C&O to check it out and ride it, if possible. It’s such a cool feeling biking on ice.

    Considering it still had open water as of Monday, I think that’s a good idea to avoid it…..

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    January 3, 2018 at 11:52 pm #1080059
    peterw_diy
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    @drevil 170747 wrote:

    It’s such a cool feeling biking on ice.

    Indeed. One thing I loved about Chicago(-land): it would get cold enough long enough to ride on the ponds in the forest preserves.

    January 4, 2018 at 3:18 am #1080462
    huberww
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    Riding in this morning, I saw one of the dockless bikes that had been left on the side of the towpath a day or so earlier had been parked out in the middle of the C&O on the ice. Just north of the Arizona Ave trestle.

    January 4, 2018 at 5:10 pm #1080504
    drevil
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    @huberww 170779 wrote:

    Riding in this morning, I saw one of the dockless bikes that had been left on the side of the towpath a day or so earlier had been parked out in the middle of the C&O on the ice. Just north of the Arizona Ave trestle.

    That’s uncool, but so LOL.

    January 4, 2018 at 5:19 pm #1080505
    Emm
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    @huberww 170779 wrote:

    Riding in this morning, I saw one of the dockless bikes that had been left on the side of the towpath a day or so earlier had been parked out in the middle of the C&O on the ice. Just north of the Arizona Ave trestle.

    Is this the same one TwoWheels tweeted/instagrammed about?
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    January 4, 2018 at 7:32 pm #1080519
    TwoWheelsDC
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    @Emm 170825 wrote:

    Is this the same one TwoWheels tweeted/instagrammed about?
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    And featured on WTOP!

    https://wtop.com/dc/2018/01/dc-deputy-mayor-dont-park-dockless-bikes-frozen-canal/

    January 4, 2018 at 9:31 pm #1080522
    Steve O
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    If you ride by there, why not be a good samaritan and carry it back to shore?

    January 4, 2018 at 10:17 pm #1080525
    TwoWheelsDC
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    @Steve O 170841 wrote:

    If you ride by there, why not be a good samaritan and carry it back to shore?

    Because it was out on f*&cking ice and I’m not risking falling through and getting hypothermia for that shit. Also, I was wearing road shoes and in a hurry to get to work, so climbing down an icy embankment and waddling across 30 feet of ice with a 50 pound bike didn’t seem like a good use of my time. I wasn’t even going to stop for a photo, but at the last second decided I should just so I could let Ofo know that they needed to retrieve it. The bike was gone by the time I rode by last night.

    January 4, 2018 at 10:33 pm #1080526
    Steve O
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    @TwoWheelsDC 170844 wrote:

    Because it was out on f*&cking ice and I’m not risking falling through and getting hypothermia for that shit. Also, I was wearing road shoes and in a hurry to get to work, so climbing down an icy embankment and waddling across 30 feet of ice with a 50 pound bike didn’t seem like a good use of my time. I wasn’t even going to stop for a photo, but at the last second decided I should just so I could let Ofo know that they needed to retrieve it. The bike was gone by the time I rode by last night.

    Sorry for the lack of clarity. I was not directing this at you specifically, twowheels. Not at all, in fact. The “you” was directed at the entire forum readership. (one of the problems with the multiple meanings of the word “you” in English)
    I am baffled by the fact that probably dozens of people have seen it and none has bothered to retrieve it.

    Also, everyone, the ice is completely solid. I ice skated on it yesterday, and the NPS has issued an okay for people to skate on the canal. No danger of falling through.

    January 5, 2018 at 3:04 am #1080548
    Judd
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    @Steve O 170845 wrote:

    I am baffled by the fact that probably dozens of people have seen it and none has bothered to retrieve it.

    Also, everyone, the ice is completely solid. I ice skated on it yesterday, and the NPS has issued an okay for people to skate on the canal. No danger of falling through.

    I think we can all agree that everyone who didn’t risk the uncertainty of walking out on to ice of unknown thickness that would result in certain cold injury or possibly death should the ice break to rescue a $100 dockless bikeshare is a total jerk and should be shunned from the biking community.

    January 5, 2018 at 12:05 pm #1080552
    Allan C
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoSbyT6dO0U

    January 5, 2018 at 7:54 pm #1080590
    Steve O
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    @Judd 170867 wrote:

    I think we can all agree that everyone who didn’t risk the uncertainty of walking out on to ice of unknown thickness that would result in certain cold injury or possibly death should the ice break to rescue a $100 dockless bikeshare is a total jerk and should be shunned from the biking community.

    Agree. Those who didn’t grow up skating on ponds might be understandably nervous. However, It is only a foot or so deep and clearly someone had put it there without falling through. But wearing road biking shoes or seeing it from up on the trestle are perfectly legit reasons to not retrieve it. I’m not surprised that many people chose not to; I’m surprised that absolutely no one has.

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    January 6, 2018 at 3:21 am #1080633
    AFHokie
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    You could go to Wisconsin next month: Bike Across Bago

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