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@JimF22003 46252 wrote:

For the rest of you headed into the wind today… SUCKAS!

It takes a lot to make me smile out here in my Sterling warehouse, but thoughts of heading EB this afternoon after fighting my way out here this morning are making me very happy… In fact I think the wind angle is just about right for a broad reach.. if only I were thicker I could take advantage of it!

[GuyContinental]

@cephas 45868 wrote:

Lately I’ve started recording my rides in both Strava and Endomondo. I had been recording in Endo, and really like the voice feature – I set it to tell me my pace every mile. I can’t usually hear it in heavy traffic, but otherwise, it’s nice to know. Then I love the Strava segment comparison… So, they both have features I like, and I haven’t found both features in either, so it’s both!

Use Cyclemeter- it announces relative pace and performance (as simple or as complicated as you like) and integrates (via gpx) with Strava. I loves it.

(Edit) So, Endomodo doesn’t have an email upload? If it did I could upload to both Strava and Endomodo at the same time

Full Disclosure- I’m an unpaid beta tester, but the Abvio team is great

[GuyContinental]

@TwoWheelsDC 45878 wrote:

I have a lot of internal conflict about this…I have the “please keep your child from walking all over the trail” side fighting against the “it’s a public trail for everyone to use” side. Unfortunately, most people who come out when it’s warm have absolutely no idea of how much and what kinds of traffic is on the trail, and they don’t think of it as a place where they need to watch their kids or walk on the proper side of the path. The Gravelly Point bypass will solve many of the problems, since it makes sense that people who drive to the trail and only use a small portion of it will be the least proficient at using it…but the easiest solution is to just avoid it on weekends. I did the same as many others and forgot that people actually use the trail, since we cyclists get it to ourselves in winter, for the most part. But for future warm weekends, I’ll either head out to the mountains or do loops on the quieter streets of Arlington.

(What happened to the “Like” button?)

Amen to this- I agree with creadinger within the narrow confines of rush hour commuting but on weekends no one has any business blazing along the trail at Mach 1 (or honestly, above 15mph). Still, the problem is not us, the bike aware of BA (or so I’d like to assume), the issue is with the unwashed spandex masses who will indeed continue to be a menace to the 5 y/o on the trail. Best we can do is be a PAL, set a great example and exert social pressure on cyclists and friendly advice to young users and their minders.

[GuyContinental]

22201 to Sterling
60 miles RT by car: ~1:45-2:30 (easy AM but awful, horrible I-66 time in the PM)
50 miles RT by bike: ~2:30-3:30

[GuyContinental]

@mstone 45510 wrote:

and forgetting to turn toward the trees?

He likes a challenge. The farther you drag it the more work it is.

[GuyContinental]

@consularrider 45498 wrote:

Cross country skis

Pshaw, it was Hozn dragging a body into the woods…

[GuyContinental]

@eminva 45462 wrote:

UPDATE:

I ran into another Freezing Saddles participant coming the other way and she said it was bad all the way from Falls Church.

Liz

Lena! Go Ochos!

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@dbb 45037 wrote:

There is something fun about cruising down the MVT at 1030 at night. About the only time you get to use all your lights. It certainly helps to do this on your normal commute as it forces you to remember where al the bumps are.

Sigh… I “get” to use all my lights far far too much… pretty excited about not having to do so now that the time of infinite darkness is nearing an end.

[GuyContinental]

@rcannon100 44988 wrote:

For any who might not know:
* Technically the WOD closes 30 min after sundown.

Any riding on the WOD after that is technically has been illegal and you could be ticketed.

* Yes, police have harassed cyclists on the WOD after dark. We have had probs with Arlco police in the past planting cruisers on the WOD and saying “none shall pass” I dont think it has happened in Arlco in a while – but it sure is nice to have this statement.
:p

I really don’t think that even Loudoun will go after commuters- as far as I understand it the goal has always been to have an enforcement mechanism to take care of potential miscreants. Individual LEOs have taken it on themselves to go after the hated cyclists…

Midnight WO&D warrior Ccrew (where did he go BTW?) said that he was stopped 1-2 times a year but more out of curiosity than any desire for the LEO to be a jerk or issue a ticket. I mean really, in my case, if I can’t ride the WO&D I’d be forced onto Rt 7, in the dark. I’m not sure what I’d do except eat the ticket and ask the officer for a 30 mile ride to Arlington.

[GuyContinental]

A friend just sent me this:

http://www.earlyrider.com/product/belter/

12.5 lb belt drive bike

His kids (in Vienna Austria) went from the LikeABike Jumper (LINK) to the Belter at under 4.

Of course if you want to do it right, just have Rob English build you a bespoke strider- LINK

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@KLizotte 44427 wrote:

Well if it all makes you feel any better I’m on vacation in Tucson, AZ and it snowed today! Big ploppy stuff for most of the day with rain thrown in for good measure. Yuck. I have also never seen so many strip malls in my life. This place has gotta be miserable when it hits 100+ degrees in the summer.

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Bah, Tuscon is nice… compared to Phoenix…

I grew up in Phoenix, came out here and was scared of trees and green things for a long long time

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@ShawnoftheDread 44741 wrote:

Mmmm… stagnant pond water.

It’s stagnant pond water in British Colombia, gotta be better than free flowing water in the Potomac…

I wanna start over and live in Squamish…

[GuyContinental]

@dbb 44680 wrote:

I will defer to the real experts, but I think the only roadway type where bikes are consistently prohibited are the interstate system. .

Corridor H (48/55) through WV is clearly marked for bikes on the shoulder despite the 4 lanes and 80mph speeds. It helps that traffic volume can be measured in single digits per minute… Still, there are some legit 10% downhills where a crazy person could go very very fast.

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@eminva 44662 wrote:

Just out of curiosity, can you not take a really small kids bicycle, take off the pedals and get the same effect? Trek and Specialized, at least, probably make some very small two-wheelers. I would think the sturctural integrity would be a bit better.

Also, that way you can graduate them to pedals without having to buy something new.

Liz

Problem is weight- I have a 12″ Giant kids bike that weighs fully 26 lbs (1 lb less than my FS MTB…) taking off the cranks and BB would save some weight but the build on the strider type bikes is way way lighter. Trek does make a wee-kids bike that is sort of light but it’s expensive and still not *light*.

As an aside, there must be a market out there for a kids bike with a weight proportional to it’s size… yes I get that kids bikes get worked but “respect the bike” is already a mantra in my house…

[GuyContinental]

@americancyclo 44656 wrote:

Looks like that can be done for $24
http://shop.stridersports.com/Optional-Alloy-Wheel-with-Pneumatic-Tire-Sold-Individually/productinfo/PWHEEL-AIR-ALUM/

Sold! Oh wait… I have a Skuut… passed the link on the the Strider Dad.

Just for the heck of it I thought about putting 12″ knobbies on the Skuut but decided that such puttering time and my $25 in parts was better spent elsewhere.

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