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Last pic from this weekend – MAH RIB!

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@ShawnoftheDread 51471 wrote:

Confirmed: Subby’s Orbea is CURSED!

This is exactly what my wife said!

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Pics from this Sunday morning. Great ride out to Mt Vernon. On the way back hit a rogue patch of rough concrete on 4MR and went down head first and hard. If I wasn’t wearing a helmet I would likely be having soup fed to me right now. Thank you, helmet! As it is, broken right clavicle and two broken ribs. Too scared to look at my bike. Friend clipped me as I went down and also crashed but fortunately he and his bike are fine.

Very bummed to miss B2WD and all the other challenges. That said – it was my first time doing Mt Vernon…what a great ride! Ambulance ride, not so much.
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Bike commuting is not an all or nothing proposition. Riding two days a week is still better than nothing.

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Those downhills look like maybe the greatest thing ever. Thanks for the video!

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I made an action video for everyone. Sit down before watching.

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Free exercise…with a purpose!

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@txgoonie 50613 wrote:

This issue surfaces every once in a while.

http://bikearlingtonforum.com/showthread.php?2712-The-sidewalk-is-over-there!

Just make sure you read all the way to post 45 where I admit what an idiot I am!

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@dbb 50431 wrote:

I’d expect it will be hosed this evening as well.

What is the best alternate choice for getting to the bridge if I am coming down 15th street to Independence? I was looking at a map but it isn’t readily apparent.

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I feel like I see folks all the time that are *probably* forum members, but since I don’t *know* anyone, I usually just give an exaggerated (read: awkward) nod or smile to everyone. I am almost always wearing a Bike Arlington red string backpack, so if you see me, please say hi!

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Did you run your finger along the inside of the tire? I had a similar incident happen to me (new to commuting, multiple flats, etc.) and even though I visually inspected the outside of the tire, I missed a foreign object lodged in the inside.

You probably did, but just something to check.

When you pumped up your flat tubes did you have any luck figuring out from where the leak was coming?

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I finally passed an eBike going North on the MVT yesterday morning. Seemed fine to me but I was kind of shocked by the really bad metallic smell it emitted. Maybe it just needed a tune-up?

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@consularrider 50013 wrote:

This morning’s commute was over before it started. I was switching the bike I was going to ride and coming down a step, I caught my foot and twisted my ankle. At the ER thry told me the x-ray shows an avulsion fracture, and that I’ll be off the bike for six to eight weeks.

Uggh. Sorry to hear that!

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“I like that shirt, Boss!”

“Thank you!”

“Yeah damn right!”

AWESOME.

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I guess I am just surprised that something like Gravelly Pt. is considered dangerous when you have completely clear lines of sight both ways. It’s actually one of the few MUP segments on my commute where there isn’t a blind turn or hill somewhere. There are even bail-outs on both sides of the path if someone goes full idiot. I would also be willing to bet that marking that segment hazardous does absolutely zero in reducing a-hole behavior there.

I mean really, you could make case for marking every segment hazardous. Heck, last week I fell over in front of my house while checking the mail (note to self: double unclip while checking the mail).

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