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So now we have three dockless scooter operations in DC. Waybots, LimeBike, and now Bird.

Bird’s founder is at least publicly committed “to give a share of their revenue, $1 per vehicle per day, to build bike lanes, promote safe riding, and maintain shared infrastructure. He also urged the operators to commit to keep track of their bikes and scooters, ensuring they are not cluttering neighborhoods, and to not add more vehicles unless each is getting at least three uses daily.”

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My first stop at the LFL&BRS today, so cool! The tools and tire pump were all intact and the geocache safely in the attic.

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In case anyone was headed that way, the Central District open house scheduled for tonight has been canceled due to inclement weather.

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@chuxtr 176208 wrote:

I’m nearly certain Lynne S on Legal from Las Vegas is a rookie (Sunyata can confirm). To paraphrase from “Major League”: She’s gonna win the whole damn thing! She just went over 4,000 miles yesterday! What more needs to be said?

Heh, no. Lynn is one of the superwomen of cycling, and I was lucky to have her on my team last year. She’s already a Guinness world record holder, and about to go for a second. Major league, not a rookie!

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@CBGanimal 175506 wrote:

Did they close for good?

With paper on the windows, nobody answering the phone, and staff sent home abruptly it sure looks permanent. Local press got an anonymous tip a week ago.

It’s been our mainstay for those don’t feel like cooking, wanna go out for a beer nights, and I can walk or CaBi there. I’m verklempt.

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@sjclaeys 175504 wrote:

So the interwebs are saying that the Cap City Brewing in Shirlington has closed suddenly. We’ve lost a favorite Third Thursday haunt.

That sucks.
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@DismalScientist 175417 wrote:

Bonus points for any picture with a bike on one of the Three Sisters?

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Or just pull one of the dockless bikes out of the river?

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Me: Northbound MVT approaching turn onto the 14th St bridge. Looked behind and saw no one, slowed down gradually, gave a long full-arm left turn signal, and made a gradual wide turn leaving plenty of room for someone coming downhill in the opposite lane.

You: Appeared out of nowhere and screeched your brakes behind me, as though I’d done something unpredictable and interrupted your morning hammerfest.

Dude, that was audacious and amateur. Just because you’re fast doesn’t mean you’re not an idiot.

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@awitt 174788 wrote:

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That’s an actual store/workshop out in Sperryville VA, which we pass on the way to SNP (via Thornton Gap) all the time, and it makes us laugh. They’ve been written about by Southern Living magazine and everything.

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@LeprosyStudyGroup 174416 wrote:

2/9 – Two fronzromm have been reported digging through the trash bins at Oakcrest Park in Arlington, hopefully you won’t have to.

1) A Bearded and a Thirsty fronzromm have been dissuaded from rustling through the trash in Oakcrest Park.

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2) Going down that hill was FUN on a CaBi!

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@LeprosyStudyGroup 174198 wrote:

2/5– A Frozémon has been spotted attached to a tree at the east entrance ramp of shirlington’s ped bridge over 395!

Snagged!

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Lil Thirsty gets to go to work with me, then happy hour, then home. I’m a little afraid that with two Thirsty’s in the house unattended they’ll raid my liquor collection! ��

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@LeprosyStudyGroup 173358 wrote:

1/26 – A Frozemon has appeared behind a post of an overlooked trellised picnic area up the hill between the Pentagon Row skating rink and South Lynn Street on arlington ridge. It’s tough bikin’ so you may have to walk.

Nabbed! It’s probably sabotage to someone who’s actually playing to win, but this Thirsty is mine.

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Vaya wanted ride the stairs but I said no.

Poor thing, it really was!

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@Judd 173233 wrote:

I wonder if dockless bikes entering into the Chinese market first has been the determining factor on the size of the bikes. It looks like from Google that average height for a male in China is 5.575′ and 5.975′ in the US.

Me: At Ofo opening day party, trying to provide useful feedback about their tiny bikes (I could hardly ride one, and I’m 5’8″) without being culturally insensitive
Ofo staff: All petite Asian women

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@huskerdont 173139 wrote:

I have no idea who that is, but it sounded just like that looks.

French fries for hair….hmm.

@ShawnoftheDread 173125 wrote:

Speakers on trails are a scourge.

In general I agree. I won’t blast mine loud enough to compete with external noise, so usually it’s off when I’m next to traffic or near Gravelly Point, say. But especially those rides home in the dark, on sections where I’m mostly alone, it’s entertaining to have music, volume just enough for my listening radius w/o inflicting it on everyone.

ShawnoftheDread would rather have a long, intense conversation with his riding pals – amIright? :rolleyes:

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@streetsmarts 173091 wrote:

Might have to get a speaker

Recommended Bluetooth speakers:
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The Nut (surprising sound quality from an acorn)
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Buckshot 2.0 (small and rugged with button controls on the speaker itself)

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