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to add to your purchase list:
New rim tape for when you’re all done with spoke replacement and truing
–Advice from a guy who’s only ever taped a rim once, ever. (Extra ‘ever’ for emphasis.)

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@PotomacCyclist 54140 wrote:

– WashCycle pointed out the mysterious tunnel Wilkes St. tunnel at the south end of Old Town:

https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=201756796589186196371.0004de68bb40d0261f4de&msa=0&ll=38.89474,-77.086644&spn=0.02632,0.038581

What the? I never knew about that one. That’s why I love this forum (and Washcycle)

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I had been wondering what that structure at Fletchers was going to be used for – now I know. I’ve been riding that stretch of the CCT and/or C&O either daily or at least 2 or 3 times a week for about 5 or 6 years now and I’ve never had that much of an issue with the ‘aroma’…still, good to see this work being done.

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Also, how can I get my hot little hands on a mint-condition signed 2013 Pete Beers trading card?

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Tremendous! You got me Jonesin to sign up for next year’s ride.

Kansas. Who knew?

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@Jason B 54135 wrote:

as Tim said, sit and spin, but if you do need to stand, there is a yellow pedestrian sign on the right that would be a good goal to do so.

This one?

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@KelOnWheels 54076 wrote:

A wild Space Horse appears!
[ATTACH]3038[/ATTACH]

Any chance the rockin’ horse will make an appearance at an upcoming Friday Coffee Club? (I, II, or whatever number we’re up to now…)

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@KelOnWheels 54044 wrote:

You, sir, are a genius. I bet even a thin sheet of craft foam would help.

speaking of not letting your bike’s paint job get ruined…one tip I can give from a year with the Surly is that if you have an spots (it’ll probably be on the headtube) where cable housing will be rubbing against the paint…then you may want to apply some type of clear sticker because the housing can rub through the powder coat pretty quickly. (Not sure what ALC uses for paint, but I’m guessing that its a pretty standard paint setup for all of the QBP brands. Just something to keep in mind. If I remember it when I go downstairs for the commute home, I’ll snap a picture or two to illustrate.

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@4st7lbs 54023 wrote:

One of the LBS has them listed at $1,360 for the 700cc caliber version and $1,440 for the disc version. When I looked at one at the same shop last year they were $1,200 with discs.

Interesting.

Nice to see my bike has gone *up* in value – although I wish I had known about the shop that had them advertised for $1200 last year!!:

My receipt from August, 2012:
— Charges —
1 “Surly 2012 Disc Trucker 700 Super Dark Green 56- Serial # M1

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7″ @ $1,400.00 T
Subtotal $1,400.00
Tax $1,400.00 @ 6.000% = $84.00

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@btj 53985 wrote:

I had an external USB battery pack that could recharge the phone a few times while riding. Definitely a good purchase.

This.

When I did the DC Randonneurs Fleche back in April, I used Strava on my HTC EVO. 24hrs moving time 16 hours riding time and Strava did very well recording it all in one go. I have 2 battery packs (an old APC one worth one charge and a larger 4 charge one) – worth it.

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@btj 53953 wrote:

We did it! Four days, met lots of people, great trip, and I hurt all over. Thanks for all the advice, it is greatly appreciated and helped me get to the finish line.

Day 1: http://strava.com/activities/57380413
Day 2: http://strava.com/activities/57583593
Day 3: http://strava.com/activities/57840162
Day 4: http://strava.com/activities/58035249

Oh Boy have I been looking for this! I’m hoping to be able to do the ride soon myself and this is route guidance gold right here

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@Tim Kelley 53992 wrote:

Depends on the group ride, how skilled you are, and how comfortable others around you are with you riding in aero.

On the group rides I do, I know most of the people and they are (generally) comfortable with my handling skills. In a pace line, I’ll frequently ride on the hoods until it’s my turn to pull. With charity rides, I think it’s okay to go aero once the crowds have thinned out a little and you self-selected the people you’re pacing with.

Oh. I just figured it was because on a charity ride you probably don’t really know any of the other riders so its OK to skewer them with your aero horns (errr… bars). On a group ride you probably have some friends and skewering them would be a faux pas…like not taking your turn at the front of the pace line.

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@consularrider 53903 wrote:

Ok, the Challenge Ride website changed the map of the course to what was run last year from what was originally posted. Last year’s route was 15 km (9.32 miles) per lap and the new route was supposed to be 16.5 km (10.25 miles) per lap. The website still lists the route as 16.5 km, but I’m betting it is only 15 km. That’s a difference of 9 km (5.58 miles) for six laps. For for six laps of 99 km in 3.5 hours (no breaks), you need to average 28.25 kph (17.57 mph), if it is only 90 km you need to average 25.72 kph (15.98 mph).

So I’m confused – is the PDF map (labeled June 9, 2013) *not* the actual course? I had to force ridewithgps to maps it out with straigh lines (b/c it wouldn’t let me map around the Pentagon), and it came up a bit short on distance (closer to 14.5-15km than to 16.5)…

I can’t imagine it will be substantially different – getting road closure permits around there must be the worst so I’d think that they just go with what’s worked in the past, no?

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Marginally related:

I wonder how long before a CaBi shows up docked in NYC….or a CitiBike shows up docked in DC.

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Funny thing is that Gabe Klein was also in town this weekend – any chance he was at that Bat Mitzvah?

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