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@cvcalhoun 149373 wrote:
Every year before this year, I’ve worked from home (in Bethesda, not DC). And every year, I’ve managed to put in enough miles so that it’s at least not embarrassing. (7th on a team of 9, or 8th on a team of 13.)
If you work from home and don’t do any noncommuting rides, you obviously shouldn’t be in Freezing Saddles (because you’re never actually riding). But if you work from home and do some riding, then we balance out the wimpy riders on each team with the ones that ride a couple of centuries on a Saturday just for fun. Or the teammate I had my first year who rode a century with a broken clavicle.
I mountain bike at least 4 times a week and shoot for at least 8 miles/ride. Sometimes even in the snow
, but if this is geared primarily for road mileage, I can bow out.
Bike Ski by ricky d, on Flickr@LeprosyStudyGroup 149346 wrote:
Dunno if this has been talked about already but someone brought it up at Coffee Club this morning:
If you happen to live and work in DC and don’t want to get stuck with a losing team full of wimpy teeny tiny microcommutes, – don’t ask to be put on a locals only team – , instead ask to be put on one of the VA or MD teams and get those miles biking out to meet your new friends.
What if you happen to live and work from home?
If I’m accepted to play, I have to put some slicks on one of my mountain bike so my mileage isn’t embarrassingly low!The 50 States was harder than I expected. My nemeses on this ride was the heat and my shoes/socks. For the latter, I mountain bike all the time with them, but I don’t usually spend 7 hours in the saddle like I did for the 50 States and the seam of the socks somehow seemed to align with the hard plastic of my shoes and eventually rubbed my feet the wrong way.
I’m happy I pre-downloaded the GPS route onto my phone and Garmin and had both running. There was at least 5 times that the people in the lead (of whatever group I was in) either overshot or took a wrong turn, but my phone and Garmin told me not to follow
All whining aside, I’m glad I went. I was on a bike, got to see old friends, and ride different parts of DC that I don’t usually. Thanks WABA, organizers, volunteers, and fellow bikers
At the end of the 2016 WABA 50 States Ride by ricky d, on Flickr@Greenbelt 138407 wrote:
The high winds brought a few trees down at Fairland Regional. Excellent conditions otherwise, though
[IMG]https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/12985506_1008269865906397_1433813081512946619_n.jpg?oh=b88e0d72bdd01206a7f1b4829f878ad7&oe=577FFD85[/IMG]Verrrrry interesting… any idea where along the trail I can find it? I was there on Monday and don’t recall seeing it. I did everything except the Silverwood trail, aka, the extension that goes into the neighborhood. (Map.)
I’d love to check it out and see if it was possible to get over
@mstone 90780 wrote:
Yeah, at some point custom is the way to go, but it is expensive.
Agreed, but if you’ve been riding a while and plan to keep it up, have a hard time finding what you want in stock frames, have a good idea of what you are looking for, and go with a good framebuilder, welp, it’s worth every penny
@vvill 86546 wrote:
Everyone looks… different. Hope to make one of these sometime!
Yup, much less Lycra than the Coffee Club
Great meeting everybody. Jo and I had fun. Cheers!
-rickyd
Monumental Picnic Lunch by bundokbiker, on Flickr@jabberwocky 86045 wrote:
Sort of. He didn’t go rear wheel only, he just kicked his way across, with each wheel on a rock the whole way (each kick would advance up one rock). Very little pausing and balancing. He made it look easy peasy. But he was someone who had been a trials rider for many years.
Yup, no chance
Speaking of rock crossings, have you ever successfully ridden across this one at Laurel Hill? I haven’t.
http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/5018/img0313tx3.jpg
@Greenbelt 85901 wrote:
Lots of casual cyclists on my new commute route. I’m digging it.
Is it uncouth to not use the bike lane/cycletrack if there is one?
