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@CBGanimal 155879 wrote:

Team 16 (Bollard Busters) gravel ride!

Featuring: Pierre S, RachelWright, Trey Harris, and CBGanimal….and the honorable Pete Beers!

A wild Birru appeared, but he was apparently in his own world and didn’t even realize there was a photo op happening. Sorry guys, I guess my super power is never looking at the camera. I have committed this multiple times already.

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Georgetown was slammed, so I took the C&O to Chain Bridge. When I got back to Falls Church I decided to make a pit stop to ruin my appetite.

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Thanks for making me feel welcome!!!

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If my schedule works out hopefully I can make it. It looks like there are some nice routing options from Georgetown.

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@Tania 155522 wrote:

The rims are so pretty and match the bike so well, I really don’t want them to be race-only rims (or a race only bike). But I know my other rims are much easier to work with so maybe that’s the way to go. Plus with this bike it’s a crime to race it tubed, so the pretty rims can stay tubeless with cx tires.[ATTACH=CONFIG]13904[/ATTACH]

I’m a big fan of Jamis’ brash colors and graphics on the Supernova series and I think it would be criminal to ruin the look of the bike for something as silly as practicality. I think if you change wheelsets you’ll be required to get some custom decals.

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@hozn 155530 wrote:

Lucky for you, there is also Weds Hills, courtesy of @Subby.

Tell me more about these Wed Hills if you don’t mind. I did a little poking around and searching and came up empty.

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@Sunyata 155494 wrote:

Welcome! Since you are in the Falls Church area, you should check out the Sunday Morning Coffee Rides that Bikenetic puts on. Usually leaving the shop around 8am. (Check the shop’s Facebook page for additional info, as while this is a regular thing, sometimes the ride leader needs to take a weekend off.)

I’ve done exactly one Sunday ride so far and it was great. I was planning to do Tues Hills this morning as well, but I didn’t manage to fall asleep until after 2 and decided against it. I also REALLY want to sneak in a Friday hooky gravel ride.

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@TwoWheelsDC 155455 wrote:

I’m with you on everything but the touchscreen. It’s actually kind of a marvel when you consider what it does and the conditions under which it does it….it works with even heavy gloves and doesn’t freak out when it gets wet or cold or hot. My iPhone only works with special gloves, tends to weird out if there’s any water in the screen, and is super sluggish in the cold and occasionally unusable in the hot.

Garmins suck for wayfinding on the fly, but actually do bike computer stuff and pre-planned navigation amazingly well. If I got an 820 as a gift I’d be super happy…of course, I’d probably trade it in for credit toward a 1000, but if that wasn’t in the cards I’d use the 820 without hesitation.

Which Edge do you have? The 820 switched to a capacitive touchscreen like on a smartphone, so I do need compatible gloves. This was a real pain on my coldest winter commutes as my “capacitive” winter gloves barely registered inputs (shoutouts to early Spring!). Garmin has also had to tweak the screen’s touch logic with various firmware updates as earlier revisions had issues with rain causing issues with spurious inputs. I think they should have stuck with a low tech resistive screen in this application. Or maybe even buttons.

I do find that the Edge 820 takes a while when calculating a route for a new destination, but it recalculates fairly quickly on the fly when I blow past my turn.

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Let me preface this by saying this is my first dedicated bike computer, but I do have extensive experience with a Garmin Forerunner 230 watch. As far as I can tell the Edge 820 is the least expensive option if you want true turn-by-turn navigation PLUS extensive training features. That’s why I chose the 820 over other options. Executive summary: The user experience suuuucks but it’s an incredibly useful computer and worth keeping. Pros and cons below. Happy to answer any additional questions.

I was expecting navigation roughly on par with my iPhone or even an older Garmin Nuvi car GPS. Based on those expectations there are some HUGE disappointments that initially made me question the cost of the device:

• The touch screen interface is abysmally unresponsive
• Route calculation takes an eternity
• Calculated routes aren’t always optimal for cycling
• POI lookups take quite a while
• The user interface is clunky, compounded by the maddening touchscreen
• Seriously, that touch screen is dreadful

Those disappointments are really significant and make the Edge 820 feel like Soviet-era technology, but it is a very useful device with upsides that make it worthwhile for me:

• The Edge 820 DOES do everything it says on the tin
• The reflective and sidelit LCD screen is very practical for use in bright sunlight
• Battery life is very good
• It’s waterproof, unlike most smartphones
• Once routes are calculated, turn-by-turn navigation works very well
• Since it offers true turn-by-turn nav, you don’t need to rely on cues in your saved courses
• It offers extensive support for sensors (power, cadence, HR, etc) and electronic groupsets
• Training features are very deep
• Garmin Connect is full-featured and can sync data to Strava and Ride With GPS
• Course/route planning on Garmin Connect is easy to use and syncs painlessly
• Connect IQ platform for additional apps and data fields

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