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@guga31bb 74352 wrote:

How does one pack a bike for a trip like that?

Like this, minus all the touring gear in this case, I assume.

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@TwoWheelsDC 74315 wrote:

Sloping top tube = more seatpost. The more seatpost you have, the more Pro you look.

Which makes a folding bike ELITE Pro!

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Thank you all for clarifying the definition for this FS rookie.

And may everyone’s thoughts about sleaze rides not be polluted by death metal imagery of knives penetrating lungs, etc.

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@bikeeveryday 74254 wrote:

How did you ride with hockey skates on? :p

Not an answer to your question, but it seems a propos nonetheless.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicycle#Unicycle_hockey

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@PotomacCyclist 74232 wrote:

Liftoff!

Ongoing coverage of the mission at NASA TV: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/wallops/home/index.html#.Us7nrfS1ySr

I made it out at lunch to watch it on the Ellipse and grab a couple sleaze miles fecthing a bite to eat and going to my chosen vantage point.

Highlight of watching: there was an AP video reporter taping the launch from the same spot. He did a brief interview with me after the vapor trail had dissipated. I doubt it’ll be picked up by anybody, but I plan to keep searching to see if it shows up somewhere. Anyway, it was fun to be interviewed.

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@dkel 74237 wrote:

I think the benefits of this whole pro tip are highly eggsaggerated. :p

Eggzactly.

(Eggstreme puntsering!)

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@consularrider 74196 wrote:

It was so nice to be on the road bike this morning after a week on the heavyweight.

In my case, it doesn’t matter what bike I’m on, it’s a heavyweight by default thanks to the rider.

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Launch pad coordinates saved on my GPS so I can be sure to be looking in exactly the right direction!

Just in case anyone else cares, they are: N 37*51.040′ / W 075*28.206′

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@consularrider 74188 wrote:

It was interesting that I saw more people out on bikes yesterday morning than this morning.

I saw way more today than I have almost any day since the new year. I think it might have been the first day with double digit number of cyclists encountered on the way to work, so…

Geoff wrote:

Where was everybody today???

Maybe they were still in bed. I know I normally am between 6:30 and 7:00.

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@Steve O 74148 wrote:

+1 I’ve had a Take a Look mirror for more than a decade (actually 2; I lost one) and have given them as gifts.

And once you’ve gotten used to wearing it on the bike, you’ll start expecting to be able to quickly glance up and to the left to see what is behind you, like walking down the street, or in the hall at work. Sadly, it’s not always there, well, unless you forget to take it off once you get off the bike.

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@Dirt 74125 wrote:

There are a few different kinds of commuting that we’re talking about. If you’re going less than 5 miles…
If you’ve got 10-15 miles to get to work…

And if you’re squarely between the two, say 7.5 miles, good luck figuring it out!

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@lordofthemark 74095 wrote:

Any new thoughts? I mounted a bar end mirror on the beater MTB, and I always found it frustrating – hard to see in without looking too far down, got mis aimed whenever I shifted or braked (when aimed correctly it was too close to my left hand) etc. I haven’t removed it from the MTB but I do not want to put one on the Dew. So thinking probably a helmet mirror (standard Bell helmet) though I wear glasses.

I give very high praise for the Take a Look mirror. Love mine to death. I put mine on my regular eyeglasses, which are what I wear for riding. It can also be put onto the visor of a helmet if you’d prefer, or to the helmet directly with an optional helmet adapter.

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@chris_s 74078 wrote:

Just wanted to throw in here that WD40 is not a lubricant. It is a water displacement formulation. Its lubricating properties are incidental and not long-lasting.

Very true of actual WD-40 (the WD stands for water displacement, of course), though for the record, they do now have a whole line of WD-40 branded products, including lubricants. I’d seen mention of it online, and then saw the actual products on display at REI over the weekend when I was there to buy my GPS.

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Never heard the Vaseline tip before, but I like it. Might have to give that a try sometime. Cheaper than YakTrax!

Similar, but likely unrelated to the my wife’s assertion that she feels warmer going outside in the cold if she puts on moisturizer/lotion first.

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One other option to consider for a more upright riding position is a bike equipped with butterfly trekking bars. I have had bikes set up with these over time as well. They take MTB style shifters and brake levers and offer lots of hand positions for comfort on longer rides as well. Off hand, I know only of the Novara Safari from REI that comes with butterfly bars stock, but there may be others out there. Which reminds me, the Safari might be a good bike for you to consider, too…

http://sheldonbrown.com/harris/handlebars/index.html#handlebarsup

http://www.rei.com/product/807245/novara-safari-bike-2014

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