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January 11, 2018 at 3:16 pm in reply to: BAFS18 Team 13 Meeting Place, As Luck Would Have it #1081097
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ParticipantFunny I came up with Triskaidekphile as well or Triskaidekphilic. It’s not very, uh, catchy, though.
January 11, 2018 at 2:47 pm in reply to: BAFS18 Team 13 Meeting Place, As Luck Would Have it #1081084ParticipantGo Team!
Did you know that Triskaidekaphobia is the word for the fear of number thirteen?
Here some other Thirteen facts to give you more ideas for team names.
ParticipantI have a *sleeze commute.* So there.
ParticipantOn days like today I remember why I still have a heavy, internally-geared, roller-braked, fat-tired Dutch bike.
ParticipantDecember 20, 2017 at 9:40 pm in reply to: Reminder: You need to post on this forum to be in Freezing Saddles #1079684Participant@jrenaut 169856 wrote:
No, not this thread. You have to post in a different thread. One specific different thread. We won’t tell you which one, though. No, it’s not the one you’re thinking of.
Sheesh, tough crowd.
Participant@FFX_Hinterlands 169646 wrote:
Dynamo wheels are a game changer in the winter. Cold and battery-powered lights don’t mix very well. I have daytime running lights on my front light as well that I run all summer.
I got my dynamo wheel for cheap shipped from Germany (where they require lights on bikes): https://www.taylor-wheels.com/catalogsearch/result/index/?laufrad_groesse=56&q=dynamoOK, Taylor Wheels of Germany no longer ships to the US. Gah. Thanks, Trump!
Participant@dkel 169640 wrote:
(I do have in mind a plan to build a dynamo wheel to make the bike completely, awesomely ridiculous.)
Dynamo wheels are a game changer in the winter. Cold and battery-powered lights don’t mix very well. I have daytime running lights on my front light as well that I run all summer.
I got my dynamo wheel for cheap shipped from Germany (where they require lights on bikes): https://www.taylor-wheels.com/catalogsearch/result/index/?laufrad_groesse=56&q=dynamoParticipantYes, In Reston there’s Lawyers Road, Soapstone, Colt’s Neck, Glade, Twin Branches (?). These all have some sort of bike lane.
ParticipantI have a commuter bike with a Shimano nexus 8 speed hub and a chain. The hub works great, but be careful to angle the shift cable housing uphill from the hub. Otherwise it collects water and will freeze up. I’ve used 3 speed hubs for years and the 8 speed is a big improvement. My next bike will have a Pinion Drive and a belt, I think.
I ride in rain/snow/etc so don’t like having a naked chain. I’ve tried chainguards and even a hebie chainglider. The chainglider doesn’t really keep gunk off of the chain or your clothes. A full chainguard keeps your pants clean but still lets gunk spin off your wheels onto the chain. t I think the only thing that will really help preserve a chain is one of those fully-enclosed Dutch chaincases. You can’t get them here and they make any tire/wheel removal a total pain. So for me a belt would be appealing. The grass is always greener.
ParticipantThe red trussed frame reminds me of the Williamsburg (bike) Bridge in New York. So… William aka Bill?
November 21, 2017 at 8:36 pm in reply to: Arlington’s First Combination Little Free Library & Bike Repair Station #1078451Participant@Judd 168451 wrote:
Would anyone object if a sign pointing to the fix it station suddenly appeared on the side of the trail?
Sometimes that happens.
ParticipantLooks like the Key Bridge Marriott is being redeveloped. Time for a re-do of this intersection?
November 21, 2017 at 4:30 pm in reply to: Arlington’s First Combination Little Free Library & Bike Repair Station #1078430ParticipantYou just reminded me.. There are now two fix-it stations in Herndon just off the W&OD. One near Van Buren and the second near Herndon Community Center, just west of Ferndale, Ave. They are both oddly placed… in the middle of the grass at least 15-20 feet from the trail and black/low to the ground. I almost missed them.
Tom
ParticipantIf you are doing a demo like that I would approach the ML people with a sales proposal. Here are a couple of ideas:
1) Free set of ML for you to borrow and you get paid commission on any sales as a result
2) Reduced price set for you if you promise to demo them at y events (it would be easy if you count bigger group rides, etc).
3) Fractional cost set of ML for you as long as you spur x number of sales. If you don’t meet your quota then you pay off the balance to them for a reduced cost set.Mention that you can give them product feedback which would be valuable to improving their products, etc.
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