[Rod Smith]

@dbb 30097 wrote:

…I would expect that the riders on the Bike Arlington teams were riding (in the competition) for the community and not for themselves…

I was riding against the community, for myself.

[Rod Smith]

It was a life changing experience. How was it for you?

[Rod Smith]

BikeArlington D team?

[Rod Smith]

Congrats consularrider for finishing top fifty nationally, second State of Virginia! Congrats Greenbelt for third State of Maryland! Congrats Dirt for 4th, State of Virginia! Dirt, your early lead in State of Virginia and DC community seemed insurmountable. I’m sure you would have finished a lot higher if circumstances were different.

I found this website when I Googled your team name. So we have the National Bike Challenge to thank for my presence here.

Unlike consular, I did ride a lot more than I would have anyway. Towards the end, mostly just to pass him on the DC community leaderboard. :p

On the last day of August, the last day of the challenge, I got banned from the forums of the website that I was riding for. I have absolutely no idea what I wrote to cause that to happen. Me!? Can you imagine? Seriously, what up?? NO explanation! So I switched teams at the last minute. But only my points from August seem to have transferred to the Met Branch Team. The Met Branch Team was the only local team that wasn’t full. There was one rider on the team. I’m the only rider on the team to log any miles.

Hey, if I don’t get banned from here, maybe I can ride on one of BikeArlington’s teams next year!

The greatest reward resulting from this adventure was meeting Greenbelt and members of the Proteus family and undoubtedly the most enjoyable miles were those ridden on the Proteus group rides, and the bike move!

[Rod Smith]

@consularrider 30065 wrote:

I missed points on seven days while I traveling out of the country, probably would have finished with 300 to 400 more points based on my usual riding pattern. Still, all in all, I enjoyed the challenge, but didn’t ride any more than I would have anyway.

Next year you can try a little harder, but you’ll still finish behind me.

[Rod Smith]

@BobK 30044 wrote:

For some reason I had it in my head that 12th Street didn’t extend between Jefferson and Independence. But if so, even better.

What about my evening commute home, since Jefferson is one-way? 12th to Madision west to 15th?

12th northbound goes under the Mall, so you can’t get to Madison from there.

[Rod Smith]

@dbb 30041 wrote:

…I generally come in around the Tidal Basin, up 15th Street, east on Jefferson (one way, generally polite motorists), south on 7th and then west on D. When the tourist traffic is heavy or I want to do Hains Point, I do the Case Bridge route.

I don’t think I would recommend riding on Maine in the roadway.

Welcome back to the cycling community!

Since OP is shooting for 500 12th (old BCBS building) he could turn off Jefferson onto 12th.

[Rod Smith]

Once you’ve made Banneker Circle, you could take L’Enfant to D to 12th.

[Rod Smith]

@Greenbelt 30021 wrote:

They recently installed a curb cuts on the northbound sidewalk so that slower cyclists could poach the sidewalk if they want…
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Slower cyclists who can bunny hop! :confused:

[Rod Smith]

If I’m reading the FAQ correctly, I should get a plaque for first place, State of Maryland. I really wanted the toilet paper. :p

[Rod Smith]

Total 200 was in July. It’s fine to assume that Tim Kelly rode farther in August than all but ten of the riders in this challenge, but I have absolutely no reason to believe he did so.

[Rod Smith]

Am I really expected to believe that Tim Kelly rode the exact same distance in the exact same time every day this month? I can’t help but think this somewhat fraudulent. His August total equals his total for the preceding three months. Smells very fishy.

[Rod Smith]

I never used the app. I subtract my commute distance from the total workday miles and log the difference as one transport trip. In fact my commute is not always exactly the same length and I make many transport trips pulling a large trailer with up to 300lb on it.

On the weekends I rode sport miles, something new to me. The last few weeks I rode sport miles in the evening after work trying to catch consular for second place in the Greater DC community. It’s been fun!

[Rod Smith]

Thanks for the tip, consular. I left at 5:15. I got a little lost and cut the course short but still managed to get 163 miles on the day.

[Rod Smith]

From Northwest Branch trail, connector trail to Magruder Park > 40th Ave > Queen’s Chapel Rd > Amherst Rd > Rhode Island Ave > Paint Branch Trail might work, depending on where you want to go…

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