[JimF22003]

Every time I feel guilty for never having done this ride, I heave a sigh of relief that it conflicts with Bike Virginia.

I’m sure I would do really well if I ever had a “chance” to try it…

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Keep up the great work, 4st7lbs. It’s an amazing thing to reclaim your life.

I’m a former super-obese person as well. I was up to about 475 at one point.

This one is me at about 440:

This is me at about 175:

It’s been just over 10 years since I had bariatric surgery. I would have been dead years ago without it. I still have my struggles with overeating, but I’ve found cycling to be my saving grace. I went from toodling 5 or 10 miles on the bike path, to now riding 8 or 9000 miles a year including 20-25 century rides a year.

I wish I had started riding earlier. I was down to about 225 before I bought my first hybrid. I know lots of heavier folks who do well on bikes.

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FWIW, I’m not elite at all, but I very, very, very seldom would “call a pass” when passing somebody out on the open road. Trails are a different story, but not public highways. Just me, maybe…

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@Terpfan 53142 wrote:

Dear Blinkie,

We share many hot, cold, rainy, and windy days together. Today, you may you rest in piece somewhere along the MVT.

Somewhere in the grass beneath a tree a poor cicada is waking up about now to something that looks like a huge, blinking spaceship…

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@PeteD 52993 wrote:

From this weekend – Storming of Thunder Ridge:

Hey, I did that ride! I’m still in the process of drying out

[JimF22003]

Google shows tons of “roads” that look like they have access to Skyline Drive, but I’ve never seen one that looks like an actual road. Usually these are blocked off fire trails if anything. They’re certainly not paved. I’m not much of a gravel/mud/trail person myself though, so maybe people do access the park from those side “roads”.

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@rahul.kapoor 53054 wrote:

I am Not spam bot

that’s just what a spambot WOULD say…

[JimF22003]

I was at the Tysons PS at about 7:15. Only two other people were there (maybe one was you?) Not much there. I skipped breakfast thinking I could pick up a brownie or something like I did last year, but the cupboard was bare

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@jnva 52306 wrote:

Guess where this monstrosity is being built. Ugh.

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Ugh, crappy new McMansion going in right where the W&OD parallels Virginia (Ln? St? Ave?). What a stupid place to squeeze in another house. That thing is going to have about 4 feet of front yard.

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I got called an idiot by a self-righteous biker on the CCT right near Bethesda a couple of weeks ago because I zipped into the oncoming lane, passed somebody in front of me, and zipped back into my lane with a good 40 FEET of distance clear in front of me. And I called my pass, which I doubt Miss SR could hear.

I didn’t like being called an idiot.

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The way i usually cross Rt 7 is to cut through the covered Olive Garden parking lot to the frontage road in front of the bagel place and cross at the Ford dealership. Sometimes I’ll just stay right on Gallows and cross at the big intersection, if I’m feeling especially sprinty.

Last year for BTWD I crossed Rt 7 to get to the mall for the LL Bean stop at the red light in front of the jewelry store (can’t recall the name). Traffic wasn’t a problem that I recall.

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Freshbikes in Arlington has one of the new Specialized e-bikes in. That thing is amazing. Riding it is just wild. You barely turn the pedals and it just rockets forward. When you let up the effort the bike just keeps going. I could see it being a bit dangerous until you get used to it.

I almost rear-ended a Mercedes 😮

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Had to work late

Still took the long way home though.

A great ride except for the clouds of bugs expressing their “Gnatitude” ©

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@mstone 50867 wrote:

No, a jug handle is a facility to enable left turns from the right lane, converting the turning traffic into cross traffic but retaining a square intersection. These are circles which were partially “un-circled”.

OK, guess I’m just a jug-head

[JimF22003]

The Jersey intersections, and the one in Fairfax are called “jug-handles” I believe. I wouldn’t call them traffic circles.

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