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If you have an Android device, there’s the Real-Time GPS Tracker 2 app

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@rcannon100 130300 wrote:

Sorry, dog powered bikes are not allowed in Freezing Saddles!!

Are we going to have a 10 page discussion about d-bikes now?

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I’ll be there!

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@TwoWheelsDC 129987 wrote:

My neighbor rides with her dog leashed to the bike (you can actually buy special leashes just for this). Makes me cringe every time I see her, since it seems dangerous (mostly for the dog). But she said she’s been doing it for years and years.

My brother out in Colorado takes his dog, Luna, out for a run on his bike. Luna is strong enough to pull him up the hills on the three mile course he takes through the big open space near his house. He does have to keep an eye out for the small critters along the side of the trail that she’ll occasionally try to go after.

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@baiskeli 129670 wrote:

Target has a bunch of batter-powered light strings

Sounds delicious!

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At the meeting, the park representatives said the winning bid for the project should be announced soon. The road will not be widened, but the trail will be rebuilt to be eight to ten feet wide. The project is supposed to start in March 2016 and will be in five phases. Each phase will take approximately six months. Unfortunately, I can’t remember the precise boundaries of each phase.

Phase 1 – Rock Creek Parkway intersection to either Harvard Street
Phase 2 – Harvard Street to Piney Branch Parkway
Phase 3 – Piney Branch Parkway to Broad Branch Road
Phase 4 – Broad Branch Road to Joyce Road
Phase 5 – Joyce Road to MD county line

In each of the phases, both the trail and the road will be rebuilt with the road being closed to cars for the entire period. It sounds like the plan is for the trail to be done first, with trail users being allowed to use the road. When the trail is finished, the road will be rebuilt and the trail will be opened for use. I pointed out this would be a problem at the Piney Branch Parkway project boundaries, but the trail boundaries of those phases may be moved to Bluff Bridge. Also, this will mean that there will be no access through the Zoo tunnel in Phase 1 when the zoo is closed.

At the meeting, there were detail diagrams of each phase on the walls of the auditorium, with highlighted detour routes for cars and cyclists/pedestrians. There was also a detailed PowerPoint presentation that included much more detail about the project. I’ve written to the park superintendent (and I encourage you to do the same) asking where these have been posted, since they promised to do that during the meeting.

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The Downtown Silver Spring (#DTSS) Coffee Club is proposing a 8 am meeting at La Mano in Takoma Park.

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@americancyclo 128567 wrote:

I bought these a while back. They’re cheap and almost a consumable, but they fit on schrader and presta valves and definitely light up brightly. They’re good for a few months before the fall off, or need new batteries.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004T6S90Y?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_search_detailpage

Someone gave me a set of these and I’ve had less success with them. They never turned on very consistently.

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I also have one of the German-spec lights with the distinct cutoff. I don’t cover its beam when encountering oncoming bikes, partially due to that cutoff, but also because its fork-mounted position. I don’t complain about other cyclists’ headlights, even when they are lighting up both the trail and the trees overhead…I just dip my helmet down so the visor obscures the worst of the glare.

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There was an article in the NY Times a few months ago about how bikes weren’t locked up very often in Japan.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/12/magazine/the-bicycle-thief.html?_r=0

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@GovernorSilver 127584 wrote:

How about the DC side of the bridge? Is there some representative/council member/whatever in DC government we should be contacting too?

Actually, both ends of the bridge are in DC. The DC/Virginia boundary is along the Boundary Channel, not the Potomac River. https://goo.gl/maps/PjUn8xv6rrJ2

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@GovernorSilver 126048 wrote:

Had my new Twin Six/Bikes & Art polyester cycling cap on, in case it rained. Love it. The closeout price didn’t hurt either.

I have one of these caps and I love it, too. I didn’t find it with a closeout price, but picked it up with some other things to use my “Get $20 off on a $50 purchase” at REI

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And this time of year is a great time to ride the GAP, especially climbing from Frostburg to the Big Savage Tunnel. There are some tremendous vistas of the changing leaves.

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I’m signed up also. The last time I did a ride similar to this was the WAGBRAD (Washcycle’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Around DC) back in 2011

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I went up this weekend and had a great time on the ride. The turnout was bigger than I expected with a couple of thousand people joining in. This made for some slow going on the narrow streets, but it was a festive atmosphere for all riders.

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