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StardusterParticipant@LeprosyStudyGroup 162809 wrote:
I was just driving past that weird wiggly bit you got there at the Eisenhower connector the other day and wondered about it. It’s this weird series of ramps that go to some mysterious area hidden behind huge faceless concrete fortress walls. Like if the gates to Mordor were designed by a stuffy bureaucrat in the 90s. Gonna have to check out what lies behind there some time.
Clermont Ave. and its surrounding neighborhood lie beyond the ramp/stairs. Decades ago, before Metro, I believe Clermont Ave. used to connect with Eisenhower Ave. at this point.
StardusterParticipant@Erin Potter 162761 wrote:
�� Heads up for tonight’s commute/evening adventure: Cone detours are in place at Lynn and Lee in Rosslyn, near the entrance to the Mt. Vernon Trail as the curb ramp at the intersection is repoured. Watch for curbs and look out for each other!
Lil Video From Key towards Rosslyn here: https://twitter.com/BikeArlington/status/885553821564510213Might this be finished by Saturday morning?
July 12, 2017 at 2:17 pm in reply to: Tour de France Viewing Party at Cinema & Drafthouse – July 20 #1073221StardusterParticipantSue & I are there.
StardusterParticipant@Judd 162574 wrote:
Steve and I have a very complicated Darth Vader – Luke Skywalker relationship.
I’m surprised, then, that you haven’t noticed Steve O’s shameless self-promotion…
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StardusterParticipantDasgeh: 1st order of business- Happy Birthday!!!
I am not sure when or even if I can make it tonight, but I alerted John Harpold of Papillon Cycles, for whom Columbia Pike bike safety is an up-front concern. If he can pry himself away from the shop, he’ll be there, perhaps with one of the accident victims…
July 10, 2017 at 2:49 pm in reply to: 22 Mile Trail Parallel to I-66 — Helpful Video and Input Needed #1073132StardusterParticipant@Judd 162573 wrote:
I have made the mistake of reading the comments section. It’s good to know that lots of people who see me on a bike wish I were dead, just for the simple fact that I am riding a bike.
And that, sadly, is our collective reality these days. Too many now feel they can be as nasty & ugly as they wanna be without fear of consequence.
StardusterParticipantJuly 10, 2017 at 2:19 pm in reply to: 22 Mile Trail Parallel to I-66 — Helpful Video and Input Needed #1073127StardusterParticipantDasgeh, *Their* idea of a compromise is that the trail even exists. 😡
Um, forgive the splash of anger. This won’t be the case for the entire trail. But there are sections where there *is* neighborhood opposition. Still, inside the sound wall and next to high speed traffic is a most unappetizing idea.
From the Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/biking-advocates-worry-i-66-expansion-project-puts-a-bike-trail-too-close-to-traffic/2017/07/09/9e21d216-6266-11e7-84a1-a26b75ad39fe_story.html?utm_term=.c461d6e8b86f
StardusterParticipant“So we had to sneak under some yellow construction tape; sue me.” Steve O
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We are horrible Bike Ninjas.
StardusterParticipantBack. Safe & sound.
Steve O, (Once I figured out I *could* hang with this group) THAT
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StardusterParticipantEnroute.
StardusterParticipantCan finally commit. I’m there. Trust my lighting setup *totally*, this will simply be a test to see if I can hang with this bunch. Otherwise, past my bedtime…
Where on the Monument grounds do we meet?
StardusterParticipantEven if you have a light setup that you have absolute *total* confidence in, it’s still safer and more fun to run together. The “safety in numbers” thing.
Can’t officially commit yet, but I’ll be coming from Columbia Pike.
July 6, 2017 at 5:26 pm in reply to: 22 Mile Trail Parallel to I-66 — Helpful Video and Input Needed #1073056StardusterParticipantHi. I got my comments in, though it was on Sunday July 2. Comment was submitted and apparently accepted. What I highlighted:
How unwelcoming a design *inside* the sound wall would be, both for access and the noise pollution problem. Used the Woodrow Wilson Bridge, before and after the glass sound wall, as an example. I should not need to wear hearing protection to ride.
And safety. In another life, long ago, I was an SCCA (Sports Car Club of America) Corner Worker, working races at Summit Point Raceway. I have first hand experience with high speed traffic feet away from me, and, at least once, had to *run* to avoid an out-of-control race car. A wall and fencing that close to traffic is not safe enough. And, riding in the same direction, you cannot practice the *Rule One* that kept us safe and alive on the race course- “No backs to traffic!”
Who have given us understanding and support so far?
StardusterParticipantWe’re there. Aloha.
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