Third Thursday Happy Hour – April 18

[consularrider]

Must.log.off.computer.go.to.happy.hour!

[bobco85]

Happy hour was great! It was nice to really see the faces behind the names.

Also, bonus points if you wore your name tag for the whole ride home!

[Honeybadger6]

Had so much fun tonight I decided to … *gasp* … join the forum! It was great seeing everyone! Looking forward to seeing you in our ‘hood next month!

[Dickie]

Great times tonight and a wonderful turnout. Thanks as always to Kathy for putting this together. Here are a few pics from the evening.

The Gang

Fraction man and his stache (HoneyBadger6 is amused)

Shawn’s uncollected prize… again!

[Steve]

Great time last night! I enjoyed meeting a number of new folks and seeing some familiar faces. Thanks Kathy!

[Arlingtonrider]

That was really fun! Thanks so much to everyone who came and made it such a great evening. I loved seeing everyone and meeting some new folks too. We should do this again!

[rpiretti]

Definitely, good fun, enjoyed meeting everyone.

[AMRunBike]

Hello! I just wanted to say that I met a friendly guy last night on the W&OD between the Mt. Vernon Trail and Shirlington who was on his way to this happy hour. I told him I was “new at this” and he could pass me if he wanted (haha). (If that guy is reading this, I was the girl on the mostly white bike wearing the light blue shirt.)

This forum looks to have a lot of useful information about trails in the area and such, so I am glad to have found it! 😮

[Dickie]

@AMRunBike 49587 wrote:

Hello! I just wanted to say that I met a friendly guy last night on the W&OD between the Mt. Vernon Trail and Shirlington who was on his way to this happy hour. I told him I was “new at this” and he could pass me if he wanted (haha). (If that guy is reading this, I was the girl on the mostly white bike wearing the light blue shirt.)

This forum looks to have a lot of useful information about trails in the area and such, so I am glad to have found it! 😮

How wonderful that you found this forum and thread, next time come join us and meet the gang. Regardless, welcome to the forum and hope to see you out there on the trails.

[AMRunBike]

@Dickie 49588 wrote:

How wonderful that you found this forum and thread, next time come join us and meet the gang. Regardless, welcome to the forum and hope to see you out there on the trails.

Thanks so much! Maybe I will next time! Looking forward to gleaning some things from the collective knowledge here in the meantime.

[TwoWheelsDC]

@AMRunBike 49590 wrote:

Thanks so much! Maybe I will next time! Looking forward to gleaning some things from the collective knowledge here in the meantime.

The most important reason to come next time is that I’m hosting in my neighborhood! May 16th at the Westover Beer Garden. We’ll be kicking off a new annual cycling holiday: Bike-to-Work-Hungover-Day’s Eve.

[KLizotte]

@Steve 49568 wrote:

Great time last night! I enjoyed meeting a number of new folks and seeing some familiar faces. Thanks Kathy!

+1

[baiskeli]

Nice to see everyone last night. Looking forward to the beer garden next month.

The Trolley Pub is about to begin service! This would be the ultimate bike happy hour. There is NO group of people more qualified for this than us!

It’s going to run every day of the week, 4-5 times a day. A full group of 8-14 people costs $420. They also can do a “double” tour for up to 28 people, which I guess means half the group goes out at a time for two loops. They also take individual riders at $35 each. The route right now is a loop between Courthouse and Clarendon Metro stations on Wilson and Clarendon Blvds.

http://www.trolleypub.com/arlington/

I’ll volunteer to organize this one if there is interest. I might not be able to wait until the third Thursday of June though!

[brendan]

@baiskeli 49595 wrote:

The Trolley Pub is about to begin service! This would be the ultimate bike happy hour. There is NO group of people more qualified for this than us!

It’s going to run every day of the week, 4-5 times a day. A full group of 8-14 people costs $420. They also can do a “double” tour for up to 28 people, which I guess means half the group goes out at a time for two loops. They also take individual riders at $35 each. The route right now is a loop between Courthouse and Clarendon Metro stations on Wilson and Clarendon Blvds.

I’m conflicted.

This is AWESOME! They’ll be riding right by my apartment on Wilson Blvd. over and over again. YAY!

But…I’ve learned to be very careful on Wilson Blvd. later on Th/Fr/Sa nights. Too many drunks driving east against traffic flow. Most of them get less than a block or so before correcting their error, and ACPD does their best, but…crossing the street can be a little bit like Frogger at certain times of the night. Hopefully they don’t run the bike too late into the evening.

Brendan

[Arlingtonrider]

Another option – Ask ACPD to close off all the streets to cars and pedestrians and time some teams!

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