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bentbike33ParticipantI would try Bikes@Vienna (https://www.bikesatvienna.com/). They don’t do rentals, but she could always do some “test rides”. Maybe they have a used bike they would be more lenient with. As a bonus, they are just a couple blocks from the W&OD.
bentbike33Participant@arlcxrider 225831 wrote:
While I will wait to use it before passing judgment, riding alongside 12 lanes of traffic one side and a high noise wall on the other is not generally my idea of a good time. Going to be pretty toasty in mid-summer.
Yes, but just think of all the fabulous hidden storage space for discarded mattresses and truck tire shreds! The highway will look so tidy! Ooh, and if it ever snows again…
bentbike33ParticipantIt does not look like National Landing is doing Bike to Work Week 2023. All of the information on their site (https://nationallanding.org/) is from 2022 or earlier.
bentbike33Participant@dbb 222664 wrote:
I’d like to report the removal of all the trees between the trail and the flood wall to the east of Glebe bridge under construction. WTF? The trees between the trail and roadway are still there.
Not sure what problem this action was intended to solve.
Damn. Those trees always had such great color in the fall. And they weren’t causing root heaves on the trail either. To close to the flood wall?
bentbike33ParticipantWatch out riding the W&OD, especially westbound, at Idylwood Park. There is ice covering the trail on the curve at the bottom of the hill.
bentbike33Participant@KaMi 221058 wrote:
Didn’t ride today because of the possible freeze this afternoon but just saw this: https://wtop.com/dc/2022/12/beer-truck-hops-over-jersey-wall-on-14th-street-bridge/
Re-route from DC to VA would have sucked this morning if I was riding!
What a mess. I wonder how long the bike/ped lane will be out of commission?
bentbike33ParticipantBy “floor pump compressor” do you mean something like this: https://www.universalcycles.com/shopping/product_details.php?id=90584&category=132?
If so, I recommend loading it to about double the goal tire pressure to ensure a good “pop” of the bead into place. Also, put some lightly soapy water on the tire-rim interface area, all the way around and on both sides. Before that, use at least 2 layers of rim tape. Otherwise at road-bike pressures (even though lower than tubed-tire pressures) the rim tape will stretch too much into the spoke holes so that remounting the tire won’t work without re-taping the rim.
If you have good quality tires and rims, the mounting process really is pretty easy.
bentbike33ParticipantI’m beginning to suspect that the whole point is to discourage the Haines Point pelotons.
bentbike33ParticipantBig leaf piles were blocking the WB bike lanes on Seminary Rd. between Chapel Hill Dr. and King James Pl. in Alexandria about 7:55 this morning forcing a merge into the car lane. Hopefully the vacuum truck is coming today.
bentbike33ParticipantSeptember 28, 2022 at 4:49 pm in reply to: Riding with Burley through the city – is this safe? #1121914bentbike33ParticipantALWAYS use the trailer’s flag.
bentbike33Participant@bikesnick 220093 wrote:
Has anyone succesfully carried a mini pump and mini tool in their carry on luggage?
The TSA website says small tools and bicycle pumps are allowed in carry on luggage.
Thanks.I would expect to be searched at some point even if you don’t have any kind of blade on the multitool. On my last trip, DCA was cool, but MKE needed to take a look.
bentbike33Participant@SarahBee 219932 wrote:
Posting on behalf of @imacynic- he would like to dress up as a classified document with a bite mark from a Florida alligator,
What about the catsup stains?
bentbike33Participant@bikesnick 219907 wrote:
There will be a new pedestrian/bicycle bridge over 495 at Tysons.
It is not opened yet, but there is progress on the (closed) trail. It is expected to be finished this fall according to a FFXNow post.
…While it is a nice idea to provide a bike/ped alternative to dodging the slingshot ramps of the Rte. 7-Beltway interchange to get to the Tysons mall, the east end of the bridge is not particularly convenient. All the cross streets between Magarity Rd. and Old Meadow Rd. until Anderson/Dartford/Mitre complex/Chain Bridge Rd. are claimed as private roads by the apartment/condo complexes in the area. I guess it’s easy enough to ride through their gates, but it’s also technically trespassing.
bentbike33ParticipantFrom my Rackspotter entry of 2016:
Virginia Hospital Center complex Parking Garage C, near the entrance to the medical office building C. I would have selected wheel-bender as the rack type, but this rack would be far more effective at bending wheels than the default Rackspotter image of a wheel bender. As it seems almost entirely disused, advise parking your bike perpendicular to the design direction as in the photo. Use a long u-lock to reach the rear triangle.
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