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  • in reply to: Trek 520 Touring Bike For Sale #1031914
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    I’ll start bidding at $1. And a banana.

    in reply to: Bicycle video cameras #1031913
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    I’ll confirm that the Garmin VIRB software worked with my Go Pro videos. Quite slick!

    in reply to: rainy day maintenance #1031509
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    I use triflow. And I keep my bike as dirty as possible because the second I get it clean, rain is inevitable.

    On a related note I just got my drive train back to sparkling like new. That all but guarantees torrential downpours for the foreseeable future.

    in reply to: WTB: Surly Cross Check Frame #1030284
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    @IlPirata 115929 wrote:

    Looking for Cross Check frame in 54 cm to build up commuting machine.

    I’ve been looking for the same. Hard to find a good deal on one for the past couple months. There was a 48cm Cross Check on the DC bike marketplace a few weeks ago. There’s also a big Bike Swap in DC on Sunday, where you may be able to find stuff.

    You may also look at Nashbar to get a frame too. Sethpo on here built up a disc commuter from a frame off there. I’ve pondered the same off and on.

    Best of luck!

    in reply to: Maryland and DC pit stop recommendations? #1030064
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    @Riley Casey 115836 wrote:

    Silver Spring always has a good turn out but then it’s the only pit stop I’ve been to other than Freedom Plaza so my perspective is limited and skewed by it being my home base.

    Silver Spring coffee club has a reasonably sized group meeting at 6:30 there. Perhaps we’ll see you!

    in reply to: Missed connection #1029836
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    @dkel 115597 wrote:

    If there is a serious accident, and one person is literally sprawled out on the trail with several people crowded around to offer aid:

    1) you don’t get to blast through at speed, and
    2) when people tell you you should slow the hell down, you don’t get to shout obscenities and tell people to get the F out of the trail!

    Seriously, I don’t care who you are, and I certainly don’t care how important you think you are: when someone is seriously injured, their needs take precedence over yours. That was the most disgusting thing I think I have ever seen out there, and I have seen lots of boneheaded, idiotic things out there. This post can’t come close to expressing my rage at what I witnessed!

    This fills me with rage as one who regularly stops to help people. I’m surprised that someone didn’t chase the jerk down and give him a thrashing.

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    @ts986 115038 wrote:

    How do people have so many miles already? It’s hard to compete! I thought I had a pretty good commute (17 miles roundtrip), but how do people already have over 300?

    I have a 30 mile roundtrip and am still far from the top. I find my ranking improves every Friday, after I log a week’s worth of commutes. It then falls on weekends, when I sleaze ride and others get their 100-200 mile rides in.

    The challenge started on a Friday this year, so lots of weekend/nice weather riders got some big points (Plus you’re in the running with amazing folks like Eric Williams and Rod Smith who ride more in a single day than I ride in a week!). In the past I find that steady commuters start climbing the leaderboards while weekend warriors lose time to weather, heat, vacations, family, etc.

    Just set a goal for yourself (i’m shooting for Diamond level this year!) and go for it!

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    I like the Key bridge for the high rails too. Unfortunately I can’t help much with the rest of your route as I know very little outside of my usual route.

    in reply to: Cross/Adventure Bike for City and Surrounds (~$1500) #1028591
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    One other that you might consider is the Salsa Vaya. I think the Vaya 3 falls in your price range. Lots of folks like the Vaya.

    I’m with you on the steel, but while your testing, I’ll also throw in the Giant Revolt. It’s Aluminum but is very comfy. Someone on here has one and likes it a lot!

    in reply to: Cross/Adventure Bike for City and Surrounds (~$1500) #1028587
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    I’ll just mention that the Bianchi Volpe disc ticks all of your marks and when I test rode one it was fantastic! I’d suggest hunting one down to test before you decide. There’s also the Jamis Aurora Elite and the Jamis Bosanova. Both more touring style, I believe, but still worth a test!

    in reply to: April 2015 Trail Conditions #1028270
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    @datgl 113898 wrote:

    Has anyone else tried to have the new sign at Connecticut on the GBT removed? i talked to someone in Park and planning and they put in a service request to have it removed, but she didn’t sound very helpful, mostly irritated that someone would complain about it.

    I’ll second that notion. It is horribly positioned for anyone trying to use the sidewalk/trail.

    in reply to: How to signal a right turn? #1028268
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    I use the bent left arm too. And I’m not particularly old school…or maybe I am and just didn’t know!

    in reply to: It is Pouring outside. yikes #1028094
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    @ejwillis62 113715 wrote:

    made it home, the advice to keep my glasses on was awesome. I looked through the water spots and did well. it was slow going and around miles 10-15 I thought I was nuts then by mile 19 I was very proud of myself. was completely soaked but I did okay. I was mostly warm. only hands got a bit chilled. Really glad I have clip in cycling shoes so that I didn’t have to worry about my feet slipping. No something I would like to do everyday but I survived it. Glad it doesn’t pour like that everyday. thanks all for giving me courage.

    ELITE! I’ve learned to embrace rain riding. It’s kind of fun as long as you have the time to go a little slower. In case it helps for future rain rides, I find rain pants and a decent REI brand cycling rain jacket with full fingers keep me mostly comfy. Also, as long as the Garmin is nestled in its mount, it should be water proof for any rain storm that you’d want to ride in. The only thing I need to do something about now is my feet, cause I hate wet stock feet.

    in reply to: for a coworker #1028092
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    I’ll toss out two suggestions.
    1) A Jamis Quest Comp – steel road bike. Pretty comfortable and around 1K new. This is my nice bike and it has served me well for a year of commuting around 30 miles a day. It comes with a Sora triple.

    2) A Giant Defy 3. I like the Defy line as they are reasonably priced in my opinion. The Defy 3 (I think) comes with a nice frame and a carbon fork with a compact Sora double. This one is aluminium, so not as smooth as the Jamis, but it’s a couple hundred cheaper leaving extra cash for fun toys like a Garmin or clipless shoes/pedals.

    Last thing I’d say is to be flexible with budget (if possible). Test things in your budget but if something is a little more but rides a lot nicer, be willing to up the cash a little. You’ll be happier in the long run.

    in reply to: Missed connection #1027883
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    @scoot 113492 wrote:

    Might that stretch of Glebe be a good candidate for a road diet? According to VDOT, AADT in 2013 was 14k between Chain Bridge and Old Dominion. I seem to recall that 20k is the critical point.

    There are alternative routes between Chain Bridge and Marymount, like Military Road to 31st/26th, which are either awesome (hills!) or awful (hills!), depending on your POV. But Glebe is certainly the quickest ride and gentlest slope, so it would be very helpful to improve it so that people can feel comfortable riding there.

    I sometimes take Military, but the quality of that road is awful (especially the “bike lanes”) and I regularly see cars weaving in and out of them. I’m usually fine on the road and can keep up a good clip, but my legs just weren’t feeling it today. Plus, even when I ride the roads, I always take the sidewalk along that last hill in front of the country club. Marymount is right there, and its a good chance to end my ride with a relaxing jaunt uphill, rather than a mad dash fighting with the BWM’s and Lexus’s of North Arlington.

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