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dismalscientist;68390 wrote:

sorry, but that depends on whether you are riding with or against the wind. So you can’t do it with a windchill adjustment.

Unfortunately, if only got down to -13 on february 1, 2013 for last year’s minneapolis winter.

quit killing my fun holmes!

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I have a really bad astigmatism that pretty much makes driving and riding at night extremely difficult. Hats definitely help as does riding with contacts and a pair of light colored (orange or yellow) protective anti-reflective glasses.

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Don’t tell me I can’t rock Dickie’s favorite – the Italian Tuxedo – now that I’m in the upper Midwest.

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Every 15 minutes ridden in -20 degree weather (with the windchill) gives you 15 points.

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Can I join this years Freezing Saddles from the balmy shores of Lake Nokomis (i.e. MPLS)?

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@Rootchopper 66962 wrote:

I agree that Potomac Avenue is fine for cycling now during the off peak. I imagine that many streets are great if you only want to ride on them when most people are in bed.

Wait until Potmac Yard is fully developed and all those new residences have cars. A silver level city doesn’t shove bike traffic off to the side on a path; it encourages them to be an integral part of the flow of people. From this perspective Potomac Yard is designed to fail.

This summer Potomac Avenue was my morning and afternoon quick circuit since riding the MVT to Hains Point was an exercise in masochism and frustration. The road was (surprisingly) clean (for a construction site), flat, and, thank g-d, had no pedestrian and very little car traffic. Of course, that’s with only 2/3 of those slapped together $800K townhouses built and occupied. The second that place is fully built up and occupied it’s going to be another car and pedestrian clogged hellhole. It’s going to be very difficult to keep areas “bicycle friendly” that are overcrowded and reliant on automobile transportation.

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@DismalScientist 66839 wrote:

The Washington area is the center of douchebaggery of the entire universe. This is reflected in the way we drive, bicycle and walk. If I am in the situation were I can make it easy for someone to pass me without any skin off my nose, I will let them do so. That the hikers say (correctly) that they have no legal obligation to move over after you repeatedly requested only further indicates that they are douchebags.

If I could give you a MEGA-ULTRA-TO-INFINITY-ELITE I would have for this beautiful summation of this situation. I’m shocked that people would argue the legality of something so banal but that’s DC for you.

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@lordofthemark 66329 wrote:

If thats his viewpoint, why make a big point of describing how other people bike, and how he does so (with many mentions of how law abiding and polite he is?).

Try this on

“I’m not a Black. I don’t wear an afro, I don’t sit in at lunch counters, I don’t smoke ganga, I don’t ask for affirmative action welfare. I wear a suit, go to work politely, speak standard English, attend a and I refuse to go where I’m not wanted. I am a good negro. The tide is turning, there are more and more people like me”

One can call that a mere self description, completely tolerant of all views one likes. I can call that reading BS though.

(and yes, I know the difference between cycling and race)

You really need to light up a spliff and quit taking life so serious.

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@cyclingfool 66266 wrote:

Amen! That makes two of us.

And I make three.

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@MattAune 66196 wrote:

Because it is the closest parking lot to DC without actually having to drive into DC?

I somehow don’t think the slothlike creatures I’ve seen at Gravelly Point are going to walk from there to DC.

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@KLizotte 66191 wrote:

Upon turning south to head toward the airport I was appalled to find people parking partly on the MVT trail because their cars couldn’t fit entirely on the narrow strip of grass.

Serious question, because I really want to know – is there something magical about Gravelly Point that makes people do stupid stuff like this?

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@Riley Casey 65838 wrote:

Another one for the glossary?

You’ll have to ask Tim about that one.

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@PotomacCyclist 65833 wrote:

Crime happens everywhere. It’s been a rough few weeks with the Navy Yard and today. But overall, life in DC isn’t so bad.

Sure, between the random shootings, the traffic, the sky high cost of living, the needledicks…

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Lovely, October 28th can’t come soon enough.

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@Tim Kelley 65814 wrote:

Thoughts?

Makes some decent points but comes across as an insufferable windbag in need of a serious dressing down by Don Cherry. His comments on helmets and performance wear are really misguided and bizarre. He reminds me of this schmo I used to work with that didn’t see the purpose of helmets and wore his sweaty commuter clothes the entire day instead of deigning to the level of the rest of us and showering and changing at work.

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