Ride safe this morning!

[Kitty]

Welp. Time to Strava-stalk for intel on safe routes…

[chuxtr]

@Kitty 171178 wrote:

Welp. Time to Strava-stalk for intel on safe routes…

My friend, Zach’s, Strava ride title this morning:

Pure ice on Mt. Vernon trail at bridge over GW Parkway at 6 am. Really bad, especially bottom of hill before bridge heading into DC, entire width of trail.

[Kitty]

Ooooh boy. I need to seriously consider whether its worth it to CaBi through Georgetown. Thanks for the intel!

[chuxtr]

The only reason Zach didn’t go down is because a jogger coming the other way warned him about it. Otherwise, he would’ve ridden right into it and probably would’ve crashed pretty hard.

[DCbikelist]

i was dumb enough to try to get in some extra miles before work in Rock Creek Park. noooooope. not without studs! all NPS routes are just sheets of ice. all the treated car routes were fine tho, ended up cutting across to 14th and then south to work. beautiful fog! nice and warm compared to the last two weeks.

[cyclingfool]

Icy patches on 4MR between Shirlington and West Glebe, but navigable most likely, even without studs, which I still had on,so I breezed right through. W&OD was clear from Shirlington to Columbia Pike. Hopefully today’s sun and warmer temps will make this discussion a thing of the past for a while.

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[codrisc1]

The MBT is wicked slick. Went down on the switchback by R St. Luckily I overdressed and was essentially wearing padding.

[DCAKen]

@DCbikelist 171191 wrote:

i was dumb enough to try to get in some extra miles before work in Rock Creek Park. noooooope. not without studs! all NPS routes are just sheets of ice. all the treated car routes were fine tho, ended up cutting across to 14th and then south to work. beautiful fog! nice and warm compared to the last two weeks.

I’m glad I decided to avoid my usual route through RCP today and take 14th Street instead.

[accordioneur]

@Kitty 171178 wrote:

Welp. Time to Strava-stalk for intel on safe routes…

What happened to that Michigander winter bravado?

[Kitty]

@accordioneur 171230 wrote:

What happened to that Michigander winter bravado?

Note I’m not complaining about cold/ice, but figuring out how to survive it. :p Kids are taught how to walk on ice and not slip. My bike did not receive such training.

FWIW cycling was considered a “warm season” activity back home (in the pre-fat bikes days of course) and generally bikes stayed in storage until we were “pretty sure” it wasn’t going to snow again…. usually late April.

[bentbike33]

@Kitty 171297 wrote:

FWIW cycling was considered a “warm season” activity back home (in the pre-fat bikes days of course) and generally bikes stayed in storage until we were “pretty sure” it wasn’t going to snow again…. usually late April.

Pffft! In Wisconsin, we rode mountain bikes all winter on the snowmobile trails, and this was way back before anyone even thought of a fat bike.

[LhasaCM]

@bentbike33 171302 wrote:

Pffft! In Wisconsin, we rode mountain bikes all winter on the snowmobile trails, and this was way back before anyone even thought of a fat bike.

*sigh* I still miss seeing all of those little road signs for the snowmobile trails while driving “out of the city.”

Growing up in Milwaukee, our bikes lived under the porch, so provided I had cleared the path to the access door, we’d use them whenever. The snow made for excellent ramps/jumps in our neverending attempts to injure ourselves (things I’d never allow kids to do today).

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