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@cyclingfool 81777 wrote:

Depending on which brand light you have for the back, you should be able to pick up a rack mount like this one:

http://www.amazon.com/Planet-Bike-Tail-Light-Bracket/dp/B000IQEAK2/

It’s probably unlikely to be an Amazon Prime item, but I’m guessing it’s something a bike shop might have on hand.

I ordered the bracket that you listed from Amazon few days ago after not finding it in many of the local shops, then yesterday I went to Bikes@Vienna, and saw that they have it for $4.99, and they have 2 left. 😡

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Hudson Trail Outfitters at Fairfax Circle have some cycling shoes at 70% off($30 to $40 after discount). They have like 10 left for men shoes, and about 15 to 20 women shoes. Most men shoes are of size 43 to 45, some 46, and the biggest size is 47.

They had this sale for a while(warehouse clearance), seems annual. They had some cycling clothes for 60% off, but I am not sure if this is still on.

This sale is only at their Fairfax location, not Arlington(Pentagon City). I am about 2 miles from there, so if you want me to check something out for you, let me know.

Their web site may not show what’s on sale, they only recently added online ordering, but if you click on “Outlet” and “Just Reduced” on the far right, you would see some items.

http://www.hudsontrail.com/

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@ShawnoftheDread 82584 wrote:

Tree down this evening across the Custis, just after the bridge at the top of the s-curve.

They removed that tree, which is near Lyon Village, about 2 miles from Rosslyn.

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@n18 81833 wrote:

replacing the lights($20-$100 each)

More like $200 to $800 for the entire thing:

http://www.amazon.com/Hubbell-Outdoor-Lighting-PVL3-150S-18-BZ-L-Perimaliter-3/dp/B00CRBWUIA/

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After searching the history of the Custis Trial to find who to contact, I found this page:

http://www.bikearlington.com/pages/about/contact-us/

See “Arlington Trails” under “Report a Problem on the Trails”, and also “Broken street lights or traffic signals” under “Report a Problem on the Streets”.

Please mention that you have bicycle lights and how inadequate they are because the trial goes 90 degrees under the bridge, so you are not seeing the trial clearly, nor pedestrians and other bikers who don’t use lights despite the rules about riding at night.

Hope this helps.

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I don’t visit that area at night, but I got curious and took pictures of that area two days ago(April 5th). Here are pictures of the whole thing, which is looking northwest, and the three lights that are there.

Light 1 seems of a different model than the other two. Lamp 2 & 3 are of the same model. Light 2 & 3 are enclosed inside a lamp guard, locked with padlocks(which are probably eroded). The cover of lamp 2 is open at the top, and was exposed to the elements. There are indications of water damage, especially to lamp 2 & 3. The wires over lamp 3 seem fine.

Unfortunately, the lamps are too high to reach without a ladder and I couldn’t see the make and model clearly. I don’t think that it’s just a matter of replacing the lights($20-$100 each). I think that these were supposed to be repaired by licensed electricians only.

Pictures:

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@Rod Smith 80170 wrote:

In other news, a bicycle is elevated to allow sidewalk construction

That’s why I have a sticker that says:

To contact bike
owner, please call
123-456-7890

Printed on a white sheet of paper, then used packaging tape for weather proofing.

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@viennabiker 80043 wrote:

Except.

Lyon Village…they still seem to clear the parking lot by dumping snow on our trail. There was still quite a mound (allowing only one lane) in a somewhat inconvenient place.

Does anybody have any idea whom we might contact to ask them ever so gently not to solve their snow problem by building igloos in our path?

I cleared the Lyon Village area about an hour ago. It took me about 45 minutes to clear the two snow mounds that were left there. I am not sure that I could clear the whole area if it was covered with snow.

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W&OD: From RT 123 in Vienna(Next to Whole Foods) to RT 7
Time: Thursday March 6, around 1:00 to 1:30 PM
Bike: Fuji Crosstown Hybrid with 700C wheels, front and seat suspension

80% to 90% of the path seems mostly clear, at least for one bike wide area. It seems that the snow was blown this time. Both trucks equipped with snow removal equipments and snow blowers in the narrow areas seems to have been used.

The worst area is between Gallows RD and Cedar LN. One third of that area was covered with hard packed snow, about half inch to one inch thick, but it was almost perfectly flat snow, with barely any footprints visible due to it being snow blown. The first time it snowed this season; this area was horrible as it doesn’t get much sunlight, it was bumpy and I almost fell several times. This time around I didn’t fall.

The bridge over I-495 is clear for two bikes, the one over I-66 is clear for one bike(2 feet wide of clear pavement, and 2 feet of thin ice layer). The downhill areas around these two bridges are fully cleared. South of the I-66 bridge seems to be fully clear. The bridge over I-66 seems to be clear as well. I didn’t go south of RT7 intersection, but it looks like it’s fully clear as that area gets lots of sunshine.

Late Wednesday I used a shovel to clear two spots at the RT123 intersection for incoming and outgoing bikes, just in case it doesn’t melt fast enough for Saturday.

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