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ParticipantFirst ride through there last night. Amazing the difference, although strange to not have to pick a MTB line on skinny 25s. Thank you!
ParticipantGreat news. Let us use our new right responsibly.
I stopped to let a pedestrian proceed in a crosswalk on Virginia Avenue the other day, and he seemed flabbergasted, saying something about sometimes cyclists do stop. I’d like safe and polite behavior around pedestrians to become the norm rather than the surprising exception.
ParticipantGreat news. Let us use our new right responsibly.
I stopped to let a pedestrian proceed in a crosswalk on Virginia Avenue the other day, and he seemed flabbergasted, saying something about sometimes cyclists do stop. I’d like safe and polite behavior around pedestrians to become the norm rather than the surprising exception.
ParticipantSo, the gate at the 41st St S turn had been lumberjacked open on Sunday–thanks, I was prepared to do so myself. Coming back up, a guy in front of me tried the S turn anyway and fell over on the second turn at the makeshift water pipe with plastic ramps. He fell into the railing but was alright. I was circling below to give him space and went straight up. Lots of wet leaves now and slipped a couple of times, even with a gravel bike, but redistributed the weight a bit and didn’t fall. I think this would be impassable at the moment on a road bike unless your name is Peter Sagan.
ParticipantSomeone had posted about the 41st St S-turn having water lines going over it–sorry, can’t find it now. Before, the gate had been opened so you could just ride straight up the hill, but someone has closed the gate and ziptied it. This is annoying and unsafe because now you have to ride over the water lines. This was fine on a gravel bike and would be on a mountain bike as well, but I think it would be sketchy on a road bike. Serious need for some lumberjacking here, but alas was heading down for a run on the towpath and was not equipped with scissors or wire cutters.
ParticipantWas caught by surprise with this while running on Sunday. Note that if you’re the kind of person who does this kind of thing, it’s easy enough to get around on foot. In fact, people were fishing from the old low-water bridge. Would not be as easy with a bike.
Making pedestrian access for this would have been difficult, but for those who live nearby and use it often, this would doubtless be a pain.
ParticipantRiding back from my run Saturday, chatted briefly with a chap using this bench/wall. He wasn’t resting though; he was waiting for his wife to pick him up after breaking his derailleur hanger. They have done a really good job–it’s the perfect height for a sit.
ParticipantOh, that’s the place with the beehives I believe. So cool.
I usually rest by doing the little half-mile loop (Randolph/Richmond) before going on to Glebe or Military, but that place is so cool, I’m likely to stop next time.
The 41st St climb: part of what makes Arlington great.
ParticipantWelcome back (though we’ve never met, I remember your posts).
And someone please give this man a better title than “Very Senior Member.” “Venerated Cast-Iron Stalwart Senior Member” at the least.
Participant@mstone 213094 wrote:
I couldn’t even get a positive response to “could the snow plows maybe put the giant block of ice just to the side of the curb cut, instead of directly on top of it”. They really don’t think their job is anything other than moving cars around as fast as possible.
This is what annoys me. If we’re not going to clear our walkways, fine (although if private citizens have to do it, why don’t governments?), but it really is ridiculous to plow the snow onto the pathways and ADA ramps. I’ve written Arlington and DC 311 a coupla times, but it’s pretty clear no one wants to make an effort to fix the overall problem.
January 11, 2022 at 2:08 pm in reply to: Strava and Samsung Smart watches – best way to track rides #1116235ParticipantI use a Garmin Instinct Solar watch as backup to my phone and sync it to Strava when needed/wanted (deleting otherwise). It usually states more elevation than Strava on the phone. No idea which is closer to correct. Distances between the watch, the phone, and the little CatEye speed sensor are usually within about a tenth of a mile per 20 miles, unless mountain biking, in which case they both read much less than the CatEye–sometimes as much as 2 miles in 20.
ParticipantThis one kinda hits home a bit. I go through that intersection every now and then, but go right, turn right again on OD, and take the first right into the neighborhood. I don’t proceed if there are vehicles coming, of course. I would not want to have to cross there–too many lanes and too much speed, where one vehicle might stop but the following ones might not.
Participant“Eh, I’ve only hiked the PHT bits below Chain Bridge, how is it upstream of that? (Not sure I want those paved, either, they’re fun in an urban scrambling way).”
The PHT above Chain Bridge goes inland for a bit, along Pimmit and through Fort Marcy Park before abutting the river again a couple of miles below Turkey Run. It *sort of* parallels the parkway, in a zig-zaggy, up-and-down sort of way. It’s a hiking trail and yeah, it shouldn’t be paved.
People drive really fast on the north part of the parkway; 65-70 mph is not out of the ordinary even though the limit is 45. There would need to be some sort of buffer between the road and the trail, and I guess it’s just too much to expect any efforts at alternative infrastructure or slowing things down. I would settle for being able to get from Balls Hill to MacArthur via the bridge. I did sign the petition.
ParticipantParticipantIt’s the topography! No one can ride a bike where there be hills or bumps. /s
‘Despite the hopes of some in the audience, Romero said the roadway upgrades will not result in higher speed limits on the parkway. The park service also does not plan to install a bicycle trail along the parkway north of Theodore Roosevelt Island, in part because of topography, he said.’
Seriously wasted opportunity here. At the very least, there needs to be some bike/ped access across the American Legion Bridge. Could link that up from Balls Hill at Georgetown Pike if they’re going to fail so miserably with the parkway.
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