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Goes for Shimano only:
You can use a 9 speed mountain rear der with 10 speed road shifters (but not 4700). Same cable pull ratio.

So this would work: http://www.jensonusa.com/!Ed6pKfDjL30EBhwz4OHsQQ!/Shimano-Deore-M591-9-SPD-Rear-Derailleur?

You cannot use a 10 speed mountain der with 10 speed road shifters. Also, as far as I know, the newest Shimano 10 speed road stuff (Tiagra 4700) does not shift the older 10 speed stuff (4600, 6600, 6700, 5600, 5700).

If you’re switching to a double up front, you’ll need a new front der shifter, so you might as well upgrade the entire drive train. If you’re going to stick with the triple up front, you can find replacement rings for that crankset (find them online or have a shop find them for you)… or you can put a 4700 triple on in front.

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about 4 summers ago I discovered a fuel oil spill while crossing the wooden plank thing on the MVT near TR island and called it in. There was a fairly sizable spill response iirc.

Was probably an illegal dumping from a UST in one of the apartments or office in Rosslyn or something.

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Hi, I’m on this team.

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@Steve O 129821 wrote:

Or….

hmmm, good idea. ELF guy can play if he attaches a plow to the front of his car. Make himself useful, imo / jmo.
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sweet!

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I’d have to hear both sides (or all 3 sides?) of the story before I pass judgment one way or another. Sometimes motorists deserve to get yelled out — and I make few apologies for some of the stuff that comes out of my mouth in reaction to poor motorist behavior.

Although far from ideal, HP is one of the few places in the city where there’s space to push your bike and body a little bit. For the most part, I think, people who use HP know what’s up and are generally civil with each other. You just have to pick the time and place to be out there — Saturday afternoon in the most touristy part of the spring or summer is probably not ideal for hammering for a personal best or something.

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@Mikey 104924 wrote:

They don’t have one in front of my house either. Sorry only flags count.

Got it, Mick!

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@Mikey 104892 wrote:

where’s the flag?

they don’t have one in front of their embassy.

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Team 13 – Lucky Pr1m3s

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Hi.

I’m Tim.
~live in DC
~sometimes commute (but not that much lately for reasons)
~will try to ride daily (all errands by bike unless by foot)
~recovering from a bit of an injury, so trying to build miles back up
~Strava = Timo O

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@Vicegrip 100459 wrote:

Hindsight can also be considered learning from experience. I like the idea to distribute the top 20 that reup in 2 rounds and fill out the teams via random draw from there. Besides it is for fun right? A close finish between a good number of teams would be cool the fun is there simply from the people.

This is the way to do it.

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@mstone 97759 wrote:

Because the lights aren’t going away. If your position is that an oncoming light makes it impossible for you to see to such an extent that you are likely to maim or kill someone, but it’s ok as long as nobody ever approaches you with an oncoming light, you’ve got a fundamental and unsolvable problem with riding at night. I have family members who simply don’t drive anymore at night because they don’t trust their vision at night. This is the same thing–the onus is on the person who knows that they are posing a danger to others in the conditions that exist. You can’t just wish that away by saying the conditions should be other than they are. Now, if you think that you’re sensitive to oncoming lights but compensate by looking away from them and proceeding more slowly and cautiously, without the knowledge/expectation that you’re endangering anyone, then carry on.

Right. So let’s all get in our cars and drive with the high beams on at all times, because brighter is better, amirite?

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I mostly reverse commute, meaning I’m coming into the city when most of you are riding out of it so when the weather is nice I’ll ride at dozens of headlights… so if I’m not shielding my light for a few of you it’s probably because I can’t see (read: need lights + both hands on brakes) because the person in front of you has their light on nuclear. Sorry in advance.

I really appreciate the people who have a light set at full blinding lumens and a second light running on strobe. That’s generally helpful.

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@mstone 97737 wrote:

We’ve been over all this before, and I truly believe that if you personally go completely blind in the presence of an oncoming light, you shouldn’t be riding at night, period. No amount of bellyaching on this forum is going to make oncoming headlights go away, and if you are so sensitive that you pose an ongoing danger to yourself and others you have an obligation to take yourself out of that situation. I

So, if I get blasted with someone’s helmet light set at full 1,800 lumens and go temporarily blind, I shouldn’t be riding? Whatever dude.

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@Supermau 97715 wrote:

I use a 750 lumen Cygolite on my bars. It’s switchable down to 350 but I keep it cranked most of the time on the MVT because it’s dark as hell and full power lets me see what’s ahead. Just last week I nearly rode over a large fallen branch in the darkness which would have likely been messy had I not seen it in time.

While I hate blinding people, and I know I have at least once, I also need to see. I try to keep the light pointing at the ground but I understand that it’s still super bright to the oncoming. I have to deal with bright lights too. There’s only so much we can do.

I only use flashing in the daytime.

Seriously? You need 750 lumens on a multi-use trail? I hope you realize that you’re going to cause an accident at some point. You’re going to blind someone and they’re going to wreck right into you. But hey, at least you’ll see them coming, right?

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