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Participant@Brendan von Buckingham 92407 wrote:
Does anyone else think that with the new traffic lights on Washington Circle that, coming out of Georgetown, it’s faster to use the circle to get to New Hampshire and then turn right on L? That’s instead of the old way of turning left off of Penn at the beginning of L.
I doubt it. I have found that the traffic lights on the circle have slowed traffic through the circle.
Participant@creadinger 92377 wrote:
Well, the column is out. Aaaaaaannnnnddd predictably, Milloy did not have a “wake up call” like we would have hoped. He’s still an asshat, and the condescending tone of the piece is almost more infuriating than the call to violence from the last one. At the end he stoops even lower by suggesting that cyclists may get so irritated by the problems and annoyances of riding in the city that they would buy a car. Haha. Funny dude. Funny!
Little does he know, that most cyclists already own cars. It’s just that sometimes (most of the time, in the city) a bike is the best way to get from A to B, not to mention the fitness benefits, etc…. I have zero respect for this guy.
As one WaPo commenter said, Kudos to Veronica Davis for exposing this guy as the twit he is. He will always be anti-cyclist.
Yup. No “sorry I was wrong to suggest violence against cyclists.” No “cyclists are not all alike.” No “yup, cars present more danger to cyclists than vice versa.” I expected nothing from him so I can’t say I am disappointed. I hope it’s his last column re cyclists.
ParticipantI started with a baby seat for my first child. When I had two, we had a buggy, sometimes pulled by my wife and I on a tandem. I later bought a Green Gear Family Tandem for use with one child, and now use it for my youngest who cannot ride his own bike due to disabilities. Riding a tandem with a kid is great fun. Here we are riding to school one day.
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ParticipantParticipant@DCAKen 87080 wrote:
did you think that since you’re in the wrong lane of traffic, the stop sign doesn’t apply to you?
/QUOTE]Duh, the stop sign was obviously for vehicles to the right of the double yellow line, but he was on the left, so he didn’t need to stop.
Participant@dkel 85994 wrote:
Driver 1: graciously stopping on Cedar Ln to let me cross on the W&OD.
Me: checking for traffic coming the other way, then proceeding across in the crosswalk.
Driver 2: getting impatient, and zooming around from behind Driver 1, up the wrong side of the street, only to find me in the crosswalk.Driver 2 had the foresight to check for oncoming traffic (I assume), but didn’t think that the reason Driver 1 stopped in the travel lane was for someone crossing in the crosswalk, and didn’t check either. He did have the presence of mind to stop short, and looked sheepish as I accosted him from directly in front of his car. I’m proud of myself that all I said was, “Seriously!? What do you think you’re doing?!?” I could have been far ruder.
Have had similar done to me. Always have to look at the cars behind the one that stops. Glad you weren’t hit.
ParticipantInteresting. There was a helicopter flying overhead as I made my way on the W&OD from Hunter’s Mill Road to Vienna, around 12:30ish. It stopped and hovered over Maple Ave. as I waited for the light. My have been related.
Participant@Rod Smith 82297 wrote:
i had one of these when i was in high school.
Participant@Geoff 82460 wrote:
Same here – only I took a Metro train.
What do people do about thunderstorms?
I commute every day rain or shine. I pay attention to the forecast and wait out thunderstorms. They usually don’t last long. They tend to come late afternoon/early evening, meaning I may hbe stuck at work for 1/2 – 1 hr. I have rarely been caught in one.
ParticipantPete, looks like you were using a wide angle lense when you took my picture. Great ride.
Participant@PotomacCyclist 79745 wrote:
Looks like everything is closed today, except maybe the bars and restaurants. [/url]
An important exception, especially on St. Paddy’s Day.
Participant@TwoWheelsDC 79310 wrote:
Came upon a herd (?) of at least seven deer crossing Westmoreland just south of Longfellow MS. After they crossed, they gathered in one of the townhouse lawns adjacent to the road.
There are woods behind Longfellow that extend down the road to Haycock School.
ParticipantRide report for this a.m. from Dunn Loring to DC.
W&OD west of East Falls Church is dicey, so I took roads.
W&OD to Custis is pretty good, with just a bit of ice here and there. I road with 35 C studded tires but could’ve probably done it on skinny road tires without having to walk at all.
Custis was entirely rideable on studded tires, but folks without studs were walking bikes for some very short stretches, and a long stretch just before you reach Lee highway near Rosslyn.
I took the TR bridge. Trail to TR bridge is passable, thought there’s just a narrow 6 in. track down to the pavement over the wooden bridge.
The rain should make this all much more passable by evening I’d think.
ParticipantParticipant@Raymo853 77587 wrote:
I see the power of house developers as an additional variable. They will pressure Richmond to force Loundon country to pave the roads so they can sell million dollar triple wide/double highs to people that think sq-ft is the only measure of a house’s value.
On my first gravel grinder in Loudon some years ago, I was amazed to be riding on rutted dirt roads past huge houses, being passed by large SUVs. I couldn’t believe that people with that kind of money would live on dirt roads.
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