[Jason B]

@rcannon100 48438 wrote:

I have broken down twice on the trail. I have been awe struck by the people who asked if I was okay and needed help. Ultimately I did ask for help and both times the people who stopped were TREMENDOUSLY helpful. I believe one time Shawn of the Dread stopped and acted as my spiritual counselor as I weeped over a broken chain.

Trail culture is amazing!

Both of you please relax.
What I meant is that too often people call it out, “you OK?” without actually looking back, or even slowing down.

[Jason B]

Too often when we stranded on the side, too many people BS-ly call out, “You Ok?” as they cruise by. It is refreshing to hear about somebody who actually meant it and helped out.
Good Job! and good job on posting it. spread that Karma.

On another note
On our first W-L Bike Club Ride of the year we took 18 kids for their first time around the ‘Loop’. We lost one of the kids for about 15 minutes and got us pretty worried. We doubled back and found him. He had stopped to help an older Gent fix a flat. The student was a product of Phoenix Bikes where he was obviously schooled on proper biking etiquette!

[Jason B]

I hate to say it, but a similar thing happened to me. Took a slight fall on the Roosevelt boardwalk. Rode for another couple miles and the derailleur cracked off in the same place when I started to crank up custis. The derailleur locked into the spokes and broke three of them. When I went into my LBS to ask if they could fix it, the first thing he asked was with no exaggeration, “did you fall before it broke?”
Fortunately for you, as previously stated, you have a replaceable disposable hanger, mine was fused into the carbon frame, essentially making my entire bike disposable. Needless to say I cried and cursed interchangeably.

[Jason B]

Somebody should tell the guy he got a few things wrong, and he might actually like riding it and decide to keep.

[Jason B]

@mwhatley 47871 wrote:

Same day as the Jamestown Gran Fondo! Now I have to make the decision — any thoughts??

My Arlington roots have me leaning more towards the Air Force ride but was really looking forward to the GF.

Do the Garrett Fondo a few weeks later. Seems like you can’t swing a stick without hitting a fondo nowadays, but the Air Force is a local one of a kind.

[Jason B]

@TwoWheelsDC 47754 wrote:

For some reason I couldn’t do this ride last year, but my calendar is open right now, so I’ll probably sign up. Combined with the Clarendon Cup, it’s a pretty awesome weekend for cycling.

Now if we could only get a velodrome built by those new soccer fields down there, we could have a trifecta!

[Jason B]

@mstone 47796 wrote:

Nifty in the explosive sense?

Rev X’s are pretty common, and have decent reviews. Have you personally had issues with them?

[Jason B]

Although older, this is a pretty good deal for a very light proven carbon frame, not to mention some nifty wheels
http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/bik/3702951112.html

[Jason B]

Toupe took a quick lead, but b17 is coming fast from the rear (literally), and surprisingly Terry is nowhere to be found.

[Jason B]

Always a fun ride. Hopefully W-L Bike Club will have a good showing this year.

[Jason B]

By actually using those Porta-Johns, you are entitled to add 23 points to your Strava Suffer Score. Furthermore, depending on how fast you were in and out of them, you might have the G.P.P. J. KOM, even Tim doesn’t own this one.

[Jason B]

Any of the stores loan out a romin? Just finished building a bike and was thinking of living dangerously and trying a romin evo.

[Jason B]

Good article. I have a couple of Fondo’s in my sites this season and there were a number of good pointers.

[Jason B]

@Dirt 47518 wrote:

It won’t be a problem. Shimano makes very narrow (.5mm) spacers that is put on before the cogs that helps get rid of this play. I know they were included with DuraAce cogs for use on non-DuraAce hubs. I got one a little while back at Freshbikes in Arlington. If you describe the problem, or better yet, show them, it should be easy for them to get you the spacer you need. It should cost very little… a few $ at most. .

Pete

Thanks for the advice. It is so funny you said that, because I swore I got a thinner spacer at Freshbikes a while ago than the one I got today, and it was for a Dura Ace. I thought I was imagining it. As a last resort I was just about to pull that dura ace hub and check. Good to know unicorns really do exist. It is funny how lucky we are to have to have that store in our neck of the woods. Thanks again

[Jason B]

@PotomacCyclist 47124 wrote:

The first bike station on Columbia Pike is now scheduled to be “unveiled” on March 28 at 9 am, at the Walter Reed Community Center, 2909 16th St. S. The Arlington County Board Chairman will be on hand for the .

This is great news but please tell me it will cost less than the recent bus stop! [URL=”http://http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/1-million-bus-stop-opens-in-arlington/2013/03/24/49e5c47e-917c-11e2-9abd-e4c5c9dc5e90_story.html”]http://http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/1-million-bus-stop-opens-in-arlington/2013/03/24/49e5c47e-917c-11e2-9abd-e4c5c9dc5e90_story.html[/URL]

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