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@rcannon100 178339 wrote:

Dude parks his ELITE plastic bike next to mine at the office and BOY does he whine if I get the SLIGHTEST bit of mud on his spandex-toy!!!

My ELITE plastic bike usually comes to work covered in mud, but I still bring it up to my office so I can gaze on it from time to time. I don’t understand something here. Bonus Rod Smith sighting.

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Whichever wheel you build, important to have inner tube-based back sling for transport
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@robertgreen79 177350 wrote:

Good afternoon all! I was referred here by a nice gentleman from Reddit. I’m fairly new to biking and am looking to change that. My office will be moving from downtown to right next to the Noma/Gallaudet metro and is now close enough to home for me to start biking in. I’m looking for a decent route. I was thinking of taking the Anacostia River Trail down to the bridge at Benning Rd but was a little lost after that. Another user suggested cutting across to the MBT, but I’m not seeing any good way to do that, unless I go down Rhode Island Ave. I’d REALLY prefer not to bike RI Ave, its hideously bad.

Is there a decent way to get into the Gallaudet area without riding on major roads? I’d prefer a bike path but I don’t see anything.

Thanks for your help!

Hi. Don’t take Rhode Island. It’s a sewer of awfulness.

I take ART to Benning Road to get to work. And I take the MBT to get home.

Take a look at my evening commute here: https://www.strava.com/activities/1547860213

You can see a good way to get to NOMA from our area without much traffic.

If you want to take the ART, it’s beautiful and very flat, but a bit longer. I take that way in the morning: https://www.strava.com/activities/1547860238
To get to NOMA, you’d want to take D street maybe instead of East Cap, or just cut north on 6th street from East Cap and then back west on L to NOMA. Those roads are pretty good, even in rush hour.

-Jeff

[Greenbelt]

@robertgreen79 177350 wrote:

Good afternoon all! I was referred here by a nice gentleman from Reddit. I’m fairly new to biking and am looking to change that. My office will be moving from downtown to right next to the Noma/Gallaudet metro and is now close enough to home for me to start biking in. I’m looking for a decent route. I was thinking of taking the Anacostia River Trail down to the bridge at Benning Rd but was a little lost after that. Another user suggested cutting across to the MBT, but I’m not seeing any good way to do that, unless I go down Rhode Island Ave. I’d REALLY prefer not to bike RI Ave, its hideously bad.

Is there a decent way to get into the Gallaudet area without riding on major roads? I’d prefer a bike path but I don’t see anything.

Thanks for your help!

Hi. Don’t take Rhode Island. It’s a sewer of awfulness.

I take ART to Benning Road to get to work. And I take the MBT to get home.

Take a look at my evening commute here: https://www.strava.com/activities/1547860213

You can see a good way to get to NOMA from our area without much traffic.

If you want to take the ART, it’s beautiful and very flat, but a bit longer. I take that way in the morning: https://www.strava.com/activities/1547860238
To get to NOMA, you’d want to take D street maybe instead of East Cap, or just cut north on 6th street from East Cap and then back west on L to NOMA. Those roads are pretty good, even in rush hour.

-Jeff

[Greenbelt]

I’m going to be leaving from Old Greenbelt at 10am (not 9:30 as I’d said before) on this route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/27105687 Meetup at New Deal Cafe in Greenbelt for the ride (ample parking) if anyone wants to ride that bit with me. -Jeff

[Greenbelt]

I’ll be riding over with my tandem partner on this route. Leaving Greenbelt at 10am [EDIT] (by the New Deal Cafe). -Jeff
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/27105687

[Greenbelt]

I did this ride last year — it was awesome.
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[Greenbelt]

@JonRobot 176554 wrote:

this was by far my worst year in terms of days and mileage, between a week of vacation (fun!) and then having an obnoxious crash (not so fun!). according to strava i’m almost exactly 150 miles short of where i was this time last year, though in my defense my crash this year happened earlier in the game than getting hit by a car last year. i should probably stop getting injured during freezing saddles…

The top teams are usually the ones with no injuries, no illnesses, and lots of daily participation up and down the list. Injury avoidance = #1 goal for me these days!

[Greenbelt]

@Mtansill 176440 wrote:

We had some good participation/leading of reindeer games from our team, too! Ricky is hosting his own game, the afore-mentioned #fs2018dirtybiker, and I am assisting with Frozemon, and a little with Calvinball and Donuts. I have also hosted multiple happy hours, posted on these forums.

Absolutely, you and the other reindeer gamers had a huge year this year. There were so many events it was awesome!

[Greenbelt]

Mid pack finish for the Snowflakes, but some nice individual milestones this FS season: Patty on overall podium! Ricky, Millie and Eddie closing on in 100% participation days. Shane with 70+ days and 1200 miles. I had a weak winter on mileage, with that long vacation and then nursing a cold for long while. But I did hit one marker a couple weeks ago: 50k miles since I started tracking on Strava in 2012. Next year I’ll try to compete more seriously, maybe at least on #fs2019dirtybiker! -Jeff
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Perfect morning for a mountain bike ride!
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[Greenbelt]

Meanwhile back home… conditions are actually pretty good.
https://www.facebook.com/proteusbicycles/videos/1645717928828251/

PS. I’m going to go back and tag all my dirt rides later today, so at least I’ll maybe get toward the top of a leaderboard in something this season.

[Greenbelt]

Not so dirty bikers today

[Greenbelt]

Don’t know if this has been posted (too lazy to read the prior pages) but the amazing Brett (Team 7) and the almost as amazing Laurie’s (slacker) beer ride looks like it will be on for this Saturday.

Details will be here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1985073218434164/

[Greenbelt]

@Mtansill 174865 wrote:

Hey Team!

Ride your bikes and join us for bowling in College Park! The address is 9021 Baltimore Ave. Here is the website: https://www.bowlero.com/location/bowlero-college-park. We are going to start playing at 8 because that’s when they have $2.22 Tuesdays!

Tuesday the 20th?

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