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bikesnick, so sorry this happened to you. Heal up!

That this still happened, even after extreme caution…wow. I will deploy these pictures again as an offered solution- *Concrete* boardwalk, from Chincoteague heading to Assateague. [ATTACH=CONFIG]20250[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]20251[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]20252[/ATTACH]

Don’t let power tell you it can’t be done. It already has.

“Diabolical” should never be used to describe a bike path.

P.S. Chincoteague, VA, one year ago.

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This is Mission Control. We are GO for liftoff!

A special event deserves a special ride. This is the weekend that is the 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11 and our first steps on the Moon. There are events and activities all along the National Mall, spreading into Smithsonian’s Air & Space Museum, which will be open late. Saturday evening has special presentations to honor the lunar landing. Plus… *that* Saturn V launch vehicle projected on the side of the Washington Monument for scale. And WE are riding there! (Er, the Mall, not the Moon…) https://airandspace.si.edu/go-for-the-moon

The mission- Meet in the back lot of Papillon Cycles at 8:00pm. “Liftoff” at 8:15. We plan to take the route around the north side of Ft. Myer and ANC to the Mt. Vernon Trail past Lady Bird Johnson Park (for anyone who would like to join there), cross at the 14th St. Bridge, and onto the Mall. That should allow plenty of time to take in exhibits and at least one viewing of “Go for the moon”.

For anyone planning to ride Steve O’s Midnight Saddles Ride and want to join this caravan across the river, you are more than welcome! We plan to stay long enough to see Steve’s ride off at 10:56pm. Then back home via the Pentagon/Columbia Pike route.

This is a NIGHT RIDE. Please come prepared with front and rear lights for a couple hours of work, at least. And yeah, it will be hot, so come with plenty o’ water.

Be here. Aloha.

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Note that this Saturday’s Midnight Saddles ride is also coordinated with these events. Don’t miss it!

I myself won’t be able to join your ride, but a rendezvous of rides is possible- it will require less math than an orbital rendezvous & docking [breaks out the slide rule].

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wheels&wings, thank you. Haven’t had a good cartoon in a while- Becca Wright & Bikeyface have been quiet recently…

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Submitted for your approval, from today’s Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/the-death-of-the-sidewalk/2019/06/28/b89c9bb2-9900-11e9-8d0a-5edd7e2025b1_story.html?fbclid=IwAR1qIwdhkx0refFjaAUY4k1vL2Nw977Njq3eBcK8Fgjy7V2Ep5t-jKPr-HU&utm_term=.76d8c45e2774

This is a larger and older problem than this crop of E-scooters.

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Look, I face the same dilemma on my Papillon Casual Coffee Rides. I am *all* about reassuring a rider who might be intimidated by a serious-looking rider. We are trying to grow ridership, are we not? And maybe you can inspire a new rider to take on Loudon County gravel someday.

Plus my wife would give me holy hell if I dropped her.

“We leave no one behind.”

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@dkel 191802 wrote:

Do any of your retro-grouch bikes actually have zero plastic on them? My son’s recently acquired 80s Trek road bike seems to have at least a few plastic bits on it.

Before we get too distracted, this is about single use bottles, etc, that are now a huge pollution hazard, not your structural plastics…

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A quick bump- The weather will be wonderful, there are all these places we can stop at along the way, and… there is that certain pie shop to return to. So…

Be here. Aloha.

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@jrenaut 191551 wrote:

I RODE A BIKE!

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Not a long ride. It was tiring and my right foot is the one I push off with, so having that leg still weak from surgery and months of not being used makes it tough. But I rode a real bike outside after 96 days of not riding and it was awesome.

And you did a Dirt-style Danger Panda? Awesome!

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@mstone 191703 wrote:

This society sure does spend a lot of money protecting drivers who drive off the road from themselves, doesn’t it?

We do. And have since a road safety awakening started in the 1950’s. Aren’t you glad?

But irresponsible drivers who don’t give a damn are their own slice of the safety issue. There are two threads rolling regarding Columbia Pike in Arlington that cut straight to this issue. How do you *recode the cultural software* so that this reckless behavior is no longer acceptable or *cool*?

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Today. Breakaway traffic light pole replaced. Ready for the 2nd and hopefully last ghost bike. The tree where Dave’s life ended bears mute testimony to the wreck.

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Judd, I’m going to throw this li’l stink bomb into the conversation, borrowed from the Columbia Pike @ Washington Blvd Crossing thread.

Because we need to.

“I will raise the ante further- in light of all this, *and* further issues west on the Pike, including *another* pedestrian fatality, this time at Four Mile Run, I will call for a reduction of the speed limit on Columbia Pike through Arlington to 25 mph. Here’s why- the right of way width was locked in place long ago, first by older buildings in the central section between George Mason and Courthouse Rd, then by all the new construction, built to the street. The rise of these mixed use buildings means more residents, higher density, more pedestrian and bike traffic in a limited space, all added to this major auto/bus commuter route.

“If they say, “it can’t be done”, offer them East and West Broad St, Falls Church. Where Falls Church has made 25 work on a four lane street for decades now, ever since the Falls Church Police ran Volvo 244’s provided by Don Beyer. “

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@Judd 191681 wrote:

My suspicion is that the response will be that the intersection and signaling is operated by VDOT. During previous discussions about this intersection at BAC meetings, the response seemed to be that Arlington was powerless in the face of VDOT control.

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WHO is in charge of WHAT on the Pike?

I will raise the ante further- in light of all this, *and* further issues west on the Pike, including *another* pedestrian fatality, this time at Four Mile Run, I will call for a reduction of the speed limit on Columbia Pike through Arlington to 25 mph. Here’s why- the right of way width was locked in place long ago, first by older buildings in the central section between George Mason and Courthouse Rd, then by all the new construction, built to the street. The rise of these mixed use buildings means more residents, higher density, more pedestrian and bike traffic in a limited space, all added to this major auto/bus commuter route.

If they say, “it can’t be done”, offer them East and West Broad St, Falls Church. Where Falls Church has made 25 work on a four lane street for decades now, ever since the Falls Church Police ran Volvo 244’s provided by Don Beyer.

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Steve O, thank you.

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Is another Bike The Pike Protest Ride in order? (Wishing we didn’t have to do this again, but knowing better… :mad:)

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