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I know everyone here feels strongly against headphones while riding bikes, so I’m sure no one will agree with me. But, I got stopped because I had my iPhone earpiece in my right ear on the ride home. I wasn’t listening to music (although – I usually do). I was simply waiting for my boyfriend to call me with some news – so I had my earpiece prepped.

The officer told me that I was expected to follow the same rules as cars when I’m riding my bike on the road, and I needed to remove my earpiece. I took issue with this because (1) I wasn’t driving on the road, I was driving on a trail, and (2) it’s perfectly legal for me to have my earpiece in while I’m driving a car.

I asked him a couple questions, and instead of being helpful and answering me – he assumed I was being argumentative and kept interrupting me. Finally he said – “Trail or not, Hands-free earpiece or not – just heed my warning, sir.” I thanked him and rode away.

I wasn’t rude or anything…. and there was nothing dramatic about our interaction. It was just annoying. Why are you policing a trail? And why do you have to be so rude about it? GEEEEEEEZE, we’re just earth-friendly bikers!

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DCist has corrected the article and that piece has been removed. Their bad.

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I always thought it was “The Arlington Triangle.”

Oh well – +1 for “Arlington Loop!” (exclamation point included)

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@btj 15186 wrote:

From the article:

Wonder what that entails?

Good question. On a (maybe) related topic – I saw a cyclist having a discussion with a bike-officer at a stop sign on W&OD yesterday afternoon (4:45ish). Was that any of you? …. I got really paranoid and came to a complete foot-to-ground stop at all stop signs.

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Holy Wow!

I’d have to ride to work everyday (including weekends)…. and THEN add on an additional 5 miles a day to get up to 13,000.

TOTALLY something to be proud of!

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lol, I love that he posed for the pic!

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@FFX_Hinterlands 11428 wrote:

Maybe I’ll add a “Honk if you love kittens” sign to the back of my bike. More kid friendly than Dirt’s sign, anyhow.

j’adore kittens! CHING-CHING! CHING-CHING! (that’s the sound of a bike “honk”)

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@baiskeli 11395 wrote:

Where can I get Spoke Lits locally instead of ordering them from the web?

Sadly, no.

But if you’re trying to avoid the shipping costs…. you should just sign up for the 30-day FREE Trial of Amazon Prime. For 30 days, you’ll get unlimited FREE 2-day shipping! Just make sure you put a reminder in your calendar to cancel the service before they charge you.

IT’S WORTH IT! And the Spoke Lits are only $6 on amazon!!!!!

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@Terpfan 11433 wrote:

but I’m certainly leaning toward a complaint now.

You need to. Nothing will be done unless you do. It’s sad, but the innocent person is the one who needs to go through all the annoyance & hard work.

[mrkenny83]

Mark Ronson has a nice bicycle speaker in his music video for “The Bike Song”
…which is an appropriate video/song for this forum

[mrkenny83]

I love my Nite Ize Spoke Lits…. but I especially love the look of astonishment on people’s faces when they see it…. something so simple makes people so happy (instead of angry that there’s a bike around)

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I think the important thing here is branding Bike Arlington (maybe specifically BikeArlington.com). Personally, I adore “Free curbside parking, brought to you by BikeArlington.com”

It brands, and makes me feel like I’ve been given something special by said brand

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Is Bon Air Park where the W&OD and Custis intersect/combine?

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J’adore Amsterdam! I love that no one wears helmets, and everyone uses gigantic industrial-chain bike locks. I also love that you’ll see 3 people on one bike… and one of those people is holding a sleeping baby over their shoulders.

No rules, just right – ya know?

[mrkenny83]

Occupy the lane!
Bicycle rights!
Tax breaks for cyclists!

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