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bentbike33Participantbentbike33Participant@Brendan von Buckingham 119056 wrote:
I am a Shepherd of Cars. I will jump a light to get in front of a car trying to block the box and prevent them from doing so. If a cowboy wrangles cows, and I wrangle cars, does that actually make me a Carboy?
No, you are a Shepherd of Cars. A carboy is a big glass jar for making homebrew beer.
bentbike33ParticipantYesterday afternoon, Custis Trail, ~5:30, nasty fumes (volatile organic compounds) were coming off the construction site where what I assume to be a new condo building is going up between the Lee Highway overpass and the Bridge to Nowhere. I did not notice it this morning, but I wasn’t breathing real deep at that spot either.
Is there an ArlCo agency that’s supposed to monitor this sort of thing?
bentbike33Participantbentbike33Participant@baiskeli 118984 wrote:
I don’t care if you’re
A car or a trucker
Give me 3 feet when you pass me
You stupid…..chicken plucker.
bentbike33ParticipantInteresting. Would the hourly usage fees be deducted from the SmartTrip Transit Subsidy account, or the personal account (like car parking)? Based on my usage, this facility at 5 cents per hour would be cheaper than the metro bike locker (which works out to about $1 per day I actually use it) with the added bonus of being less likely to be used as a urinal (or worse) by distended late-night metro patrons. I wonder when/if West Falls Church will get one?
bentbike33Participant@mstone 118356 wrote:
The Loudoun bridges are in the sun and not built over a swamp.
True, but the Trollheim is so heavily traveled that I doubt anything is actually growing on its surface except maybe toward the extreme edges. It may be that the heavy traffic makes the wood more slippery by effectively sanding it smooth. Before I started commuting regularly, my mountain biking experiences riding over roots, small deadfalls, and wooden anti-erosion bars taught me two fundamental equations:
(1) wood + rubber = good traction
(2) wood + water + rubber = zero traction
Knowing these has kept me upright on the Trollheim and other boardwalks.
bentbike33ParticipantMaybe NPS could investigate the engineered boards used to replace wood on the WOD trail bridges between VA28 and Ashburn Road when it comes time to redo the Trollheim and other boardwalks along the MVT. Those red boards have been there for many years and have not changed shape at all. I don’t know their coefficient of lateral friction with wet rubber as these bridges are straight shots with no intersections or curves, but maybe they manufacture such boards with different surface characteristics for different applications.
bentbike33Participantbentbike33ParticipantHigh above the Custis Trail there is a dead-fall tree spanning the gap between the retaining wall and parking structure just west of Quincy. No telling how long it will remain suspended if not removed.
bentbike33ParticipantI use White Lightning wax-based chain lube (blue label): apply once, wipe down, apply again, let dry. Once a week in dry weather, more frequently to the extent it feels more like boating than biking (like this week). White Lightning flakes off as it becomes contaminated, so there is very little build-up. I get 100-120 miles in generally dry weather. The chain gets loud when it wants lube.
bentbike33ParticipantMe: Catching my breath while ascending the Humpback Bridge after fighting the Friday afternoon headwind across the 14th Street bridge.
You: ELITE cyclist in full kit (matching your frame, of course) passing me smartly without calling your pass. But you gave a wide berth, there was no close oncoming traffic, so no harm no foul.
Me: Unexpectedly starting to catch up to you on the down slope from the Humpback. Perhaps you are turning toward the marina?
You: Continuing north on the MVT.
Me: Approaching your wheel. Perhaps you are interval training and will speed up soon?
You: Commencing an heroic display of expectoration and snot-rocketry.
Me: Squinting into the the copious residual spray, “Really?!?”
You: Continuing to selectively irrigate Lady Bird Johnson Park.
Me: Fueled by irritation-induced adrenaline, I call my pass, pass you, and drop you like a hot rock. As you disappear from my rearview mirror, I hope that my recent bout with a nasty virus left me with enough interferon reserves that I do not catch whatever de-socializing malady you were working so hard to transmit.
PLEASE NOTE: While I suppose your display achieved your objective of no longer having me riding behind you, a more obvious indicator would have been waving me by with your left hand, which would have also left you considerably better hydrated.
bentbike33Participant@Emm 116588 wrote:
You mentioned in your post passing on your right though–don’t do that on a trail.
Unless the passee is going the wrong way in the left lane.
bentbike33ParticipantThe Trollhiem trolls were out licking their roof again last night and claimed another victim this morning. Although he was a tall guy making for lots of distance to increase his terminal velocity, a dislodged water bottle and wounded pride seemed to be the worst of the damage he suffered.
My ride, however, was thoroughly enjoyable.
bentbike33Participant@rcannon100 116483 wrote:
When they lunge at a mailman or at Steve O, you just hit the dog with a healthy squirt of water. Should work for Shoalers at IOD as well.
Interesting idea, but since I use a Camelback, I would have to spit the water at the shoalers rather than squirt them.
I suppose it might work with a sort of outraged spit-take act: “Ppfftt! Where the [choice expletive] do you think you’re going! Stay in line you [vulgar anatomical reference]!”
Worth some consideration.
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