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I have a couple of pairs Louis Garneau covers (Wind Dry and Neo Protect models). They do a decent job of keeping the shoes from getting soaked, but they won’t keep them completely dry if that’s the desire.

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Also, Jenson has the Shimano SH-MW81s for $140 at the moment.

If we believe in winter, perhaps it will come.

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@Raymo853 130552 wrote:

It may be that I have never really given the Shed a good try. When it comes to rocks, I have hopes, slim, to ride at Davis WV once more. Both the moonscape rocks, and the damp rocky & rooty stuff there really appeals to me.

Moon rocks is quite the feature. Friend of mine and I made several attempts up it. He finally made it, but I eventually had to give up and push. (It has to be said though that rocks are not my favorite mountain biking feature.)

Roughly just over 3 hours from here with Corridor H. Worth the trip for sure.

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And here I thought part of the reason for cycling was that you couldn’t be easily found.:p

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@dasgeh 130494 wrote:

You’re right about Fort Myer traffic most of the time… except sometimes a car uses the light for the GWMP to basically U-turn, and then gun it to catch the green at Lee. Probably once a week I see a red-light-jumping cyclist almost get creamed in this scenario. I find that I can make the {walking person} light at Lynn if I go right when the light at Fort Myer turns green and go steadily.

I watch for that and don’t go if there is a U-turning car–I don’t proceed if there is a car anywhere in sight. It’s just how I deal with the IoD situation, not a recommended course of action.

I find that even if I gun it when the Ft. Meyer light changes, though I make the Lynn St. light cycle, I still don’t get to the intersection before the cars are allowed to turn. And since it’s my understanding that once the signal begins counting down, you are no longer legally allowed to enter the crosswalk, and that’s the place where I feel an accident is most likely, I opt to break the one rule that I feel safer doing rather than the other. The other option, of course, is to just wait through the entirety of both lights, but this annoys me since, as in most places, the lights are timed for cars, not pedestrians or cyclists. If I really had to wait through both lights every day, I’d avoid the trail and ride down Lee Highway and turn left at Lynn like I used to do.

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You know, that is one of the rare lights I’ll treat as a yield sign. Otherwise, you don’t reach the IoD before the cars are going through, which I find dangerous. I find at the Ft. Meyer light I can usually safely go a few seconds before it changes because the light toward Key Bridge changes and stops most of the traffic. Those few seconds are enough to reach the Iod while motorists still have the no-right-turn arrow (assuming they’ve noticed it).

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Registered #2 on the Rosslyn counter this morning. Early, drizzly, and lots of folks not working, I guess.

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I do track-stand stops, and if drivers have the right-of-way and don’t seem to understand what I’m doing, I wave them through. It seems to usually work, and on the rare occasions where it doesn’t, I’ll go ahead and put a foot down if needed. I’ll only roll things if it’s completely clear. This is as much for appearances as it is for safety–I don’t want to add to the “cyclists always blow through signs” BS.

As for someone yelling at you, I wouldn’t take that as meaning anything. Idiots yelling from cars is like trolls on the Internet: you can’t take it as rational behavior that you need to pay attention to.

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I’ve got some nice Shimano SH-MW81 winter boots to keep my feet dryish, but it has to actually be winter to use them. I haven’t even bothered with booty covers recently because of all the warmth. Looking forward to some winter weather so can use all the gear.

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Got my everyday bike a new rear wheel for xmas. She seems to like it, though she’s a bit slower now. (Or was that the magical evil headwind?) The Vuelta didn’t like to stay true in the city and would occasionally break a spoke, so she got a Mavic Open Pro with an Ultegra hub. I’m hoping more spokes and more weight = less fuss.

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I have a vented waterproof-ish softshell that I can use to about 55 degrees. But above that, I just get wet and don’t worry about it.

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I have those same sandals (they’re great), but I haven’t used them for a few weeks. Just doesn’t seem right.

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Don’t let the people who comment on Arlnow know about this. At the least they’ll cry, but they could blow gaskets and die before xmas

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I remove anything that I really don’t want to lose and can’t lock. So I’ll leave my manky old gloves and helmet because if someone wants a nasty old pair of gloves or sweaty helmet, I’m fine with getting new ones. But new stuff like that I’d take with me in most cases. Maybe I’d leave them on outside a store for just a few minutes, depending on location.

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If it does go grade-separated, the key thing is for the overpass/tunnel to be placed where people can conveniently use it. If it’s not well situated or is just for the convenience of motorists, people will still take the path of least resistance. A for instance is the overpass of Rt. 50 at 7 Corners, where it was so much easier to just dangerously cross the road that they had to put up fencing to get people to use the overpass. Since there are so many different directions and modes at play at the IOD, I can see that happening here as well. If a tunnel is dank and dangerous, people will not use it. If a flyover is out of the way, covered with snow and ice, or, for cyclists, narrow and filled with pedestrians, people will still use the grade crossing.

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