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@CCrew 2082 wrote:

You have to get up REALLY early to beat me to being first tracks on the trail I get on about 3:30am usually.

Geez, was that you I was “following”?

Glad I convinced myself not to catch up!

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@CCrew 2074 wrote:

Saw one on the W&OD today and had to chuckle. Big light up construction sign on trail near Reston…. PAVEING AHEAD They need to stay asphalt guys and step away from the spelling

I laugh at that every morning, hehe. Funny thing is, they haven’t been paving in that area for months now, and they’ve even moved the equipment!

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Hurry up and pass that law. A Suburban clipped my elbow again this morning approaching a red light.

Fun part is that I was riding on the shoulder. What a jerk.

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Serious concern AND simple to fix. If the owner is not a wrencher, simply take the wheel to your local bike store and ask them to true it. A loose spoke will cause uneven tension on a wheel, causing it to bend out of true. Worst case scenario, more spokes come loose and the wheel ultimately fails.

Since it’s most likely not a $$$$$ race wheel, it should not be that expensive to fix. Any competent bike shop can take care of it.

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Awesome. Maybe I won’t get my left elbow bashed around so much now!

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Root: I was waiting for a riding partner to meet me at an intersection with a stop sign with a right hand turn to leave our parking lot, and make the long ride home from work. I was there about 15 minutes waiting on the yellow-striped center lane, standing over the frame, very clearly waiting and not attempting to ride on or make the right turn.

I started counting.

In that 15 minutes, well over 100 cars passed me. I stopped counting at 100 because it was getting too funny.
4 actually came to a complete stop. A few came close, but only 4 actually physically STOPPED.
9 rolled down their window to ask if I needed to turn ahead of them!!! (I counted these separately from the stoppers)

More people were concerned with where I was trying to go – despite me not trying to go anywhere – than were actually concerned with obeying the law.

We cyclists aren’t the problem.

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Greg: http://www.oznium.com/led-flex-strips
I’m using two 9.5″ ones. VERY inexpensive.

Riley: I actually picked green because it’s the color your eye responds to fastest. You’ll almost sub-consciously see me before you actually SEE me see me. Make sense?
The strips live on the bike full-time via. zip ties since it’s my every-day commuter. I’ve attached pictures of version 1.0 of the setup. This was the test-fitting, and after a trial run, I replaced the tacky green zip ties with matching blues and tucked everything away nicely. The setup is clean and stealth now.

Tim: No, but that would be awesome. I’ve told some people at work about my setup, so I wouldn’t be surprised if there are others out there. I think someone also sells a $100+ kit to do this, but I built it for about $30 with shipping.

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Currently, I am swapping bikes/tires on the weather. MTB + Studded versus CXB + Armadillos. My daily ride is 18mi each way, so I do need to maintain speed where possible.

Over the summer, I’m thinking of picking up a spare set of 700c wheels and a set of 700c studs, then I can rock the CXB all next winter.

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Clear here in Herndon. Might get some black ice overnight.

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Thanks, had today off. I think I’ll brave the x-bike tomorrow instead of the Beast.

C’mon thaw!

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Friend of mine tried his studless fixie last week, but two face-first encounters with the ice sheet turned him around. Maybe I’ll convince him to stud it up one of these days.

What are the conditions today? I’m hoping not to need the studs much longer, but tomorrow looks like a 100% chance of studded tires.

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@Riley Casey 1828 wrote:

One minor downside is that the closure in the front is a single tab of velcro so it might come open easily but I have yet to really put any stress on it.

My trail patrol vest has a 1″ velcro strip. Tiny.
It’s never popped open on its own, and it’s small enough that I can pop it with a tug to get to my jacket zippers.

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Brendan, I tried boots and flat-pedals last winter. Being in the Lakes + SPDs on my studded tire bike this winter makes a HUGE difference. Plus, they’re somehow warmer than my big nasty Timberland hikers.

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Fairfax didn’t do any better. I was entirely without shoulders to ride on this morning, putting me directly in the lane on my 4 mile stretch of 123. Doesn’t bother me, but the panic-attack going on behind me was worse than usual.

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Hey CCrew, I upgraded this year to a pair of Lake 302s. My feet have been toasty warm even in the arctic cold and snow. 17° this morning on my Kestrel meter and my toes were toasty warm, even with the snow. Not cheap, but Bikeman had a good price on em.

My commute is a little over 18 miles each way, every single day.

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