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@Harry Meatmotor 187952 wrote:

Nah. No fire and brimstone. If a mechanic needs to expose more seatpost to fit in the clamp, which happens quite often, they should do 2 things:

1) mark the seatpost’s original position with a small piece of tape, or a dab of grease
2) turn the seatpost about an 1/8 turn from straight, so it’s obvious the post has been moved from the original position

The recommendations make sense to me! But the weird part is, as Judd said, they didn’t need to raise my saddle. They clamped it with no problems in front of me while we went over the work I needed done. And I failed to convey this originally but this confuses me now because it has literally never been an issue before.

I do have 2 small score marks (scratches really) on the seat post where I like the saddle to be. They’re a couple of millimeters apart and it’s possible they didn’t see them, but I guess a disclosure would be nice – “we moved your saddle and it may not be exactly where you like it.” And keep in mind the shop was dead the 2 times I went in this week. I was the only customer and I had conversations with the same employee both times. I understand how in a month the shops are flooded with people and conversations like that won’t happen.

I like this shop. They’ve done good work so far. It was just a bit jarring, literally, to realize my seat post was off by an inch suddenly and for no reason.

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While we’re on the topic of Strava…..

I’ve been doing some swimming for the past 6 months or so and so far this year I have entered 4,200 yards in 4 different swims into Strava…. (manual entries exactly 1000, 1000, 1000, and 1200 yards).

Why the hell does it say that I have swum 4198 yards? This isn’t a GPS issue. It apparently doesn’t understand integers and is trying to round something down maybe? Makes no sense.

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It’s actually about Freezing Saddles isn’t it? Because EVERYTHING is about freezing saddles from DEC-MAR. I’m surprised people are even monitoring the General Discussion tab of the forum right now.

No really – Congrats! Sounds awesome! Always looking for new books.

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Hey all! Glad the team announcements finally came out. Do any of you regularly hit the Coffee clubs or anything? We seem to be pretty geographically spread out.

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Is there a chance that rush hour rides on these segments could earn bonus points? Evening rush compared to an early Saturday morning are very different rides on these urban roads.

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@Bill Sweetman 184328 wrote:

That sucks for him.

Thanks for your sympathy, ENTIRELY APPROPRIATE EPITHET REDACTED

The details are a little unclear to me, and not to victim blame, but

But here I go victim-blaming, because smug biker.

it seems like he was walking on the left side of the MVT against traffic flow

What part of “when I walk the bike trails, I’m careful to the point of paranoia about hugging the right side of the path so bicycles and joggers can pass…. I was walking in a park within sight of the Washington Monument, using a footpath that didn’t seem likely to have many bicycles on it” seems to have overmatched your reading skills?

To be specific: I was in Long Bridge Park, which with one exception (connecting to Boundary Channel Drive to the Pentagon) is a dead-end at the north of Crystal City. And if you’re riding towards the Pentagon there are perfectly decent bike lanes on 12th and Long Bridge Drive.

This article’s suggestion that any of this has anything to do with whether or not cycling advocates have worthwhile things to say about traffic safety in an autocentric culture is unappreciated.

The hostile and ignorant commentary from much of the cycling community rather proves my point.

Just take a second to check out the ridiculous commentary you unleashed on the WAPO and then tell me if 4-5 snarky comments is really something to be concerned about. To quote yourself – “The hostile and ignorant commentary from much of the “NON-“cycling community rather proves ” the purpose of WABA.

I mean just for starters you got thousands of people complaining about bikes on the sidewalk and not on the road as well as drivers complaining about bikes on the road and not on the sidewalk…. and those are the comments not advocating for acts of aggression against cyclists. Seriously nice job, you certainly got a lot of clicks for your boss Bezos this week.

According to the WAPO’s own guidelines Analysis pieces must be an – Interpretation of the news based on evidence, including data, as well as anticipating how events might unfold based on past events.
There is absolutely NO analysis here because for that you’d need data. You have an anecdote.

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@ginacico 182754 wrote:

…from the corner of S Glebe and W Glebe, where S Glebe is to the north

I always assumed that was the center of the universe, where time and space and reason have no meaning.

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Goddamnit… this is terrible. I met Chris a couple of times at FS happy hours and we were teammates in 2015. I also liked reading his posts on here and on twitter. He was incredibly easy to talk to and supportive of everyone he met.

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The speed limit on the Suitland Federal Center is 15 and you would be right in assuming everyone has a hard time going under 25. When I drive under 25, people tailgate me pretty bad. Mostly the morons at NMIC. When I’m on my bike, as you would expect they are all compelled to pass me despite the fact I’m going over the speed limit as well.

I think part of it is just cars today. From my experience at SFC, it is literally difficult to make cars maintain speed less than 25mph. Around 20mph, most cars are still in 2nd gear and they’re a little herky jerky whether you apply gas or not. Things don’t smooth out until you get to 3rd, which is more like 30. Going back to standard transmissions would fix that.

It seems like people have already nailed it – if they strictly enforce the laws they already have then current speed LIMITS might actually be effective in most areas.

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@Yule 181961 wrote:

Your anecdote led me to check the commuting data for Suitland (from the Census Bureau’s yearly survey); maybe unsurprisingly, is that ZERO bicycle commuters live in Suitland.

I don’t know where he lives (I stalked him on strava once a few years ago), but there is an older man with a white beard who rides inbound in the mornings from the Suitland area. He may start farther out than Suitland, or he wasn’t selected for Census’ ACS those years.

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In the mornings I always get stopped at the light on Suitland Rd crossing Southern Ave and as usual when it turns green I always have to wait a couple of seconds for all the red light runners on Southern Ave to blow through before I can safely go (HEY DC, HERE’S A GREAT PLACE FOR A RED LIGHT CAMERA!).

This morning after I got moving you pulled up along side in your black sedan, yelled a few things at me and sped off again. I couldn’t hear what you said, but I’m sure it sounded tough. Whatever it was, you were raging about something that made you so mad you sped past the school bus with the red lights flashing, actively picking up about 20 kids. About 15 other drivers stopped along with me. What gives??

And then to illustrate how awesome the drivers in this area really are, you, the driver of the white sedan that stopped alongside me to wait for the bus decided to pass it across the double yellow going up the hill simply because it wasn’t going 15 over the speed limit. Dude. Passing the bus with the lights flashing is illegal. Passing the bus across double yellow in a no passing zone while speeding is also illegal.

To make matters a little more real, I am keenly aware that both of you are probably neighbors of the shit stain from Suitland that killed Thomas Hollowell. Some days I really hate working at the Suitland Federal Center.

Addl: It’s time to report to PGCP that Suitland Rd is again reminiscent of the Road Warrior movies where drivers just do what the hell they want. A little, teeny, tiny bit of enforcement would be great. I mean seriously, just drive a police car once or twice and it might help.

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To the couple with the really cute, and curious golden retriever looking dog on the southern end of the Mt Vernon trail: Get a frickin leash!

Yeah, I almost hit your dog yesterday, despite slowing way down, calling out, and taking evasive maneuvers to avoid him as he zig-zagged across the trail. In the future when your dog does get hit, it won’t be the cyclist’s fault, nor will it be your dog’s fault. It will be yours. Unfortunately, it will be your dog and the cyclist that suffer the most from your stupidity. Unless of course you get the beat down you deserve….

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That’s why blanket bans in most circumstances are stupid. But people with the bikes have to use common sense too.

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@jrenaut 181235 wrote:

BMI is meant to measure a population, not individuals. According to BMI, for example, LeBron James is overweight.

So why then do Doctors keep applying it to individuals?

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@Tania 181162 wrote:

Really? I’d say it seems you live in metro fantasy land. I actually have to take the train a stop or two in the OPPOSITE direction in order to get back on a different train heading in my direction. And that’s at 4:30pm before the real rush hour crush.

We can’t even get cyclists to call their passes; there’s no way they’re not going to board crowded trains. And what if the train fills up after they’ve boarded?

I’ll say it again, it’s a TERRIBLE idea. Metro is bad (crowded) enough as it is. Ridership may be down but safety issues or crowded tracks (OSB for example) mean the trains aren’t running as frequently.

You ever been on the green line heading from Waterfront out to Suitland in the morning? It’s dead. Each car has half a dozen Census workers on it. There’s no reason you couldn’t put a bike on.

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