[bentbike33]

@Terpfan 136497 wrote:

I attracted two idiot drivers on Washington St this morning.

Updated to include a quick 23 second video showing my two idiotic suv driver friends: https://youtu.be/wHJ3SKoaPLE

Looks like you should have taken the center lane behind the white car the two suv idiots were focused on passing. Then they could have passed you on the right too!

[bentbike33]

@Amalitza 136379 wrote:

a non-trivial percentage of drivers coming out of the condo parking lot never look right before turning right on red onto Washington street. They are focused looking to their left waiting for a gap in northbound traffic on Washington street.

I have found a fairly effective tactic for dealing with drivers looking to do the right-on-red thing when I’m on a side-path on the “wrong” side of the street like this is to shout the word “RIGHT” at the top of my lungs.

[bentbike33]

I will take the lane unless there is enough space for a vehicle to pass me (i.e., without it crossing the center line) while giving me about a 3-foot margin AND a little space to bailout to the right (i.e., I don’t have to ride on the white line to allow safe passing distance within the lane).

I don’t know how wide such a lane is, but your example looks wide enough.

[bentbike33]

@Terpfan 136267 wrote:

I’m trying to figure out how they determine the so-called expert cyclists use their bodies to steer more than the “CitiBike” non-experts if they were on rollers. I’m thinking you start doing a lean turn on rollers and you end up like I did on my lean turn on a wet wooden MVT bridge–face against the ground and bike askew.

I wonder which group would be the most successful at executing the “leanless turn” necessary to navigate a slippery Trollheim? Based on the number of “expert cyclists” (I mean, at least they were dressed that way) I’ve seen fall down there, I have no prior.

[bentbike33]

@DismalScientist 135982 wrote:

What’s an iPhone?:rolleyes:

It’s a thing my employer gave me to record my rides on Strava.

[bentbike33]

@jrenaut 136073 wrote:

The proper way to handle a beg button is to press the button then jaywalk/ride as soon as it’s clear.

Especially the beg buttons that are not actually wired to anything.

[bentbike33]

The mistake NPS made was discovering and attempting to fix the problem before the spectacular and tragic failure of the bridge. You want a bridge replaced pronto, you need a disaster. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-35W_Mississippi_River_bridge. This bridge collapsed Aug. 1, 2007 and was reopened September 18, 2008.

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@americancyclo 136006 wrote:

Yesterday afternoon
http://labs.strava.com/flyby/viewer/#506897313?c=dqcj731f&z=G&t=1MrX3C&a=oaM2Hq3ELx4

Now it all makes sense. Sorry I did not notice you, but around Route 7 in the afternoon fellow cyclists are unlikely to capture my attention. It’s all about focus on the things more likely to kill me.

[bentbike33]

@americancyclo 135983 wrote:

spotted @bentbike33 cruising down Route 7 as I got the light to cross. Confirmed by Strava Flyby.

I dunno, maybe someone else? I only sleaze-rode the Route 7 sidewalks to WFC metro this morning, and Strava shows me having zero Flybys. Were you at Idylwood Road?

Or are you in some kind of Strava Stealth Mode?

[bentbike33]

@huskerdont 135980 wrote:

If I ever get to McLean/Falls Church? Maybe a wrong link in there unless I’m misunderstanding something.

No, that’s right, McLean/Falls Church. I am no mountaineer, but occasionally do these little hills because they are supposed to be good for me. If you like hills, but can’t get out to the real ones, you should do the Kill Bill route, or the actual event.

[bentbike33]

@huskerdont 135968 wrote:

I’d trade the wind for a 10% climb for the entire ride if I could.

Have you actually ridden a long 10% grade? Try this segment if you ever get to that part of the world: https://www.strava.com/activities/504517466/segments/12175737638. Strava rates the whole segment at 9%, but most of the climb is right around 10%.

Generally speaking, I’ll take the wind.

[bentbike33]

If you don’t absolutely, positively, need to receive calls while riding, try putting the iPhone on Airplane Mode. Saves power, too.

[bentbike33]

@bentbike33 135603 wrote:

Let’s start with some preventive measures that should cost very little and speed access via melting to the MVT after a snow event, to wit:

1. Remove the snow fences at the approaches to the Humpback Bridge and any other snow fences adjacent to the trail. They make things worse. Snow fences may make sense in wide-open areas of the MVT like Gravelly Point, but they need to be placed well back from the trail to be effective.

2. Do not dump snow cleared from adjacent facilities onto the MVT.

Thanks to dbb, the snow fences are gone from the approaches to the Humpback Bridge. May the Humpback Glacier recede into the dim mists of ancient lore!

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@dbb 135746 wrote:

Aren’t we all scofflaws?

To paraphrase Al Gore, just say that you did nothing wrong but won’t do it again. Mention controlling legal authority as well.

It’s only funny until the first mass arrest for criminal trespass and destruction of federal property (i.e., snow cover).

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@Tania 135619 wrote:

There’s something about being in a car that makes some people do stupid things.

It is explained in a simple formula:

Effective IQ = Driver IQ / GVW.

GVW = Gross Vehicle Weight

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