Zoo Bike Racks?

[SerialCarpins]

I got this from the Zoo’s website:

Biking

Capital Bikeshare has stations at the Connecticut Avenue pedestrian entrance (at 3000 Connecticut Avenue NW) and at the Harvard Street gate (Harvard Street and Adams Mill Road NW). Find out more about Capital Bikeshare.

Note: Biking is permitted only on public vehicle roads. Riding bikes, scooters, skateboards, and the like is prohibited on all pedestrian walkways. While in the Zoo, you must park or walk or carry your bike, scooter, skateboard, etc. There are bike racks near the Visitor Center and at Lion-Tiger Hill.

From my visits to the Zoo, I seem to recall them being the ribbon variety, but can’t remember exactly.

[GuyContinental]

I just found that as well- I can picture the racks at the lion hill, they are surprisingly deep in the zoo and pretty much across the path from the Zoo PD- it would take some real chutzpah to mess with a reasonably well locked up bike there. My issue is that most of my locks are the “deterrent” type rather than high end U-locks… I might buy a U-lock just to have around.

[SerialCarpins]

Ah, gotcha…yeah, that’s a tough call…I can’t imagine parking anywhere in DC minus a uLock…. good luck, and enjoy the trip to the Zoo….I’m due for a trip there, myself.

[GuyContinental]

@SerialCarpins 31750 wrote:

Ah, gotcha…yeah, that’s a tough call…I can’t imagine parking anywhere in DC minus a uLock…. good luck, and enjoy the trip to the Zoo….I’m due for a trip there, myself.

The new “America Trail” section is really nice- hard to believe that you are in central DC… (I have little kids, thus I basically live at the zoo on weekends, just have never ridden there)

Bought a U-lock last night; should be good to go once I add some duct-tape camouflage to my frame

[SerialCarpins]

The last time we were there a few weeks ago, the Trail was about to open…want to go check it out as soon as possible…my son kept asking about it…we were spoiled up until a couple years ago because we actually lived directly across from the Zoo on CT ave…talk about living at the Zoo. We were there constantly…

[GuyContinental]

Quick follow up to this- there are three main lock ups in the zoo
-up top at the Visitor’s Center
-base of the Lion/Tiger hill, 35′ from the front door of the Zoo PD (maybe 1500′ of walking from the east gate)
-(informal) at the Spectacled Bears right where the RCT bends past the zoo access road

The last is probably the most convenient but lowest traffic, the first the most exposed to non-zoo evildooers. We used the second one which was pretty much ideal for security. Pro tip, if riding with wee-ones (we had a 1.5, 2 and 3 y/o) rent a zoo stroller near the east gate ($3 for members).

Beautiful day like this and there were only 3 bikes (one family) in addition to ours…

[Riley Casey]

Glad the trip worked out well for you with some very wee ones. One note I would interject for those planning to make the trip with kids who will pedal themselves. My then nine year old grandson and I rode down thru the park from near the Dc line and I realized much too late that even with the downhill ride that energy expended getting there is subtracted from energy left to walk thru the zoo and pedal back. Still had fun but it was a struggle back and the time at the zoo suffered. Too long a hiatus from parent to grandparent I suppose.:o

[Certifried]

@Riley Casey 31981 wrote:

… kids who will peddle themselves. …

[h=2]Definition of PEDAL[/h]intransitive verb
1
: to ride a bicycle

2
: to use or work a pedal

[h=2]Definition of PEDDLE[/h]transitive verb
1
: to sell or offer for sale from place to place : hawk; broadly : sell

2
: to deal out or seek to disseminate

3
: to offer or promote as valuable

sorry, couldn’t help myself LOL

[GuyContinental]

@Riley Casey 31981 wrote:

Glad the trip worked out well for you with some very wee ones. One note I would interject for those planning to make the trip with kids who will peddle themselves. My then nine year old grandson and I rode down thru the park from near the Dc line and I realized much too late that even with the downhill ride that energy expended getting there is subtracted from energy left to walk thru the zoo and peddle back. Still had fun but it was a struggle back and the time at the zoo suffered. Too long a hiatus from parent to grandparent I suppose.:o

Yup- even non-pedaling can be rough on the little dudes… (and Custis is rough on anyone towing that much kid & bike weight) my co-pilot conked out in the least comfortable position I’ve yet seen him pull off:
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[Certifried]

@GuyContinental 31991 wrote:

Yup- even non-pedaling can be rough on the little dudes… (and Custis is rough on anyone towing that much kid & bike weight) my co-pilot conked out in the least comfortable position I’ve yet seen him pull off:
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that is absolutely adorable!

[ShawnoftheDread]

It was easy to be car-free all weekend — I just didn’t go anywhere except on two short fun rides.

[GuyContinental]

@Certifried 31997 wrote:

that is absolutely adorable!

You should have seen his slack wee-fat arm bouncing off my thigh with each pedal stroke and his forehead honking the frog on the iBert…

[SerialCarpins]

Ha! That’s great….I thought my kid was the only one to have fallen asleep in the iBert….adorable.

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