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Bike-o-meter counted ~376K last year. No where near a million. Maybe it will hit that in his dreams (and mine).

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Check out this Twitter video. This woman admits she hasn’t ridden a bike in several year, before jumping on a CaBi bike today.

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@Steve O 137863 wrote:

I believe those details were included in the original post.

Yes. Thanks, Steve.

In review, one mile and a pic. That’s all I’m asking.

Henry

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@eminva 137853 wrote:

I am confused after last night — do we need to get three or five people who haven’t ridden in a year?

Do they have to live in Arlington, or is anywhere in the greater DC region okay?

I have one so far, assuming it is not limited to Arlington. If it is . . . well, most the people I know in Arlington are already way over the top cyclists.

Liz

Based on my announcement, THREE new riders (def: someone how hasn’t ridden in more than a year).

My intent was Arlington, but I will accept anyone in the DMV area.

Henry

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Thanks to all the Perfect Attendance riders who earned BikeArlington caps during BAFS16. If you didn’t get yours (or wanted the summer version after we ran out), please contact us off line to arrange a pick-up time.

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Would that be a 0-mile sleaze ride for 10 points, simply b/c it’s outside? I’m thinking not, but I’m not the czar.

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@DismalScientist 132742 wrote:

This site suggests the bike weighed 32 pounds, 59 pounds loading.
http://www.fortmissoulamuseum.org/blackbicyclecorps.php

Photographs suggests that the bike was not fixed gear, but instead single speed with coaster brake.
http://www.oldbike.eu/museum/bikes-1800s/1897-2/1897-spalding-roadster/

Do not let facts get in the way of a good story.

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My Top 3:

1) Like-new set of waterproof gloves. Posted to L&F page but no bites. Too small for me, but my wife enjoys them. value ~$50.
2) My own blinky light which had fallen off about 4 hours earlier. Found on return trip from meeting, still blinking in the gutter.
3) $20. + numerous other bills from $1 to $10. Cash is always good.

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Back in third on this brisk AM. Nice work, everyone.

Oh, and did we decide on a name?

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@dasgeh 131849 wrote:

That page is cool and all, but not the law. VA Code is the law. VDOT has some interpretations. BikeArlington, while wonderful, isn’t even a governmental organization.

Technically we are “governmental”, just not responsible for legal code, interpretation there of, nor law enforcement.

From our webpage: BikeArlington is a program of Arlington County Commuter Services (ACCS), a bureau of Arlington’s Department of Environmental Services.

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Can I put in plug for “quarreling and jealousy”?

Also, how did we get 13 riders when some teams have as few as 9 (not that I’m complaining). I guess the Assignment Overlords know what they are doing.

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I think I’ve checked all the boxes and I’m ALL IN! But I sadly can’t do a ride tomorrow AM. Will be at Transportation Camp all day. Will bike there and back, though.

Name ideas:

The Triskaidekaphilians (people obsessed w/#13)
The Untrue Wheelers
13 the Dream
Cracked Sidewalls
Just a Number

Henry

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@dasgeh 126540 wrote:

True story: my neighborhood hosted a candidates forum on Monday. Afterwards, while making small talk, I mentioned to one unnamed-but-principally-a-cyclist candidate that I was surprised that I was nearly #500 at the monolith that morning. The candidate did not know what the monolith was and had never seen it (I described it in detail).

Assume you are talking about the Bike-o-Meter. And did the unnamed-but-principally-a-cyclist candidate think the monolith was a good thing?

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@chris_s 125988 wrote:

Cafe Sazón is a partner of Arlington’s Car Free Diet — check arlingtontransit.com for your options getting there car-free.

Cafe Sazón is next to the Goodwill visible from where the W&OD crosses Columbia Pike.

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Be sure to support/visit BikeWorks, the stellar youth bike shop and Earn-a-Bike program.

http://bikeworks.org/

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