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@consularrider 9293 wrote:

Have three conflicting options for that evening. How to choose?

Well, if only one has food….

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@Arlingtonrider 9284 wrote:

I hope the photo above is helpful in explaining the problem I’m having. Maybe this is an unusual way for a rack to be mounted.

It looks exactly like how my rack is installed. (If I remember, I’ll take a picture tonight.) I don’t have a rear fender. My rack (Jandd) is solid on top and I’ve never needed a rear fender.

My front fender is mounted on the down tube.

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@Mark Blacknell 9244 wrote:

@Everyone else – I want to see lurkers at this one. C’mon out, folks.

Although it’s past my bedtime, I’m currently planning on being there.

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As far as shoes go, for snow and ice, I switch to Lake MX 165 MTB shoes. I have a wide foot, so I normally wear Lake MTB shoes anyway, but the tread on the 165 is a bit more pronounced and is fine in snow. I’ve thought about adding Yak Trax for ice, but haven’t done it yet.[ATTACH=CONFIG]421[/ATTACH]

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How many cyclists do you see on your morning ride? (I thought your rode in early?) At 0300, I see maybe one a week and that won’t change until the temperature drops down below 30.

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@DCLiz 8129 wrote:

That would be so fantastic. I tried to get a locker at the Eastern Market Metro, but they wouldn’t even take my name for the waiting list. Obviously the demand is there!

I’m not sure whether the chart is from 2010 or from closer to the articles August date, but it appears lockers would be available at Eastern Market.

http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/11554/after-price-increase-bike-locker-usage-plummets/#more

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I would not want to totally submerge them, but my panniers will keep things dry in water up to the top of my rack. (Serratus, from MEC in Canada, they’ve been replaced by something similar.) If I had to replace them now, I might go with Ortlieb. There was something I didn’t like about the Ortlieb panniers when I got there, but that was more than a dozen years ago.

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Dirt and I have a different definition of “early” — 3:00 a.m. is dark regardless of the season.

That said, if you’re not using lights with rechargeable batteries, change the batteries often. As the batteries die, you lights get dimmer. You may notice the head light, but not the tail light.

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@KLizotte 7851 wrote:

Perhaps NPS should mix the paint they are using with good old fashioned sand?

Or just buy non-skid paint. Much of it is designed for maraine environments, so water is not a problem.

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@eminva 7852 wrote:

4. It’s really unfortunate I can’t find the grease removing hand soap at the moment.

I keep a pair of latex gloves with my spare tube and patch kit. They keep my hands clean when I change a flat away from home.

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Echoing CCrew and Dirt — I will — where and how much?

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… and bridges.

I found it amusing that people were not being let back into office buildings until they could be inspected, but no one seemed to think the bridges needed to be checked.

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I’m not sure I’d agree. In sheer numbers, I saw more nimrods on bikes yesterday, than on any other day in the last ten years. I lost track of the cyclists who

– ran red lights
– ran stop signs
– cut through cars stuck in traffic (not splitting lanes, crossing lanes)
– traveling too fast for conditions
– ignored the right of way

The last two were especially apparent on the George Mason Memorial Bridge (14th Street). Several tried to race across. “buzzing” pedestrians, and then causing cyclists coming the other way to stop, because they were passing when they didn’t have room. With people — on bikes and on foot — traveling both ways, people need to slow down.

Not that pedestrians were blameless, as I was getting on the bridge, one woman bimbo would not move so I could pass. I was ringing my bell and the cyclist behind me was yelling “On your left” and she would not move. Finally her boyfriend/husband grabbed her arm and pulled her aside. As I passed her, she was laughing. She thought blocking the way was funny. Argh!

Monday, the weather was about the same, but the people were not — a great day to commute by bike.

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@CCrew 7308 wrote:

I went in for surgery and a nurse noticed mine, said she always knows that the guy is either a cyclist or a swimmer…

Or a cross-dresser. Years ago, in one of the Usenet cycling forums, someone said he explained his shaved legs by telling people he was a cross-dresser — so they wouldn’t know he was a cyclist.

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@Riley Casey 7316 wrote:

Riding just seems like a normal way to get around to me now. It’s hard to remember when it was otherwise.

Ditto.

Twelve years ago, when I had to renew the registration on my car and realized I had not driven it 75 miles in the previous ten months, I decided it was time to get rid of it.

I avoid riding in Takoma Park, though. I keep thinking about installing some BTA (Bike-to-Auto) missiles on my bike and if I go with the small nuke option, I don’t want to be in conflict with Takoma Park’s “No Nukes” policy. (Superior firepower can trump the “my car is bigger than your bike” argument.)

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