Winter groups rides

[Greenbelt]

Hi Jason, I think I saw another post similar a while back, and I think the consensus was the most shop rides continue through the winter. For example, I know Proteus (College Park MD) will have easy and intermediate rides all winter on weekends. Potomac Pedalers does a Friday ride in my area through the winter if the weather’s good I think. Bicycle Space (DC) seems to have an active ride schedule — they have a cupcake ride etc. So I think while there aren’t many big supported rides going, there are lots of smaller rides available.

[DaveK]

CycleLife is still running a Saturday AM ride from their shop, meet at 8:30 and roll out at 9am. I’ve not yet done it because I’m not certain they won’t rip my face off up the hills. I need to HTFU and get out there.

[FFX_Hinterlands]

Fairfax Advocates for Better Bicycling will be hosting rides throughout the winter and spring. Keep an eye out on http://www.fabb-bikes.org/events.html or http://fabb-bikes.blogspot.com/ . I know we’ll be doing a historical marker ride, route TBD. We’ll probably do a Reston Town Center to Udvar Hazy Museum (Air and Space Museum in Chantilly) ride again in the spring.

I’m trying to organize some kind of Cargo Bike ride as well. They’ll be some sort of non-profit or public service tie-in (delivering something to someone by bike?).

Does anyone have rides that they’d like to see FABB do in 2013?

[Tim Kelley]

Tri360 is doing hill rides on Saturday mornings at 8:30. They said they’d continue to hold them through the winter until people stopped showing up.

[txgoonie]

I heard that the Coppi ride leaving from JavaShack on Sunday at 8:30 is still on.

[culimerc]

The Bike Lane Runs a Saturday ride 9 am through the winter.

[dcv]

@culimerc 37725 wrote:

The Bike Lane Runs a Saturday ride 9 am through the winter.

I’ve done that ride from their Reston shop. When I went the group was pretty big, I think we averaged about 19 mph around Reston.

[acc]

@FFX_Hinterlands 37708 wrote:

Fairfax Advocates for Better Bicycling will be hosting rides throughout the winter and spring. Keep an eye out on http://www.fabb-bikes.org/events.html or http://fabb-bikes.blogspot.com/ . I know we’ll be doing a historical marker ride, route TBD. We’ll probably do a Reston Town Center to Udvar Hazy Museum (Air and Space Museum in Chantilly) ride again in the spring.

I’m trying to organize some kind of Cargo Bike ride as well. They’ll be some sort of non-profit or public service tie-in (delivering something to someone by bike?).

Does anyone have rides that they’d like to see FABB do in 2013?

I’d love to see some confidence building rides like:
1. Ride in the Tysons Corner area safely.
2. Ride in Fairfax City safely
3. Ride in Annandale with confidence

I believe there are novice cyclists out there who would like to explore safe routes but don’t feel like they have the skills to choose or navigate a route safely. Personally, it took me three weekends of trial and error to find a way into Tysons that I am comfortable-ish doing. But it is hard to figure these things out on your own, especially if you don’t have a lot of street riding experience. I know it’s not FABB’s jurisdiction but one of the first things I wanted to learn was how to ride safely into and out of DC. It does not seem like a challenge to most of the people on this forum but the first time I rode across the Memorial and Key Bridges I was fairly frightened. Having a guide makes all the difference.

[mstone]

I think riding Tyson’s safely requires more than confidence–like maybe new infrastructure. I was over at the mall with the kids this weekend, and I was scared enough in the car. 😮

[acc]

There is a back way into Tysons I off of Gallows Road involving a flyover ramp. But it took me a long time to figure out a route from my house because a cut-through trail linking two residential neighborhoods is not evident from driving.

The longer I play on bikes the more fun I have trying to figure out ways to get from point A to point B without performing a death defying act. I won’t ride down Route 123 towards McLean, but I see cyclists out there everyday.

[rcannon100]

• Wed. Dec. 12th: WABA’s Holiday Party: Bikes, Beer, and Holiday Cheer Address: 1245 H St. NE, Washington DCLocation: Smith Commons
• Wed. Dec. 12th: DC Bike Party Holiday Hustle Ride starting at Dupont Circle
• Thur. Dec. 20th Potomac Pedalers Christmas Lights Ride Alexandria
• Thur. Dec. 20th Alexandria BPAC 7-8 pm, 5 miles, Family Ride: Del Ray Lights We will ride around the Del Ray neighborhood and admire holiday-light displays, some quite elaborate, on neighborhood houses. We did this last year and it was a lot of fun. Meet at St Elmo’s Coffee Pub (outside), 2300 Mt Vernon Ave, 22301
• Dec. 23rd Hains Point 100 – A Ride to Benefit WABA’s Women on Bikes Program
• Dec. 24th: Water Skiing Santa down at National Harbor – no ride planned yet but come’on, that sounds like an excellent excuse!!

The Bike Forum talked about a Christmas Light ride on Thursday Dec. 27, meeting in Ballston. Big calendar of local events here.

[jrenaut]

@Tim Kelley 37711 wrote:

Tri360 is doing hill rides on Saturday mornings at 8:30. They said they’d continue to hold them through the winter until people stopped showing up.

I’m not sure I’m ever going to be prepared for a hill ride that you recommend.

[FFX_Hinterlands]

@mstone 37770 wrote:

I think riding Tyson’s safely requires more than confidence–like maybe new infrastructure. I was over at the mall with the kids this weekend, and I was scared enough in the car. 😮

My rule is not to go to the Tysons Malls between Thanksgiving and New Years. I was stuck in a parking garage waiting in a queue to exit for 45 minutes one year on Dec 26th. Never again. I’ll wait until I can metro there (next year?).

[Jason B]

@Tim Kelley 37711 wrote:

Tri360 is doing hill rides on Saturday mornings at 8:30. They said they’d continue to hold them through the winter until people stopped showing up.

Is there a strava or Garmin of this route? I’m a little nervous to get on a group ride with a bunch of KOM junkies.

found it

[DaveK]

@FFX_Hinterlands 37798 wrote:

My rule is not to go to the Tysons Malls

yep. this.

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