[Dirt]

Nice ride downtown with the one and only Tim Kelley.

[Dirt]

Custis is plowed, but still has ice.

Before:

After:

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Custis was plowed and it helped, but there is still a lot of ice and snow on it. Not always a clear line through. LOTS of slush out there too. It will melt faster with stuff scraped off.

Have fun with it! I did. The Before/After with Custis was a blast today. (Only a semi-trained ape on a post-apocalyptic snow bike would honestly feel that way.)

[Dirt]

Sorry. I’m out. I will be there next week.

[Dirt]

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More from Memorial Bridge

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@Mikey 78869 wrote:

This is one of the best photos you have ever posted Pete! This one is so cool!

Thanks! We had fun riding and the photo just seemed to fit the spirit of the ride.

As a side note, it is completely untouched. The lack of color in the background was completely done by Mother Nature.

[Dirt]

@consularrider 78884 wrote:

Another HDCC with lousy trail conditions. Hope to see some of you there.

I have to see how I’m feeling in the morning. My back was bothering me all day. If it is feeling better, then I’ll see you bright and early. If I’m not doing well, I’m gonna lay low for another day.

[Dirt]

@consularrider 78863 wrote:

Nice ski track FFG!

Yeah, seriously. Nice to see that there ARE some xc skiers in the area.

[Dirt]

@Steve 78851 wrote:

The only thing not on Dirt’s handlebars are, well, his hands.

Almost true… The hip flask is on the back of the saddle.

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@consularrider 78840 wrote:

I skipped the MUPs this morning and took side roads from Westover to Rosslyn. Some were better than others and there were big problems with slush piles at intersections. I was surprised that 15th St from Glebe to Utah was packed snow and ice. Several streets in Rosslyn are a mess of brown sugar slush. I was also surprised that Moore St by the Rosslyn Metro entrance was such a mess. Wasn’t bus service suspended yesterday, I would have thought that would have been cleaned up once the snow stopped falling.

Much of the corridor between Clarendon and Rosslyn gets plowed differently. Rather than send normal plows down the street, they use frontloaders and dump trucks. Most places plow to the side, then scoop it up and truck it away later. The first day or two after a big storm are much more messy in Rosslyn, but they avoid the huge piles of snow a week later. I personally don’t like it much. It makes Wilson, Clarendon, Lynn and Ft. Myer extremely dangerous for everyone in the short term.

Thanks for the report!

[Dirt]

My post-apocalyptic bike has arguably the most cluttered cockpit in the history of bikes.

• Camera Bag
• GPS (Barfly TT mount fits MTB bars nicely)
• folding knife (You never know when you’ll need to field dress a bear that you’ve killed)
• Moose Mitts
• Revelate bag (on the side of the stem) holds camera, food, etc.
• Frame back (inside the front triangle) holds a dry pair of gloves, lock and extra tube.
• Zip ties duct taped to the handlebars…. just in case.
• Exposure Revo dynamo light under the handlebars.

[Dirt]

@FFX_Hinterlands 78831 wrote:

Bar Mitts, bag on front box rack, fenders, flaps, bell. Step through frame for quick dismounts.

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Love it! Great use of the cargo rack too.

[Dirt]

@Rod Smith 78835 wrote:

Would have to pay me to run errands by bike. Oh wait. Nevermind.

I owe you a beer for that one, sir.

[Dirt]

Errandenneuring is fun! Definitely do this event.

[Dirt]

Do videos count?
[video=youtube_share;zWdy1FlvzyU]http://youtu.be/zWdy1FlvzyU[/video]
We had fun today. We kind of had the city to ourselves.

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