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I think it’s both annoying and hilarious. I break all the rules except 5, 9, 40, and 47. Okay, sometimes I break 5.

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@Dirt 12474 wrote:

Found a great riding product for cool winter rides. Doesn’t work so well when it is really cold, but it worked great for my ride today in temps ranging between 40 and 55 degrees.

http://youtu.be/XbRSRL8V31s

This might be the sweatiest film since Barton Fink.

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That is one badass ‘stache.

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@Steve 34853 wrote:

I guess I just disagree with the assertion that it is necessarily more dangerous. I say this only as a result of the 15th street track, where I have felt more comfortable when going in the opposite direction of traffic because of the ability for both the car and rider to see each other. It takes the bike out of a car’s blind spot, which I generally think is good. I agree that when in traffic, or when in bike lanes designed to go with traffic, the salmoning is wrong. However, I don’t agree with Dismal’s assertion that riding designed opposite way tracks would someone lead to more of it. I don’t believe 15th street has caused an outburst of salmoning.

So far the parked trucks and cars turning left have required me to merge into or close to the left-hand traffic lane several times. That would be bad news if I were heading in the opposite direction of the traffic.

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I was mostly Dirt-like in temperment this morning (even singing on the TR), until I got to the corner outside my building. Then I wasn’t. Oops. No excuses, but pedestrians really should stand on the curb until they get their signal.

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@Steve 34823 wrote:

Bobco, thanks for the video. As someone who doesn’t ride up in that part of the city much, it was nice to see what it actually looks like.

Something that stuck me about the track (and most of them) is whether or not it would be better if the tracks on L and M went in the opposite direction. There are some parts of the track that I could see this being problematic (when it is more of just a bike lane, not a separated track), but many that it would help. If bike traffic went in the opposite direction, there would not be a need for the mixing zone, which constantly requires you, as highlighted in the video, to look back over your right shoulder. Furthermore, going the opposite direction allows the rider and driver to see each other more easily, and make eye contact going into the intersection.

I’m no expert by any stretch, and I don’t ride those tracks much, just wondering what people thought about that.

So the mixing zones for left turns and garage entrances could result in head-on collisions instead of just side-swipes. I think bikes should always travel in the same direction as adjacent vehicles.

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@eminva 34821 wrote:

EDIT: At least there weren’t any trash trucks this morning. There were only two obstacles in total, so that was an improvement over yestereday. One other wrinkle: I noticed another cyclist treating the cycletrack as a two-way affair, cycling westbound. Hopefully they get the M Street cycletrack in soon before others get this idea.

I spied with my little eye a trash truck and at least two delivery trucks this morning at 8:50-ish. Plus automobiles. No planes or trains, though.

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@rcannon100 34800 wrote:

Did I see some Dirt by the rivers edge this morning before sunrise. Someone was over my the Potomac dressed particularly offensive (pinkish high viz). But was not totally sure it was Dirt.

I think you meant to say “dressed particularly fluffy.”

[ShawnoftheDread]

I could come for awhile to Monday’s, but I would have to leave by 5:30.

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It definitely needs signage. There’s nothing painted in the lane to indicate that it’s a cycle track (other than the painted lines and sections of green of course, but no words or bike icons). Cars were either parked in the lane in spots or driving down its length for a full block despite the flex bollards. It would have been amusing had cars that pulled in behind the bollards at the intersections encountered one of the parked trucks also behind the bollards, but I never got to see that happen.

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I thought this was going to be about bikes with frickin’ lasers on their headsets. Can this be weaponized?

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So I missed Thursday and Friday commutes because of work travel, and now I might miss Monday too? And during a strava challenge?! I do not like this.

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@TwoWheelsDC 34586 wrote:

I told myself I wouldn’t read the comments and then did it anyway…now I might as well go home because my brain is broken for the day. Also, I find the property value tidbit interesting, as my househunt in ArlCo gave me exactly the opposite impression and my realtor insists we were lucky to get our house when we did because now it’s Thunderdome and sellers are making out like bandits.

I’ve never as a buyer had a realtor tell me prices will be lower next year, or as a seller that they’d be higher next year. It is not the realtor way.

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@Certifried 34493 wrote:

Weighed my bike at Proteus tonight… 42 pounds. I need to lose weight.

Which bike?

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@mstone 34355 wrote:

I hear there’s a whole freak show on Capitol Hill…

Yes, but we’re talking about Halloween.

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