[DCAKen]

From a story this morning on WAMU, work on the trail may not start until next year.

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@cvcalhoun 76745 wrote:

Some of us still refuse to acknowledge the renaming of National Airport!

It’s either National or DCA for me

[DCAKen]

I’ve been using the Pearl Izumi Elite Barrier bootie for the past couple of winters and I’ve been pretty happy with them. The XL size is a snug fit for my 46 shoes, but they’ve kept my feet pretty warm down to about 25°. I still miss my old Performance Booties from before the line was redesigned several years ago.

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@ShawnoftheDread 75924 wrote:

This morning I saw the Park Service clearing the Lincoln Memorial plaza with one of these. Looks like it would drive up a trail pretty nicely, and wouldn’t damage the trail like a plow might.

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Think if we all bought one we’d get in trouble for driving it on the trails?

I’ve seen the Park Service using this on the Rock Creek Trail. Just not often enough…

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@dasgeh 76028 wrote:

A pannier hooked onto a shopping cart is super helpful when you have two kids that want to ride in the shopping cart. Bonus points when shopping at the Washington Blvd
Giant with U-Scan — you can be all loaded by the time you pay.

That’s one reason I do my shopping at the Giant here in Silver Spring before heading back into DC. I don’t like the unpleasant surprise of discovering I bought more than I can fit into my panniers. The two DC stores closest to me don’t have the scanners.

[DCAKen]

My commuting options are:

Bike: 9.7 miles, which takes about 45 minutes going up through Rock Creek Park
Bus: about 40-45 minutes, depending on the time spent transferring from one bus line to another – $3.20 round trip
Metro: about 40 minutes door-to-door – $7.10 round trip
Drive: not an option since I’m living car-free

[DCAKen]

The trail through Rock Creek Park is packed snow and ice. I went on Beach Drive instead from the Connecticut Avenue Bridge to Broad Branch.

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This was taken at the parking lot at Broad Branch. Is there any surprise that the lot is nicely plowed but the trail isn’t?

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I’ve been using the Crank Brothers Candy pedals on my two bikes. I have had the pedal fail with the pedal body coming detached from the spindle on the Candy 3. However, I was able to get them replaced for free. These pedals have a five year warranty on them. I called CB about the failure and they were willing to replace them. Since this would have left me without pedals for a while, I decided to return them to Performance Bike, where I had purchased them. They have a lifetime guarantee on what they sell, so they switched them out at the store while I waited.

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@rcannon100 74216 wrote:

You people are sick!

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I’d be interested in seeing the average number of miles ridden vs. the average temperature. No doubt there were many more short rides on those cold days.

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This is my favorite sleaze course. It takes me seven loops to get above the non-sleaze threshold.

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There’s an Android app that shows launch status. It also includes a compass showing the direction of Wallops Island from where you are.

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On the home page, the button Team Leaderboard (Chart) send you to the text page.

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Rock Creek trail (from P Street north to Broad Branch) was clear this morning. However (at 7 am), the path through the zoo was closed.

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I finished with just over 4800 miles, so I think this year’s goal will be 5000 miles. And maybe ride a century for the first time this century.

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I saw this near Valley Forge PA when visiting my parents. I wasn’t on my bike…and seeing this makes me a little reluctant to cycle on the PA roads.

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