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February 18, 2020 at 5:17 pm in reply to: FS2020 National Cathedral ride-and-tour Sat. 2/22 #1104522
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ParticipantThis coming Saturday is the cathedral ride — looks like a lovely day shaping up, based on the forecast now. Maybe a bit chilly in the morning, but a high of 51 and sunny is certainly delightful!
Come out and join the ride & private tour! Details / Registration at top of this message thread.February 16, 2020 at 12:22 pm in reply to: FS2020 National Cathedral ride-and-tour Sat. 2/22 #1104563ParticipantGreat! One week to go, and as of today anyway the forecast is looking quite pleasant…!
February 9, 2020 at 10:50 pm in reply to: FS2020 National Cathedral ride-and-tour Sat. 2/22 #1104390ParticipantBumping up… 2 weeks to go!
ParticipantJust posted – 2nd annual (?) FS group ride to, and private tour of, Washington National Cathedral, Sat. 2/22.
See the detailed event posting here, for important info and necessary EventBrite registration:ParticipantWith the strong sun shining down and no clouds in sight, the group was thrilled to find a patch of shade.
January 21, 2020 at 7:16 pm in reply to: Arlington County Moving Forward With Pedestrian Bridge Near Shirlington #1103620ParticipantJanuary 19, 2020 at 1:12 pm in reply to: Donut Ride (Sat. 1/18/2020) and #donut pointless prize for Freezing Saddles 2020 #1103520ParticipantI have had a serious jonesing for sugar Shack Alexandria’s blueberry cake doughnut, ever since you started this thread. (I am enough of a connoisseur to specify the Alexandria location, because the Glebe Road location makes an inferior version of this doughnut, on the few days they decide to make it!). I was seriously contemplating joining the ride, but the lure of a nice hot, homemade late morning breakfast kept me glued in doors past the right time.
ParticipantNot enrolled on a BAFS team this year — so, no techie bug to report here…
Just sharing my excitement at completing my first Arlington Loop of 2020, this past Saturday, after quite a bit of slacking off biking since early Nov.
(My most recent ArlLoop was back in late Sept!)ParticipantWell, looking back I see I never actually stated any 2019 goals when I recapped my 2018 stats earlier in this thread.
In my head at that time, I’d certainly hoped to break 5,000 miles in 2019, to put me in striking distances of 10,000 by my 2-year bike anniversary in March, 2020…I was potentially just barely on track to make the 2019 5,000 goal up til October (despite 34 summer days without my bike, during which I didn’t think to try rentals!) but then late Fall brought another 2 weeks lost being too miserable with a flu, and more of an impact on the miles, a new relationship (happily) chewing into my former biking free time.
An unexpected biking detail for 2019 – I “found” (completely forgotten in a storage locker!) and fixed up my original early-90’s Bianchi 21-speed in August, becoming a 2-bike household and clocking about 200 miles on it.
(The ebike I bought in 2018, a throttleless pedal-assist, remains my preferred office commuter bike, while the Bianchi got some weekend time.)So here is an update comparing the two years for me.
2018 . . . 2019
4032 . . . 3559 — total biked miles for the year
1161 . . . 1080 — car miles eliminated by biking to work
600.2. . . 610.0 — highest monthly total miles (7/18, 6/19)
109. . . . 107 —- office roundtrip commutes made
95.8 . . . 84.5 — average weekly miles (of all weeks with any biking)
-61. . . . +10 —- weight lost as of 12/31/yy
53 . . . . 53
weight (lbs) of bike with battery
51.4 . . . 51.0 — longest single-day ride total miles — Note for 2019 figure, this was my first-ever “Bike Your Age On Your Birthday”! Thanks, CaseyK for nudging me to do it, and riding some of them with me!
38 . . . . 21
days mileage exceeded 30
27.8 . . . 22.8 — highest average daily miles of any month (9/18, 5/19)
23 . . . . 27
greatest number of biking days in any month (7/18, 6/19)
22.4 . . . 20.4 — average daily miles (of all days biked more than 1 mile)
17 . . . . 14
highest number of office commutes in any month (10/18, 10/19)
2. . . . . 1
days mileage exceeded 50
1. . . . . 0
number of days with falls/wipeouts
0. . . . . 0
number of flats (fingers crossed!)2020 tentative goals:
Bike whole W&OD
Get back to 4,000+ miles/year
Put more miles on the BianchiParticipantAs the others smiled politely at the photographer’s sudden intrusion, Daisy was already preparing…
Donning her specialized headgear, she alone understood the can of Whoop-Ass behind her would indeed be opened today…ParticipantI never bike directly on the Pike itself, but I do drive it, and boy what a mess!
They alternate 2 lanes in one direction with 1 going opposite, and I guess they change that config during each rush hour so the heavier traffic gets the 2 lanes. So there are prominent dog-leg lane shifts to deal with twice, plus the kidney-jostling horrible road surface in its current torn-up state. Traffic is no good for that whole stretch – avoid, avoid, avoid!I’ve given up leaving my building (the driveway opens directly onto Columbia Pike) — I go out the back garage exit, then take a side street or two, even if I’m ultimately needing to rejoin the Pike (anywhere east of Four Mile Run stream, where things return to the normal 2-lanes both-ways again.)
ParticipantNot really a purchase here… family gifted me a Spurcycle Bell for my 2nd bike… Guess I gotta get back to riding now?
ParticipantI was a bystander (and pointless prize player) last year as my first year on a bike and familiar with BAFS… and even not officially in BAFS then, it made me (quite surprisingly) bike pretty actively through my first winter ever on 2 wheels. I don’t think I’ll get registered officially this year either, but I plan to use BAFS again to get me out on the bike…
I started dating in mid-November, then caught a flu in early December… between those two events, my miles for those two months combined might be 100?—I was hitting 300-600 per month before, and even managed 800+ total, during last BAFS in bystander mode… So, I desperately need to get back into that habit and look forward to this BAFS season nudging me on!!ParticipantParticipantThe repaving does NOT extend that far alas… the worst of the original paving near the circle / T-junction is still intact.
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