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@thecyclingeconomist 30740 wrote:

Probably not smart considering the hostility since you can now track me home…:confused: but I don’t think that the following commute video shows any close-calls. It also shows the actual amount of riding traffic I see in the AM.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNPl2-1-fTQ

As an FYI: if you can’t see my hand, then I’m upright with hands on the brakes.

Cool video. But if that dance music’s still in my head later today I may have to whine about it.

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@rcannon100 30770 wrote:

So I went to my local LBS yesterday. Outside the front door, a wheel bender bike rack. Oh, that’s not a good sign. Go inside. Now I am not an ELITE cyclists – nor do I dress like one. And while I like to look at the shiny objects, I usually am in there for something mundane. For the rest of the story, go to Kent’s Bike Blog: So I Went Automobile Shopping.

There is one local LBS that doesnt do this. They regularly have the mundane thing I am looking for; they will take time to explain the difference between a widget and a wodget; they will not dis the other LBS attempting to establish themselves as The Experts.

Just hypothetically of course, could you name an example of the first kind of LBS and of the second kind? Hypothetically.

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@Dirt 30671 wrote:

That gives me some great ideas for the Alpine Gran Fondo this weekend. I wonder how much damage I can do by singing Men Without Hats for the entire 104 miles???

That depends. Will you be doing their whole catalogue, or just that dancing song?

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My cousin once walked up to their front door to get their autographs. They were very nice and obliging (it helped that she was a cute 9 year old at the time).

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Thanks for the heads up. I was on the lookout for it this morning but glad to see it’s near the edge of the trail instead of toward the center.

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There is a short cut going from the Pentagon to the MVT, but it involves riding on the grass along the exit ramp from 395 to Boundary Channel Drive. When you take Connector Road to Boundary Channel, cross the road and go right instead of left. Ride up the grass along the ramp. At the top, turn to your left and you’ll hit the “trail to nowhere” that leads to the southern tunnel under the Humpback Bridge. It knocks about 10 minutes or so off the trip. Just make sure you do it on the grass and not the ramp itself.

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@KelOnWheels 30467 wrote:

If anyone sees a flaming spectral figure, much like Ghost Rider except on a bicycle, crossing the 14th St Bridge in about 20 minutes, that’ll be me.

I forgot my sunscreen.

That’s nothing. I forgot my sunglasses and my water bottle.

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I could bunny hop a couple of feet when I was a kid, but my recent attempts have resulted in feet slipping off the pedals and back wheel barely leaving the ground. Maybe if I get clips or a lighter bike…

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Saw Rootchopper heading home on the MVT.

Trails seemed emptier today. Everyone still out of the office, or do the trails quiet down this early? (This will be my first autumn riding.)

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I pull a single trail-a bike and a trailer, but only in the neighborhood. It’s exhausting. Kudos on a long ride that way.

So you can rent the lockhouse for the weekend? That sounds like fun.

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@jnva 30186 wrote:

Stone crossing on fairfax cct?

Yes, on the southern end of Difficult Run.

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Our friends in Arlington sent me the new FFX map, as well as the DC and Arlington maps, for free. I ordered online and hand the maps in hand the next day. Now that’s good service.

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I’ll take the fenders. I assume they’ll fit the 35mm tires on my hybrid.

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Ocracoke?

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