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Cut the zip tie and there’s more than enough slack for the cable to sufficiently twist while spinning the eyebolt out of the stud without significantly moving the bike.

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@dbb 146937 wrote:

To the contrary, dreadful one. Cut the zip tie and you have the lock to the eye bolt and the lock through the loop. When the bike is off the rack and the lock opened, cutting the zip tie would allow you to steal the cable (and an open lock without a key).

A thief could simply unscrew the eye bolt from the stud and then slip the eyebolt out of the cable loop freeing the cable end. A pair of vice grips or channel locks would give more than enough grip and leverage to unscrew the eyebolt from the wall.

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@AFHokie 146524 wrote:

Barring any hurricanes or other random events #10 should be the Seagull Century.

I was only joking…hope the weather god’s didn’t take it seriously: Hurricane Matthew

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I’m riding the Snow Hill route with some friends, then hoofing it back home to support others in the Army 10 miler the next morning.

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I haven’t had any bad experiences with a particular sport gel, chew, or drink, but I’ve found I like Clif Bar Bloks the most. For me they’re the easiest thing to eat while I’m on the bike. I have to eat something substantial and solid at rest stops. PB&J’s or Nutella doesn’t usually cut for me and I also tend to have a hard time forcing several down. Something with meat does well, but understandably in addition to more expensive, it’s tough keeping ham or turkey sandwiches, etc from going bad at rest stops in the middle of the summer. I’ll also make sure I eat a banana or two at each stop, but more often than not by the last rest stop I can’t stomach another banana. I’ll drain whatever water/Gatorade is left in my bottles at each stop and depending on the heat will drink at least one additional bottle’s worth before getting back on the bike. By the end of the ride it’ll often turn into a struggle forcing myself to drink more water.

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I rode it last year. The weather was right around freezing when it started and never went much over 45 that day with a few sprinkles, but overall wasn’t a bad ride. I don’t recall any bad vehicle traffic roads other than the route does take you up the main road from the waterfront in downtown Annapolis. The rest stops were fine and the last offered warm potatoes. I did think the road markings could’ve been better. If you’ve never ridden the Baltimore & Annapolis Trail or have always wanted to ride around Annapolis I’d say it’s worth signing up for it.

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#Preamble: 3/19 – Baltimore Inner Harbor with bobco85. Despite neither of us having ever riding the route before and on/off freezing rain conditions (the harsher the conditions, the greater sense of accomplishment) we made it.

I had a near metric but didn’t make the cut for April.

#1: 5-14-2016 – Cap 2 Cap I really liked this ride, very well marked and well supported.

#2: 6-18-2016 – Door County, WI Spring Classic Garmin shorted me about 0.3mi, but the ride ended at a beer fest so all is forgiven.

#3: 6-25-2016 – Wye School Two Rivers Century Rode this with snugglefestival

#4: 7-02-2016 – Random spontaneous Metric on the WOD

#5: 7-16-2016 – Tour de Chocolate with a Lumberjack, LeprosyStudyGroup & Komorebi sighting

#6: 8-13-2016 – Tour de Frederick A very, very hot day and I missed a turn which almost turned the ride into a double metric. Saw Lumberjack & Komorebi.

#7: 8-28-2016 – Pedal Pittsburgh Metric A really nice riding tour of the city that took me to places I always knew about growing up, but had never visited. Rode with snugglefestival

#8: 9-10-2016 – Civil War Century A very hot, but very scenic ride

#9: 9-25-2016 – Jeremiah Bishop Alpine Loop GF I had the right gearing, but my legs didn’t have the climbing in them. In addition to a lot more climbing training, if I ever ride it again I may opt for a tire with tread as I had a very difficult time holding any traction with the roubaix pro’s during the gravel climbs. Once I spun out it was impossible to remount again until I made it to a spot that leveled out a bit. However there were plenty of washouts & portions that are more rock than gravel where I’d probably still end up dismounting due to a lack of ability over that kind of terrain on a drop bar bike. Saw Tim V. & Teresa A.

Barring any hurricanes or other random events #10 should be the Seagull Century.

Total elevation: 42,011 feet (does not include preamble)

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Was the same for me when I went through around 7:30

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As of 7:30 this morning, 4MR trail along the waste treatment plant was still open.

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Has anyone observed any signage to notify people about the impending closure? I don’t recall seeing any either time I passed through today. I’m sure quite a few users of the trail are completely unaware of the closure beginning next week.

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@Rod Smith 145788 wrote:

So what should we do with the award if we win? When we were the BikeAringtion All-Stars we won a nice piece of art work suitable for framing which went to BikeArlington HQ in Rosslyn and may have been hung on a wall there. Last year’s first place award was a Park Tool floor pump that had National Bike Challenge wrote on it (meh). No idea what we will win this year or who should get it. I think Bob James will finish in the top ten individual rider, which is way better than any of us have done in the past. Maybe he should get the award. Other possibilities, WABA, BikeArlington..?

Do you think it’ll be Italian?

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I’m likely with a +1 possiblely +2

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I’ve always thought of cross bikes as road bikes with clearance for knobbie tires and gravel bikes have a relaxed geometry as well as clearance for knobbie tires

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Jefferson is part of my daily morning commute and while I don’t see them daily, I do see Park Police out writing tickets fairly often when I come through ~7:15 – 7:30ish.

The parked cars have never bothered me. However cars who pass me like I’m standing still when I’m motoring along at ~20+mph do.

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@mello yello 145216 wrote:

I’ve heard good things about Wiley X but haven’t had direct experience. They’re more tactical gear and shooting and general sports than cycling.

Over my career I’ve been issued a couple different models of Wiley-X glasses and I have yet to try a pair that didn’t pinch, rub, fog or come brand new out of the box not warped to varying degrees. They may have since improved, but I’ll never willingly try another pair.

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