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I’ll be out there next week, classes are cancelled. He better be wearing his cape or he’ll have to wear the one I’m bringing….

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I’d like to add to the chorus of, “get checked out before you check out.” Having a record of this injury on file with your doctor may be handy one day.

Thank goodness you’re doing well.
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[ In fact, I wasn’t actually wearing tweed, either (tho’ I did look good, if I do say so myself . . .).

Oh no, you did not say *that*.

Blacknell, tell me. When is the ride where you wear the cape and tights, that’s the one I’m waiting for.

Yee haw,
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Hey!! Great to meet you yesterday!!

Ann

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I think Bike Club is simply renovating. http://www.bikeclubva.com/

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As one of Satan’s Little Helper Elves I can give a brand new reason to favor helmet lights. But it’s a bit bizarre, okay a lot bizarre, just keep an open mind. I was late getting home last night and had promised to grill hamburgers and hotdogs for my kids but it was already dark. Very dark. You can see where I’m going with this. Yes, it worked, my rhinestone helmet with a light. The point is, nothing burned.

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1. My first thought was, geez I hope Dirt doesn’t see this because he can build anything and even though I’ll follow him anywhere when he’s rolling the “Honk if You’re Horny” bike, I might have to draw the line at a Sperm Ride.

2. My second thought is the dude needs a matching helmet.

Thanks for the nervous twitter,

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Ah, I see. By becoming roadkill we set an example. Good to know. I’m glad you didn’t get a ticket. But I’m more glad you’re not roadkill.

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When the moon is in the second house and I’m wearing a helmet light that drives me crazy and makes me involuntarily shake my head in a Tourette’s-inspired tic, I decide to align with Jupiter and Mars.

Handlebar mounted works for me. And now I’ve got so much junk on my handlebars all I need is a harmonica and I’ll be a one-woman band.

But my logic beforehand was a helmet light would shine in the direction I looked, and that seemed to be a grand idea.

And the last thing I’m going to do is hassle anybody about their lights, I’m too preoccupied yelling at them for sprinting through intersections with red lights or stop signs. Gotta pick my battles.

Love will steer the stars, and I wish my bike,
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Mr. Blacknell, we all know there will be no Viking Bike Barge Memorial for you, under the weight of your ridiculous collection of bikes (can an episode of Hoarders be far behind?) it would sink at the dock. But I’d be happy to strike the match.

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Terrible news. I ride in and out of that library frequently. Any further information is appreciated.

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@OneEighth 10303 wrote:

Not me. I want my bikes to be laid next to my body in my single scull and have the whole mess lit and set adrift on the Potomac.
And I want osprey wings attached to my helmet.
And I want there to be lots of loud Wagner.

And, I hope the owner of that broken bike didn’t break anything him/herself. Truly.

Me, I so hope to be buried with my despised Garmin chest strap and GPS so I don’t get lost.
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Many of my favorite fantasies involve carbon fiber, muddy cyclocross courses, and macaroni & cheese, perhaps not in that order and probably not in combination, but the macaroni & cheese is so good at Carolina Brothers I actually rode out there again the next day and but for the pesky problem of having a male riding partner whom I did not want to think of me as quite the pig I am, I would have had seconds and licked the plate.

Next time I’m riding alone. Problem solved. (Setting priorities is important.)

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Had so much fun yesterday I decided to do it again today. During the fall I might as well call my rides “Stripper Rides.” I tend to leave a little trail of discarded clothing neatly folded along the W&OD. So far, as long as I neatly fold my jacket and leave it on a bench, it’s always been there when I circle back. I don’t leave anything I can’t part with but I freeze at the beginning of a ride and always overdress. At mile five the under jacket comes off, around mile 10 the full finger gloves come off along with the ear warmers. There were times today I wish I could have taken more off but well, good taste stepped in and stopped me. What I’m saying is, don’t suffer. It’s cold. And you will warm up, and it is possible to leave a cheap jacket for an hour or two neatly folded on a bench and it will probably still be there when you come back.

Happy trails,
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On the brighter side of things, last Thursday at the WABA Summit, I heard Metro is planning on a “Bike & Ride” facility at the Vienna Metro station. I saw photographs of a similar facility in College Park, it is a secure building with about 120 spaces for bikes to be stored inside a card-access building.

Having a secure place to park a bike outside of the weather is a great addition to the Metro system.

On another note, it was interesting to hear Metro’s position that anything that improves access for bicycles has a similar effect for improving access for the disabled. If a bike can safely navigate an area, so can a wheelchair or other assistive device. I had not thought of our two communities having similar interests in this regard, perhaps something to leverage in the future.

Oh look, the sun is shining….I’m gonna go jump on my bike.

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