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@CaseyKane50 202103 wrote:

Here are some pictures of the installation. I agree that it felt safer.

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Now can I ask for the same barriers for the Route 50 trail, south side from Pershing down past Ft. Myer?

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@CaseyKane50 202103 wrote:

Here are some pictures of the installation. I agree that it felt safer.

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Excellent!

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@Judd 202009 wrote:

Many on the forum have been on one of my Presidential History Bike Rides and know I love both historical trivia and bikes. After seeing Biden riding a bike in Rehoboth on Saturday, I started looking into Presidents and their relationship with bikes.

I put together a thread on Twitter that’s gotten a lot of attention by bike Twitter and thankfully hasn’t quite caught the attention of the MAGA and neo-Nazi crowd yet. This was quick google research without a lot of validation so buyer beware. I know if two errors: I erroneously stated FDR suffered from polio in childhood. It actually occurred during adulthood. Also the picture of JFK on a bike was photoshopped. It’s actually Sean Connery with JFK’s head.

https://twitter.com/juddlumberjack/status/1292253593685446659?s=21

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Judd: There is one more picture from George W.’s time as President- riding with Lance, before Armstrong fell from grace. I believe 2005. [ATTACH=CONFIG]21617[/ATTACH] Of course there was a Texas connection, besides the bike…

Some of us remember that Mike Hamannwright from Revolution Cycles wound up being the bicycling outfitter to the President during those years.

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When I went by on my #sizzlingsummercentury Saturday, it was removed/claimed…

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#dbb: I didn’t remember seeing that drainage gravel when I rode through Saturday for #sizzlingsummercentury! Guess the complex’s groundskeepers got tired of having to buy more mulch. One problem solved ,another created.

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@drevil 201969 wrote:

That sucks. I’m glad you escaped without (relatively) serious damage, and that you have remained positive. Those wet wooden bridges are more treacherous than some of those rocky trails I mountain bike on!

How did F escape going down? He shoulda warned you!

I ran the whole of the Mt. Vernon Trail Saturday for my #sizzlingsummercentury ride. While so many of us are (understandably) fixated on Trollheim by the T. R. Bridge, I wondered how all these other boardwalk-over-wetland sections would be in the wet. I think I know which area you’re referring to- just before Ft. Hunt, with steep and twisty sections between boardwalk.

#Emm, I am grateful for you that even the damage that showed up a day later wasn’t worse. Heal up.

Boardwalk that is *diabolical* when wet. Why should this be? If the Powers That Be say, “this cannot be fixed”, tell them they are *dead wrong*. It has been. Attached, my image of the causeway between Chincoteague and Assateague Island, VA. *Concrete* planks, cast to look like wood. Much better grip, period. [ATTACH=CONFIG]21595[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]21596[/ATTACH]

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In this morning’s Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/government-officials-adopt-plan-to-expand-washington-region-trail-network-to-1400-miles/2020/08/01/f651239c-d32e-11ea-9038-af089b63ac21_story.html?hpid=hp_local1-8-12_trails-840pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory-ans

I think this counts as good news…

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P.S. Henry did the full distance without “relief bike”, despite the Sturmey-Archer hub not always wanting to keep the selected gear. BRAVO!!!

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Got my laps in with him at both the beginning and end of my ride.

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@rcannon100 201948 wrote:

Support for Phoenix has been FANTASTIC! There are just a few days left in this fundraiser. Find your favorite team and support them – and there is even time enuf for you to join.

Henry Dunbar is going to do 100 miles circling around his own neighborhood block because…. actually I have no idea…. check out his STRAVA. HE HAS ACTUALLY BEEN TRAINING THE ROUTE!!!

On a British 3-speed he rescued from being junked! Somewhere on my own ride Saturday, I will take a lap or two with him.

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Likewise me. I got a late start and had a misadventure trying to stand up my own race team, but still riding. Bonus- I wound up with #dirt’s favorite race number…again. I remain at https://www.pledgereg.com/3553/williamfuchs. Thank you!

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I know many of us wanted the ped/bicycle bridge as an integral part of the new railroad span. Maybe it is better that it be its own span. First, there was the train derailment on a railroad bridge in Harper’s Ferry that knocked out the bicycle/hiker crossing across the Potomac for months. Now this, in Tempe, AZ: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/massive-fire-sparked-train-derailment-arizona-n1235191?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma&fbclid=IwAR06O-VXFejWeMpoF-NXi73mosZRgdioV81UdKXiFuCXOl5bHSE68C0SgQs. Even an empty freight car is quite heavy and will not stop for you.

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@Steve O 201891 wrote:

I stand by my statement: if anyone might know, it’s him.

Steve O: I messaged sheldonbrown.com, the folks who keep and carry forward the Sheldon Brown tradition.

Their response- “Sorry, no idea.”

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Also found in the wild- A JUMP dockless e-bike that escaped destruction by hiding in the river. Mt. Vernon Trail, north of Daingerfield Island, if someone wants a rescue… [ATTACH=CONFIG]21579[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]21580[/ATTACH]

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@drevil 201915 wrote:

I am disavowing my dislike. Weren’t we able to undo them before?

It appears they are locked in once we click. Cannot change mine either. Admins???

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@Steve O 201891 wrote:

I stand by my statement: if anyone might know, it’s him.

I shall write Harris Cyclery and report back then!

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