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@Terpfan 25806 wrote:

You’re being polite. I think they know full well what they’re doing and just don’t care. Only once have I had a relatively friendly encounter where they stopped to let a few of us go across the road despite having the light on 15th. I tend to find the SS is more mellow than the PP and better about not parking their vehicles in the middle of crossings.

No, both the SS and the PP park cruisers in the middle of the bike lane on 15th just before it ends at the Pennsylvania Ave bike lane. Yesterday I got to inch around one in the rain.

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@KelOnWheels 25328 wrote:

I got to draft ShawnoftheDread for a while this morning on the MVT

I was not slick enough to manage to get my phone out for a picture though.

I think the cool kids (aka Dirt) use a small point-and-shoot. Punching in that iPhone access code is a bit of a pain while steering.

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Either everyone took the morning off, or they just quit logging their trips, but it looks like we’ll cross the threshold in the next half hour or so. 9976 right now.

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Me: Serenely pedaling along Pennsylvania Ave in front of Blair House this morning, not too fast, not too slow.

You: U.S. Secret Service uniform officer sitting in your parked prowler. I’m sure it was something of vital national security interests that required you to suddenly attempt a u-turn from a standstill just as I was about two feet off your port side, but if so you should have used lights, siren, or some sort of indicator that you were going to start moving. At least one of us pays attention to what’s going on around us.

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Couldn’t wait it out. Got soaked to the skin in DC, but got to dry out a bit on the MVT. And the temp was nice.

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That cropped up fast. Hope it doesn’t last long.

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@jabberwocky 25716 wrote:

I actually think I’d rather ride home in a thunderstorm than in the current heat. 😮

You might get to do both.

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@Terpfan 25682 wrote:

It was a good story. I laughed at the reporter including a Dane explaining it’s not about environmentalism and is instead about saving time. In the very next paragraph the reporter cites the environmental impact.

It’s impossible to separate a reporter from his chosen meme.

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Beech rims! Think I could get those in a walnut, or oiled teak?
http://www.cycleexif.com/townsend-grass-track

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Look at the first pic. I think if we had it, we’d all be complaining that it’s too crowded and annoying people use their cell phones while riding.

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@jnva 25599 wrote:

… Feels the urge to announce a pass or ding a bell when driving a car?

I almost called a pass walking down the street yesterday.

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@Arlingtonrider 25595 wrote:

Very cool news!

The Clif Challenge folks, seeing that we are so close to our $10K for WABA, have agreed to a fantastic idea suggested by Shane Farthing, Exec. Dir. of WABA, that all trips logged for this month after we fully meet our challenge be used to help LA County and KC BikeWalk meet theirs! This was announced on the blog for the challenge website.

Kansas City is just starting to get a bikeshare system and a bike network started, and I know this will mean a lot to them. I’m sure our cyclist friends in car-centered L.A. will appreciate it too.

Hmmm… I feel I’ve given enough to LA over the years and it has yet to return the favor.

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“Electrolytes! It’s what plants crave.”

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Who is “you” in this reply? I’m not the one who labelled the Trek FX series, Cannondale Quick, Fuji Absolute and the like “hybrids.” The manufacturers did that. If you don’t like that they call their bikes made for both trail and road use hybrids just because they aren’t crappy bikes, take it up with them. I didn’t redefine anything.

@mstone 25561 wrote:

Well, I don’t understand why people redefine what is meant by a hybrid bike and then don’t understand why people denigrate some other kind of bike.

edit to add: I suppose that was a bit terse. Basically (IMO) the heritage of “hybrid bike” is “cheap, flat handlebars, no specific purpose, cheap/blingy ‘comfort’ additions like fluffy seat or useless suspension”. As soon as you start talking about a bike that’s designed to fill a particular role reasonably well, the term “hybrid” is useless and you need to use a more specific term that captures the intended role. Maybe it’s not fair that “hybrid” has that kind of baggage, but it also isn’t fair that a good number of people won’t consider a bike that doesn’t have flat bars because the industry has pushed slammed-down low/uncomfortable road racing bikes for so long. The first thing (again IMO) is to understand where and how you’ll be riding, then start figuring out what kind of bike is good for that. And, unfortunately, it will probably involve going to a lot of different stores after extensive internet-based research because very, very, very few places have a good selection of multiple types of bikes from multiple manufacturers.

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@dasgeh 25531 wrote:

It’s not my thing right now, but I think it’s an awesome idea. Imagine a day when we can get a rolling closure of the Beltway to actually ride on the highway…

Until they improve the Beltway’s tree canopy, no thanks.

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