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Excellent article. Thanks for your work!

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As of last night there are zebras down one side of the 11th to 12th street block of Penn Ave! Hope the rest of the street gets them in short order.

I did notice that they didn’t seem super reflective at night with just my bike’s light to illuminate them. Could have just been the angle I was facing them at though. Still, they looked like they should be SUPER effective at deterring motorized idiocy.

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The problem with the outdoor riding in winter is more the lack of light than the cold. I hate being out with traffic in the dark, even lit up like a Christmas tree. It’s okay downtown for my commute, which is mostly bike lanes and slower streets. But further out (especially east of the river) I worry people aren’t looking out for you. And don’t even get me started on the ninja runners. The ART is ten kinds of dark in places and no one uses lights.

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It’s an absurd indulgence, but I’m pretty sure I want one of these fancy Peloton Cycle spin bikes with a big Android tablet integrated. With the cold and dark coming on I’d started to do a few spin classes at Biker Barre in the new neighborhood. I’ve really enjoyed them but they’re both pricey and bloody hard to book in advance. Being able to stream a live or recorded class on your own schedule seems really cool. And way more fun than yet another long winter on the turbo trainer.

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From my neighborhood listserv. If no one here’s interested I’m going to point the guy to Phoenix. Send me a DM if you’d like his email address.

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Hi folks, I’ve got an old bike frame that is in need of serious repairs and
a home. I originally got this frame with the intention of fixing it up but
I have recently come to the realization that I am simply never going to get
around to doing that. It needs a considerable amount of work and new parts
(brake lines, tires, possibly wheels, new chain, etc.) but the frame itself
seems to be in working order. It is an old 27″ Vista.

It is free to whomever out there wants a project to work on, so just let me
know if you are interested and we’ll arrange for you to pick it up.
Picture is attached and posted on the board at:
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@elcee 66052 wrote:

The real issue is that frames no longer have pump pegs.

Won’t the rear skewer work in most instances?http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5307/5886569468_5c3666c14e.jpg

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@Greenbelt 65797 wrote:

This is probably a bit politically incorrect, but my biggest savings has been on public transit costs. I’ve gradually migrated from car to transit to bike over the last decade.

That’s not politically incorrect! My old job didn’t have any transit subsidy, so I was loading up my metro card with cash. It cost me a little over $30 per week for a relatively short trip. When you have to physically put greenbacks into a machine it really drives the point home!

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@jabberwocky 60929 wrote:

Someone obviously needs to make carbon fatbike rims.

Ask and ye shall receive.

The electric Felt fatty is also pretty nifty. It’s two-thirds of the way toward what I really want, a FAT electric cargobike!

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@americancyclo 63350 wrote:

Ryan38056181 currently shares this route with their friends.

Thanks! Should be fixed.

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I’m over at the Hart building a fair amount. The barriers and persnickety guards make northbound 1st quite annoying (either turning from Constitution or continuing on 1st past SCOTUS). You end up having to hop up on/off the sidewalk, which can be quite crowded. Otherwise it’s an easy area to navigate. There’s ample short-term bike parking outdoors at C & 1st that I use for meetings. I imagine there are long-term covered options available to staffers. Or there’s the Union Station parking someone mentioned.

In terms of nice quick loops from there, I like to do something like this loop for a really quick ride. You could also jump out earlier on one of the bridges across the ART if you wanted to cut it short. Or add a detour over to Haines Point to add some laps.

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I’ve got two CaBi keys I’ll put towards anyone’s participation in the endeavor. I’ll probably just show up with a camera to capture this ELITE paceline. I’m not sure I have the lungs to race like 6.5 gear inches around a 5K course!

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@consularrider 63171 wrote:

I think those are in the lower left hand corner.

I thought so too at first! But if you right-click and choose “view image” to zoom in, their labeling goes from commuter/trekking bikes –> freeride –> downhill –> 29″er –> 27.5″. Seems like an odd evolution to me.

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A Pedersen, a Moulton, the TREK Y-FOIL and, most puzzlingly, a standard 26″ mountain bike.

And a number of the evolutionary relationships between models are … curious.

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@jrenaut 63026 wrote:

The real fault here, aside from cyclists being jerks, is DDOT for leaving pedestrian islands in the cycletrack. Also the pedestrians who are so completely oblivious that they remain in the bike lane despite the approach of bell-ringing cyclists.

I’m afraid I disagree about cyclists automatically being jerks just because they yell. I’ve had to bellow a sharp “Oi!” at more than a few pedestrians who were blithely jaywalking directly into my path on Penn. See e.g. this Missed Connection from a few weeks ago or this camera crew setting up a shoot in the bike lane. I don’t have any particular regrets about having exchanged harsh words with them.

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While we’re on the subject, has anyone ever run into this guy around the city? I’m fascinated by his over-built monster of a bike, but horrified by his riding (which provides giant flashing examples of what people fear ebikers will act like). Thankfully I don’t think you can make a bike like that without access to a machine shop.

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