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It’s on the Atlantic Wire site also:

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2012/08/portlandia-comes-beltway-epic-bike-move/55656/

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I was at Hains Pt last night about 5:00. There were two cops parked there watching the cyclists. I came to a “momentary-pause-no-foot-down” stop at the sign (not a true track stand either), and wasn’t bothered.

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Nice list. There’s a couple there I didn’t know about. Thanks!

Doing the CVCC ride next weekend. I’ve only done it once before, but I remember it as a very nice ride, especially the tour through the Antietam Battlefield.

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@TwoWheelsDC 27174 wrote:

Thankfully she went to UI and not Boise State! I missed being a classmate of hers by a couple of years, since my freshman year was 1998 and she graduated in 1995.

Where in Idaho did you grow up Jim? I was born and raised in Coeur d’Alene.

Grew up in Nampa. Was big into the bike boom in the 70’s, as was everyone else. I rode all over treasure valley. Riding into the “big city” (Boise) was a real adventure!

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I grew up in Idaho, KA’s home turf. For the most part the Boise area is pretty flat, but there’s a nice climb up to the ski area that’s just outside of town. They have an actual sign posted on the side of the road noting that this is part of KA’s regular training routes. Not too many celebrities in Boise (besides Larry Craig) but Kristin Armstrong apparently qualifies:

http://www.boiseweekly.com/CityDesk/archives/2010/07/16/1687384-kristens-sign-of-her-times

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I don’t know that area real super well. I’ve followed this cue sheet from Potomac Pedalers, and it worked (I lived):

http://www.potomacpedalers.org/resource/collection/0666C47F-4B10-481E-86B4-8A203627CC72/A_Flatter_Century_NCP_-_100mi_1.pdf

I really don’t know if that’s close to your route though. They have a ton of other cue sheets that start in Nok(l)esville, though. Nothing really that starts in Manassas though.

You’ll need to be a PPTC member to see the cue sheet library, but I imagine most of these have been uploaded to various mapping sites such as Strava, MapMyRide, RideWithGPS etc.

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Crossing the deck, let us now have a good long look at the the Right Whale’s head.

As in general shape the noble Sperm Whale’s head may be compared to a Roman war-chariot (especially in front, where it is so broadly rounded); so, at a broad view, the Right Whale’s head bears a rather inelegant resemblance to a gigantic galliot-toed shoe. Two hundred years ago an old Dutch voyager likened its shape to that of a shoemaker’s last. And in this same last or shoe, that old woman of the nursery tale with the swarming brood, might very comfortably be lodged, she and all her progeny.

But as you come nearer to this great head it begins to assume different aspects, according to your point of view. If you stand on its summit and look at these two f-shaped spout-holes, you would take the whole head for an enormous bass viol, and these spiracles, the apertures in its soundingboard. Then, again, if you fix your eye upon this strange, crested, comblike incrustation on the top of the mass- this green, barnacled thing, which the Greenlanders call the “crown,” and the Southern fishers the “bonnet” of the Right Whale; fixing your eyes solely on this, you would take the head for the trunk of some huge oak, with a bird’s nest in its crotch. At any rate, when you watch those live crabs that nestle here on this bonnet, such an idea will be almost sure to occur to you; unless, indeed, your fancy has been fixed by the technical term “crown” also bestowed upon it; in which case you will take great interest in thinking how this mighty monster is actually a diademed king of the sea, whose green crown has been put together for him in this marvellous manner. But if this whale be a king, he is a very sulky looking fellow to grace a diadem. Look at that hanging lower lip! what a huge sulk and pout is there! a sulk and pout, by carpenter’s measurement, about twenty feet long and five feet deep; a sulk and pout that will yield you some 500 gallons of oil and more.

A great pity, now, that this unfortunate whale should be hare-lipped….

— Chapter 75, Moby Dick.

It goes on like that for awhile…

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OK, here’s a hard one:

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I’ve almost been creamed on three consecutive rides through there by somebody coming down that hill and taking the “inside line” around that blind corner, right into me. Too much watching the descents on the Tour de France, is my theory.

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The 100-mile group left at 7:00, so that’s probably why you didn’t see me. I was pulling up the rear of the group

I’ll have to check out the pics. Thanks for the reminder. I know they got one long-lens shot of me crawling up a hill with my jersey zipped all the way down. Not sure anybody really needs to see that…

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Thanks for the pics! I did the 100 mile route, and it was a great day for the most part. Sure got hot and a bit humid on the homestretch though. This ride took a lot more out of me than I expected. I’m still getting back up to speed after being off the bike for awhile, so I’m a bit out of shape. When I got backI was only at 99 miles, so I had to circle the neighborhood a bit to go over 100

I think this is a great cause, and it was great to see all the volunteers getting involved in the meals, the rest stops etc.

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The smug is strong in this thread…

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This is a good event. Not huge compared to some, but it’s a good route, and there’s great support. I like that they really get the beneficiaries of the non-profit involved in registering, creating the meals etc. The after-ride eats are fantastic. I sort of don’t like “mass start” rides, but there really aren’t so many riders that it’s a big issue getting out of town.

I’ve done three of these, and am currently planning to attend. I’ll be wearing my “50+” jersey from bikeforums.net in case anyone wants to say hi.

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I’d buy one, but wouldn’t wear it around locally too much probably. I wouldn’t mind “representing” outside the area, but when I’m just riding around here I grab whatever is next on the stack.

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@acc 26057 wrote:

In other words, emergency surgery did wonders for your cycling?

More like the 25 pounds I lost when I was in the hospital…

That appears to be coming back as well, though

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