So who passed me this morning on the MVT?

[vvill]

@jrenaut 21037 wrote:

There, I fixed that for you. M St is an abomination.

It’s really not that bad at 7am. Just ask our resident KOM! (americancyclo)

@GuyContinental 21028 wrote:

Yup- I think this is one for the “My ride would be better if…” thread. I usually terminate my trail pm ride at that Lee exit and navigating the crazy roots at the top, braking hard through the gravel and then navigating around the bollard, onto Lee and across the I-66 entrance is one of the more interesting sections… Or are you talking about the steep ramp on the CVS side of Lee? If so, the curb cut at the garbage cans (75′ up) is fine and not on a blind corner.

@pfunkallstar 21031 wrote:

I think they are talking about that ridiculous ramp on the CVS side next to Giant that requires the Swooping U-Turn to head towards Rosslyn.

I’m so confused! I think I was talking about the slight turn/ramp with the convex mirror on the north side of Lee, coming down from S-curve of death. But I agree with GuyContinental that the ramp on the south side with the bollard, roots and I-66 crossing isn’t great either. The swooping u-Turn ramp on the north side I’ve never had huge issues with (I used it this morning actually), but I do always make sure to actually do a proper stop when using it.

I need to learn some of the backstreet alternatives to the Custis/Lee sometime.

[vvill]

@GuyContinental 21028 wrote:

Yup- I think this is one for the “My ride would be better if…” thread. I usually terminate my trail pm ride at that Lee exit and navigating the crazy roots at the top, braking hard through the gravel and then navigating around the bollard, onto Lee and across the I-66 entrance is one of the more interesting sections… Or are you talking about the steep ramp on the CVS side of Lee? If so, the curb cut at the garbage cans (75′ up) is fine and not on a blind corner.

@jrenaut 21037 wrote:

There, I fixed that for you. M St is an abomination.

It’s really not that bad at 7am. Just ask our resident KOM! (americancyclo)

[5555624]

@jrenaut 21037 wrote:

There, I fixed that for you. M St is an abomination.

M Street is a breeze — ooh, wait, you mean M Street NW! Yeah, it sucks. (Although I hear it’s not bad at 3:00 a.m.)

[brendan]

@5555624 21089 wrote:

M Street is a breeze — ooh, wait, you mean M Street NW! Yeah, it sucks. (Although I hear it’s not bad at 3:00 a.m.)

Move that to 3:30am or 3:45am and that may be true. At 3:00am, there are still some roving bands of drunkards randomly spilling off the sidewalk into the street and shouting that anything that moves (real or imagined), plus taxis making swooping u-turns trying to collect them.

And while M Street is pretty horrific, it is quite the survival skills builder. I take it several times a week from Key Bridge to the far end of Georgetown when I am biking into into the Northwesterly parts of NW.

Brendan

[Subby]

M Street is totally fine in the morning. The far right lane is usually fairly wide open.

It is horrific in the afternoon.

[ozmeister1984]

@essigmw 20778 wrote:

I follow the USCG COLREGS when calling passes:

“(a) When power-driven vessels are in sight of one another and meeting or crossing at a distance within half a mile of each other, each vessel underway, when maneuvering as authorized or required by these Rules:

(i) shall indicate that maneuver by the following signals on her whistle:

one short blast to mean “I intend to leave you on my port side”;
two short blasts to mean “I intend to leave you on my starboard side”;
three short blasts to mean “I am operating astern propulsion”.
(ii) upon hearing the one or two blast signal of the other shall, if in agreement, sound the same whistle signal and take the steps necessary to effect a safe passing. If, however, from any cause, the vessel doubts the safety of the proposed maneuver, she shall sound the danger signal specified in paragraph (d) of this Rule and each vessel shall take appropriate precautionary action until a safe passing agreement is made.”

Haven’t used 3 short blasts yet, as I don’t own a fixie. And for those of you playing at home the danger signal is 5 short blasts not “hey watch-it A–hole!”

I see you are using the Inland rules and Regs. I stick with those unless I’m riding down embassy row.

[DaveK]

@essigmw 20778 wrote:

I follow the USCG COLREGS when calling passes:

“(a) When power-driven vessels are in sight of one another and meeting or crossing at a distance within half a mile of each other, each vessel underway, when maneuvering as authorized or required by these Rules:

(i) shall indicate that maneuver by the following signals on her whistle:

one short blast to mean “I intend to leave you on my port side”;
two short blasts to mean “I intend to leave you on my starboard side”;
three short blasts to mean “I am operating astern propulsion”.
(ii) upon hearing the one or two blast signal of the other shall, if in agreement, sound the same whistle signal and take the steps necessary to effect a safe passing. If, however, from any cause, the vessel doubts the safety of the proposed maneuver, she shall sound the danger signal specified in paragraph (d) of this Rule and each vessel shall take appropriate precautionary action until a safe passing agreement is made.”

Haven’t used 3 short blasts yet, as I don’t own a fixie. And for those of you playing at home the danger signal is 5 short blasts not “hey watch-it A–hole!”

I passed someone on the MVT at Gravelly Point on the way home Thursday night who was calling passes very nautically. He still seemed startled when I called out “Ahoy to port!”.

[OneEighth]

Port and starboard are so confusing when I’m not facing the stern.

[KelOnWheels]

Why am I on this bus and not on my bike?! Oh right, sinus infection or something. But still! WHY AM I NOT ON MY BIKE?!!

[KLizotte]

@DaveK 21269 wrote:

I passed someone on the MVT at Gravelly Point on the way home Thursday night who was calling passes very nautically. He still seemed startled when I called out “Ahoy to port!”.

Must have been SlowTriGuy. He was wearing a pirate hat during BTWD.

[Certifried]

@KelOnWheels 21432 wrote:

Why am I on this bus and not on my bike?! Oh right, sinus infection or something. But still! WHY AM I NOT ON MY BIKE?!!

oh no! hope you feel better soon

[KelOnWheels]

New personal record today! (What an awesome morning!) 9.8 miles – one hour door to door.

OK, so it’s twice as long as it would take you guys, but it was really good for me! I rode a lot in my big chainring instead of the center one and felt quite speedy!

Of course I forgot to Strava it so I could be the queen of my commute I’ll have to do that next time.

[bluerider]

Congrats on your accomplishment!!!!

[ozmeister1984]

It was such a perfect morning for a ride, I think I’ve passed you a few times in the past few weeks on the MVT. I have the blue Timbuk2 messenger bag.

[Terpfan]

Perfect morning if you were heading south/east on MVT. Imperfect if you were heading north/west, particularly with a bag. The temp was great, but the wind was killer. Plus only 2 called passes of 7 today.

[Author]

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