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ParticipantThe rent had to have been ferocious. I used to patronize them at their old location. The wrenches were great about helping me get small parts that other bike shops couldn’t be bothered with, like master links/pins.
November 25, 2019 at 9:54 pm in reply to: Commuting from Chevy Chase MD to downtown DC (City Center) #1101329ParticipantI dunno. It’s so chaotic that drivers have to be careful and drive slowly. I think order and smooth flow lulls drivers into driving too fast, and on mental auto-pilot.
November 25, 2019 at 4:29 pm in reply to: Commuting from Chevy Chase MD to downtown DC (City Center) #1101315ParticipantThe stretch of RCP between Calvert and Pierce Mill has seen a few high profile security issues in the past, though mostly a decade or more ago. I often avoided it more because the trail was so rutted in the past that it wasn’t fun in the dark, and so I usually went up through Adams Morgan to do one of several things: hop on the RCP at the zoo (but after the tunnel), hop on the RCP at Porter, or pick up Park Road and then hop straight onto Beach Drive there. So I can’t be of much help for that. Not sure where you’re picking it up downtown. I’m not sure what the current arrangement is for the trail at the tunnel is. I know it was closed from flood damage, not sure it still is, and I think I remember there being some issues with the zoo not allowing that trail to be used after dark (thus requiring you go through the tunnel). 18th Street in Adams Morgan is fine, though.
November 25, 2019 at 2:34 pm in reply to: Commuting from Chevy Chase MD to downtown DC (City Center) #1101310ParticipantThere are many people who ride that route. I did it for 8 years and still do on occasion. Most riders just stay on Beach Drive all the way to where it connects to Broad Branch, then pick up the RCP Trail there. Drivers there are not universally wonderful, but they are pretty accustomed to cycling commuters and generally behave well. The key is to be visible and ride with confidence, and you will be fine.
Participant@Tania 194164 wrote:
I hope he rode straight down the yellow middle line, just because he could. Or zig zagged back and forth, whistling.
That’s how I broke my finger on the old Indian River Inlet bridge on the Delaware shore. It was closed to car traffic until it could be torn down, so we cyclists were jauntily cruising down the middle of the highway when I hit some construction debris that, ironically, wouldn’t have been there if it had been open to traffic.
ParticipantParticipantSo I watched the news this morning about Chain Bridge being shut down and saw, in the background of the shot, a cyclist coming down the hill toward the Bridge and stopping. Does anyone know if they allowed cyclists across? Because all I could think about was how horrible it would be to have to turn around and head back up the steep hill and then work your way down to Key Bridge.
ParticipantWimps. I saw a grand total of 5 riders on the CCT this morning. On the plus side, it did allow me to belt out many a stanza of “Baby Shark”
ParticipantMy Planet Bike Classic Brass bell has discolored but lasted longer than any prior bell I’ve owned.
ParticipantDon’t cheap out. You need rugged if you’re going to wear it every day, and what is the point if you’re not?
I have a GoPro, don’t know about other brands. I’ve dropped it, crashed with it, taken it snorkeling and paddle boarding, and it is still working fine about 4 years of daily abuse.
ParticipantI stopped to patch someone’s tube this morning. They’d never seen a tube before. And they asked if I used the same pump to fill the tube and the tire.
ParticipantWe are generally speaking a self-selected community of safety weenies, arguing over safety weenie minutiae. Needless to say, I’m very proud.
ParticipantIf it’s fall, it must be time for the light wars to resume.
Just, everyone try to be considerate of others.
ParticipantIn the DC area, people more often than not respect the bike lanes (yes, I know that there are many, many counterexamples, but in general they do). In NY, no one respects the bike lanes.
ParticipantNever did that. I found pretty much any bike would fit in the trunk of a Crown Vic, which is what every cabbie drove in the 90’s and early aughts.
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