Boo Boo
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@AFHokie 136139 wrote:
One of the hills in the Pittsburgh Dirty Dozen ride has a 37% grade.
I’ve ridden it….well, attempted it. Made it ~2/3rds of the way up on my best effort. The grade was actually somewhat manageable, at least from a leg/lung standpoint (and I’m far from in amazing shape), but the cobblestones, and the grass growing in between them, just make it brutal – back wheel spun out several times on each attempt. I just couldn’t find a sweetspot, body-position wise, to have enough traction on the back wheel but also stay forward enough to keep myself balanced .
That said, I look forward to trying it again sometime! It was a hoot to spend an hour or so there with some buddies.
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@mstone 133342 wrote:
As of tonight Fair Lakes is mostly 1.5 lanes, occasionally necking down to .9 lanes. People are driving like it’s dry and sunny, so watch your back. There are a number of missing turn lanes so tempers are high, though they had some bobcats out tonight and may have made significant progress by tomorrow. (Note: bobcats in the travel lanes are a whole new source of excitement.) In general all the intersections I’ve seen have been backed up because nobody can see to turn on red, they aren’t properly aligned with the sensors so the light cycles are horrible, and the triple turn lanes are mostly single lanes.
Thanks! We opened at 10 this morning so I missed what rush hour there was and my ride from Falls Church was quite pleasant.
As I went up Grove, I did see the blower out working on the WOD going eastbound and it looked like the leadup to Citizen’s Bridge and the bridge itself had been done. Don’t know if I’ll bother with trying the trail tonight as the detour (Grove>Haycock/Shreve>Gordons>Dale>Pinecastle>Barbour>Idylwood) was very pleasant and very well cleared with mostly good sightlines for drivers at the intersections. (Although damn that hill on Gordons when riding the singlespeed)
The WOD at Sandburg was another story. Snow in both directions as far as I could see:
Westbound:
Eastbound:
With the section through Vienna so easy to skip as well, I don’t think I’m going to bother with the trail until next week.
Snowed so hard that the roof caved in
The neighbor may need to borrow one of my bikes when she decides to go out. Ouch…..
@FFX_Hinterlands 132423 wrote:
This is actually a really ugly part of Sterling full of generic office parks.
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Beautiful!
I have a pond right across the street from my office (Fair Lakes area). The sunset/sunrise reflecting off of it makes regularly makes me smile and realize that the asphalt hell I curse so often on the last few miles of my commute (from Falls Church) isn’t really that bad. The FFX County Pkwy trail going through the office’s backyard does the same when I feel like taking the long way to/from work.
@wheels&wings 128497 wrote:
Two questions:
(1) Where do you work?
(2) Are they hiring?Welcome home!
w&wThanks and LOL…..no, not hiring. But when we are, I will absolutely post something. I need another cycling buddy when travelling! Sean’s not on the road with me enough.
A co-worker and I went out for a couple of spins while on a business trip last Friday/Saturday. Unfortunately, total washout due to some flash flooding on the last day at the end of the trip, but two days on bikes were awfully nice….and some ocean swims more than made up for the lack of bike time on the final afternoon/morning.
Sean visiting his old high school
