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@jrenaut 3834 wrote:

Another option, at least for a shirt, is just inexpensive general athletic shirts. I have a couple Champion t-shirts that I got from Target for less than $15 that wick moisture and don’t start to sag when they’re wet.

Beat me too it. The fabric is key. Cotton grabs sweat, but then it won’t let go of it. Synthetics are much better.

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Great Harvest Bread is right off the W&OD in the old part of Herndon. Good for carb-loading.

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Cameron Run Regional Park is on the Holmes Run bike trail in Alexandria, though it’s more of a water park full of kids than a real pool.

Upton Hill Regional Park is a short, steep climb from the W&OD, and does have a traditional adult pool with swimming lanes along with the kid stuff.

I see a future triathlete being born.

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Beer and cycling? My two hobbies. Count me in.

-Rick

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Now that they know which stations are going to get hit the hardest, maybe they can add capacity there – but without adding bikes, just empty slots.

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Can the two of you wear T-shirts with your screen names on them and stand on a wall at the Rosslyn pit stop Friday so the rest of us can see you?

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@creadinger 3633 wrote:

Have you tried riding without taking a shower? Sure, I sweat a lot on my 12 mile ride in but I found that the combination of AC, ice water, a little towel, and a little desk fan can cool me down and dry me off in 10-15 minutes. In this area in the summer I start sweating as soon as I step outside anyway. I’ve never a problem with smelly pits or anything but just in case I keep an extra deoderant at work as well. I’m also a guy with short hair so it doesn’t take much work to make me look ‘normal’. I don’t have to wear a suit either fortunately. That might change how I do things.

I’ve also found that in the morning I can shower at home and ride in and be presentable, even in summer, with a little touching up and a fan. My commute is 8 miles but its’ mostly downhill in the morning. Short hair is key, but you give long hair a quick rinse in the sink. It’s really a matter of trying not to sweat when you get there because that nice breeze you had is gone but your body is still hot.

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@PotomacCyclist 3645 wrote:

Ray LaHood is a lifelong Republican, although he’s currently the Secretary of Transportation in a Democratic administration. LaHood is perhaps the single most important individual in the U.S. today in terms of bike policy and bike infrastructure funding. He has been a very visible supporter of cycling. He has been pushing the government to give equal consideration to cyclists and pedestrians when designing and building new transportation infrastructure. As the Secretary of Transportation, he has a mighty big role to play.

Of course, he doesn’t carry out every project design and funding decision himself. But he has proven himself to be a major supporter of cycling in the U.S. and maybe the most important person for bicycling in the U.S. over the past few years.

Okay, good point.

But does he ride?

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@acc 3571 wrote:

Bahaha! I remember them well. I probably would have thought the same. The Dems had an earring and longish hair, the Republicans had very short hair (males).

Happy trails,
Ann

Republicans ride bikes?

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Worry about the thunderbolts, and take cover. They’re dangerous.

As for rain, I rode in the 2005 Seagull Century. It was hit by the remnants of a hurricane. Five inches of rain. Luckily it was warm, tropical rain. I lived. I don’t complain about riding in rain any more.

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@acc 3494 wrote:

The hallucinations are just an added bonus.

Yes, I saw the documentary about it – I guess you did too? I remember the rider saying he’d hallucinate about things he saw on the road and felt the urge to stop and check them out. His mind was trying to find a way to stop his body.

Or are you referring to hallucinations after drinking 90-Minute IPA?

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@acc 3486 wrote:

Thank you for posting this, I am always happy to support a fellow cyclist and have made a donation. That is the monster of all monsters he is training for and I wish him the very best of luck.

ann

You can’t beat a fundraiser where you just show up and drink beer and pay for it like you would anyway.

And yeah, I’m in awe of anyone who does RAAM, especially solo. It’s as much a struggle with lack of sleep and pain as riding fast.

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@acorn 3474 wrote:

Is there anyone else here who thinks of his/her job as something that they have to do in between bike rides?

Yes, exactly!

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I was going to “educate” this guy but he turned off a different way before I could catch him and it wasn’t worth chasing him.

I’ve “educated” people before though – like the guy who once passed me on the right as I was also being passed on the left and veering to the right to make room. I usually emphasize that what the offender did was unsafe for the him/her as well as me.

I still remember seeing some hotdog on a mountain bike years ago on the Mt. V on one of these sunny spring days. There was a crowd, so she decided she wanted to pass on the right, in the grass–she did have a mountain bike after all, and those people can’t wait to get into the dirt. She ran right into a rock hidden in the grass and popped her tire wide open.

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@JimF22003 3461 wrote:

Very sorry to hear this. I actually had a scare at that same point a week or so ago, only it was while making a right-turn onto the W&OD. I was coming down the hill way too fast, and the light was green. I was riding on the tops instead of the drops, so I didn’t have the best control of the brakes. As I hit the W&OD I was going too fast, and nearly went off onto Four Mile Run.

I could see how somebody could make a similar miscalculation while turning onto the access road.

Yes, I suspect speed was a factor. It’s very easy to get going way too fast down that hill and lose control in a turn.

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