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My rack of choice is the Jandd Expedition Rack. I’ve used some others, but this one is still my favorite. I’ve got 14+ years of service out of the one on my commuter.

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@slowtriguy 44482 wrote:

I hadn’t thought about going down to the turnoff just past Route 50 on the W&OD — how is it crossing Route 50 at Henderson/Quincy?

Rather than cross at Henderson Rd, when I’m going through here, I usually take the light at Park Dr. I’ve never timed it, but it seems quicker. (I wish Pershing Dr wasn’t blocked off.)

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@Dirt 44462 wrote:

I kinda like the look of these too. I like that they’re thinner: http://cozywinters.com/shop/battery-heated-gloves.html

Those look good too. I like the ones I got because I can wear them on the way home without the power on. They’re not really anymore bulky than a pair of cold weather gloves I bought a year or two before I got them.

I never had problems with the cold until about four or five years ago. Where I could wear fingerless gloves in the 40s, I needed full gloves. Down around 20F, after 45-60 minutes, my hands would be so cold that they’d hurt as they warmed up. The multi-layer approach weren’t working well.

I tried heated glove liners and was disappointed. (They were not from CozyWinters.) The batteries were not rechargeable, were bulky, and were separate from the gloves — more importantly, I was not impressed with the “heat” either.

I was actually thinking of a pair of heated motorcycle gloves and mounting a motorcycle battery on my bike. (Needless to say, I’m no weight weenie.) I just happened to stumble across the gloves at CozyWinters. I had not thought of looking at ski gloves. (My favorite cold weather rain gloves are dual-layer gloves marketed to airline baggage handlers.)

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@Dirt 44217 wrote:

What brand do you use? Is the heat adjustable?

These frmo CozyWinters. There are three heat settings. The batteries are rechargeable and fit in a pouch on the gloves.

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@KelOnWheels 44305 wrote:

Don’t take up diving

Diving isn’t expensive — it’s wanting to breath (and be comfprtable) while diving that starts adding up the costs.

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@baiskeli 44289 wrote:

Idea: We need to have some kind of Anti Tweed Ride, where people show up in the cheapest, rattiest clothes

No. Someone will show up in old, thin, really worn out white bike shorts! Think of the children! No one should have to see this!

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There was no ice when I rode in this morning, but it was in the upper 30s. the temperature has dropped to 35, so it might be lower and icy when everyone else rolls out.

Sometimes I forget the temperature keeps dropping after I get to work. Last week, on the 14th, it was still in the mid/upper-30s when I rode in and I didn’t encounter any ice, so I was surprised to read the reports of icy conditions. (I guess to avoid ice you just need to ride in earlier!)

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@DaveK 44227 wrote:

How about the intersection of S Joyce St and S Joyce St in Pentagon City?

Nah, because there’s only one such intersection. Now if there were an intersection of N Joyce St and N Joyce St….

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A few years back, I decided to wimp out at wind chills below 20F and go with heated gloves. I don’t have to take the layer approach and I don’t lose the freedom of movement. My hands aren’t necessarily “warm and toasty,” but they aren’t freezing.

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@Rod Smith 44133 wrote:

Just my opinion, many prefer a floor pump at home and CO2 on the road…

CO2 is fine, until you get multiple flats on a ride and run out of CO2 cartridges…. (I don’t carry a pump as a backup to CO2, I carry a second pump as a backup in case the first pump fails….)

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@sjclaeys 44134 wrote:

Sorry about the confusion. Only in Arlington do you have two intersections of Glebe Road and Old Glebe Road. Keep Arlington (a little) Weird!

Well, if you’re old, like me, you could remember two intersections of North Pershing Drive and Arlington Boulevard. (If you count the service road, I guess there still are, but I’m thinking back before 50 went under George Mason Drive.)

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The other one is good too:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sHgFN0XAJ0

“You are not an elite rider. You are a fat little man with shaved legs.”

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@PotomacCyclist 44118 wrote:

Leave your lights attached to the bike every day. If you don’t need them, don’t turn them on. But if you need them, they will be readily available.

And check the batteries on a regular basis, preferably at the end of a ride. Do they shine far enough in front to actually show the pavement? From behind, how far can you be seen? (Turn ’em on and walk back ten feet, twenty feet, etc. and see what they look like.) Recently, I was behind someone and it wasn’t until I was about five feet away that I realized his rear red light was actually turned on (and the only because I was staring right at it). Recharge and/or replace batteries on a regular basis.

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@mstone 44117 wrote:

Everyone should have a pump, or what would you do in the zombie apocalypse?

Depending on which bike I am on, I might just try and peddle faster than the guy with the pump.

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@sjclaeys 44095 wrote:

Old Glebe Road is closed at the intersection with Glebe Road due to water main construction.

No it’s not, I’ve been by there a couple of times today — oh, you mean “North” Old Glebe Road and “North” Glebe Road. There is an intersection of (South) Old Glebe Road and (South) Glebe Road in south Arlington, too. It’s a good thing you mentioned Military Road.

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