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@ginacico 193731 wrote:

I freak out for the opposite reason. On a dark trail at night, see an oncoming cyclist. Suddenly he disappears, having “politely” covered his headlight. WTF where’d he go?!? How am I supposed to avoid hitting someone I can’t see? Am I past him yet? Terrifying. Far worse if I reciprocate and we’re both groping around in the dark with only one hand on the controls.
**Extra kudos to the many runners wearing those neon lights that are like an X-shaped vest, who were highly visible and didn’t flinch as we flew by. You all earn my respect.

As a reciprocator, I have a blue light attached to my handlebar on the opposite side of my headlight. I can swivel my headlight to the right and away from an approaching rider without removing my hands from the bar. This still allows me to see at least the edge of the trail and the blue light allows me to remain visible while not ‘blinding’ another rider. I do agree that diverting the light is not really necessary, but I try to be a team player when it seems to bother others.

Completely agree on joggers/walkers being lit.

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@dkel 193681 wrote:

I don’t cover my light for people who don’t use one because then no one can see. I cover mainly the upper portion of my light when others are also using lights because my light’s beam is quite diffuse; if I had a nice dynamo light with a swanky cutoff, all of this would be obviated. I get frustrated when I cover mine and an oncoming cyclist blinds me with theirs—that seems offensively dangerous to me. I have no problem with lights that aren’t blinding.

The original question has been answered, but I’ll add, no it likely would not kill me, but very well might result in significant injury to me or another trail user that I can’t see for lack of light. Additionally, while I used to have the same concern, I’ve come to realize that the problem is staring at the light of the opposing rider. If you simply look at the trail vice the light, it generally won’t be a problem. Finally, using a light helps avoid the problem of being blinded by other lights and makes you much more visible to others. Riding in the dark without a light is not smart. I have become a reciprocator. If an opposing rider covers or averts their light, I assume mine is bothering them and do likewise, but I leave enough light coming through to see at least the edge of the trail.

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They must have opened it after I went through around 6:30. Looking forward to trying the new segment.

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@drevil 193050 wrote:

Spurcycle ftw

I have this one too. Got it from the original Kickstarter. While I like it, it takes much more room to mount and is much more expensive. I guess if the Knog doesn’t last, I might go back to the Spurcycle, but so far, I’m happy with the Knog.

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So Many Bugs! Make sure you breathe through your nose or suffer the consequences.

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Thursday Aug 29, shortly after 6 AM. Me riding toward Bethesda on the CCT, just before Fletcher’s boathouse.

You riding the other direction, yelled something about my “F—ing ight”. I can only assume it offended you.

You should know it is properly aimed to shine 25-30 feet in front of my wheel and was on its lowest setting. I has three higher settings if you should like to see them.

Despite your objection, I think I’ll continue to use it in the pre-dawn hours to see dimwits like you that have no lights or reflectors. Learn to look away from the light!

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@ursus 192152 wrote:

On the plus side, they finally decided about a week ago that the only way to fix the hole near the northern end of the northbound PBL was to repave a section. Just throwing stuff into the hole was not working at all.

I was delightfully surprised to see that cut and patch!

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@Emm 192146 wrote:

Either you were right behind me today, or this happened more than once this morning 😡 I have to bike to slow along this area to avoid clueless drivers every morning and evening.

Unfortunately, this happens a lot.

Yesterday I had a pedestrian leaving District doughnuts, looking at his phone and wearing headphones, step directly into my path. We missed colliding because I was hard on the breaks and he saw my front tire almost hit his leg and stepped back. His comment was that I needed to slow down (I was going about 10 MPH) on the sidewalk. He had no recognition that maybe he should look where he is going and or take off the headphones and be able to hear someone say “heads up!”

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Me, riding northeast along the ART, coming off the pedestrian bridge near the skating pavilion.

You, Park Police Officer driving his cruiser southwest bound on the ART, coming onto the same pedestrian bridge at 15-20 mph.

Me, flat palm out, “what are you doing shrug”.

You, after I pass, window rolled down, hand out, hitting your attention getter twice like you wanted me to come back.

Me, you’re crazy if you think I’m turning around and coming back when you’re too lazy to even get out of the car.

I did call and report the incident to the SGT on duty at the Anacostia station. She asked the pertinent questions and said shed try to fin the officer to have an appropriate discussion.

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Lots of ducks on the CCT between Fletcher’s and Georgetown. They seem reticent to move and stay put to a hardy “on your left”.

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Might want to move this to ‘classifieds’.

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Its’ back open, but also back on the cobblestone path.

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I know several people who are very pleased with the Kuat racks. Next time I need one, that’s likely what I’ll go to. Currently have the Saris Freedom and have been pleased with it. However, it does not fold, where the Kaut does. Both come with a mechanism to stiffen the connection between the hitch and the rack, which creates a much more stable platform for your bike(s).

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GoPro Hero 5 offers pretty much everything needed, but the 7 does provide better stabilization. Session is a smaller camera, but does not have interchangeable batteries. Unless you run a separate battery pack, you’re limited to it’s two hour internal charge.

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@ChristoB50 189529 wrote:

One of them, after I’d moved it perhaps 10 feet from its badly-parked location, suddenly started talking to me with a recording, “Do not move the scooter. If you continue to move the scooter, police will be notified” or words to that effect…

Perhaps this is one answer. Move them at enough for the police to be called.

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