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@vvill 37146 wrote:

Cute bikes!

I think I’ve been hanging around Pete too much.

It was like Beauty and the Beast bike wise. DCV’s appropriately sized fixed carbon racer (@14lbs) and my overgrown commuting battle cruiser (@40ish lbs)

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After giving DCV the headnod/ low 5 wave for probably more than a year now, I actually had the honor of meeting and exchanging handshakes with the man.

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I and the little missus will be there a little later, complete with handup supplies. save a vuvuzela for us!!

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I’ve never jumped into a competition like this, hozit work, beyond input miles-get points-the one with the most points wins? is it just a “trying to keep it interesting” exercise?

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Dont forget about handups and practicing your heckling.

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I gave the sling bag and backpack a try. It didnt work for me at all. I started having serious back pain after just a couple of days. Panniers were the only option for me, and they’ve worked great.

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I went with Ortleib panniers as well. They’re easy on, and easy off. Absolutely waterproof. They’re not light, but whose counting grams at this point. I routinely carry; Lunch, thermos, Laptop, work clothes, shoes and couple extra pieces of fruit. And if I dont have my laptop and/or shoes, that usually goes in one pannier. The biggest drawback that I can see is that there is so much room you end up hauling around 20lbs of stuff you dont actually need. Back up flat kit, spare jacket, rain suit if there’s a chance of rain, etc etc etc.

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I my dyslexia. I swear I read “Perhaps it could be arranged again that a tall man, wearing a Santa hat, pushing a jogging trailer with red bikinis, could run by and cause children to think Santa has visited their neighborhood early…”

needless to say the visual on that was not what writer intended.

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The Washington Post usually publishes some sort of “best light shows” map. Maybe a route could be worked up off of that??

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I will miss my heated seats tho.

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@TwoWheelsDC 36429 wrote:

Yup, probably me. I’ve never seen any other cyclists going NB on Westmoreland in the morning and I’m usually in my yellow jacket. I was on the R3 this morning, so hopefully I had the appearance of being really fast.

You didnt go out to Reston this AM did you??

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@vvill 36387 wrote:

Did you get those at The Bike Lane? Revolution?

The Bike Arl. one is from Revolution in Clarendon, WABA was via the mail/interwebs (I believe, both were gifts)

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not exactly my bikes, but…….
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Riding for the Glory of DC and NoVa bike advocacy.

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I dont believe we are actually guaranteed the “right to privacy”. We are guaranteed the right to freedom from illegal search and seizure, but thats not even close to the same thing. That said, I could be very much mistaken.

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Most weekdays you’ll see on this, sorry for the poor picture quality

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The USS Great Pumpkin

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