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@ChristoB50 190290 wrote:

Generally, the starting times of the existing C.C.’s (as shown on the Google Calendar) don’t work well with my necessary office-arrival time of 7:35.

One of the reasons I’ve never considered making one of these is because I’m also an early bird.

@ChristoB50 190290 wrote:

Also – are there any folks on routes favorable to Potomac Yard, to consider a coffee club gathering at the Potomac Yard Starbucks?

My commute to Crystal City takes me through Potomac Yards. Which Starbucks did you mean? The one across from the Toyota dealer?

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I’ve owned that tool for a while. One of the best investments I’ve ever made. Makes removing those nuts so much easier.

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I started working in Crystal City earlier this year, but I will probably be out of town that week. I’m an early morning person (arrived at ~0615 this morning) and work on the south side (south of 27th) but I would have found a way to stop by.

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Welcome to Fairfax County, where the biking infrastructure is poor. I live in Springfield and have likewise struggled to find good commuting routes.

One multi-modal option is to take a bus to the Pentagon (maybe the 17x or 18x, depending on your exact location) and riding from there. I often do something similar. Another bus option is the Fairfax Connector buses.

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Route 1 through Fort Belvoir isn’t the end of the world. The finished that section and added some good bike lanes. You could ride up the parkway to Telegraph to Kingstowne from there. That used to be my commute route home when I worked on the base. As others have noted, Tulley is likely to be the only gate open on the weekend.

Jeff Todd is a good option.

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Bike Lane Uprising’s kickstarter campaign got off to a slow start and could only afford to hire some down-on-their-luck mercenaries, but the cannon was surprising effective at removing cars from bike lanes.

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According to the google map link that you provided, the elevation rises from 410 feet to 466 feet, for a net elevation gain of 56 feet.

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@Steve O 187379 wrote:

I have not. However, you should reply and suggest they update the information on the web site: https://www.wmata.com/service/bikes/

I would not hold your breath. The sense I’ve gotten over the years is that the bike locker program is monumentally mismanaged (or–to be fair–not managed at all). Given how long it has taken them to build the Bike ‘n Ride station at EFC (original expected completion date: December 2015; still under construction), it may be years before any of this happens.

They told me that an announcement would be coming soon. I’m not holding my breath for that or the lockers themselves. I’m scheduled to retire in 2023, so that’s my benchmark.

Yes, the bike locker program is mismanaged. Getting my name on the waiting list seems like a fool’s errand. With all the people waiting for a locker at my station, they would have paid for themselves by now and would be turning a small profit. I also don’t understand why they aren’t at all stations. They are inexpensive, pay for themselves, are low maintenance, and have a small footprint.

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@Steve O 187377 wrote:

What you are missing is that the tandem lockers are additional and are specifically designed to hold oversized bikes. So any lockers at Eastern Market or Bethesda, where these additional lockers were installed, that you might have access to with a regular bike, are not affected.

Got it. You didn’t say that they were in addition to the other lockers.

Still doesn’t seem like something metro should be doing, but not a big deal.

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@Steve O 187347 wrote:

Only sort of. They arranged with WMATA to have larger lockers installed at Eastern Market and Bethesda to store the tandems between rides. They generally do ride Metro to get to the bikes, but for the most part the lockers are used as convenient storage.

It sounds like they are using the lockers for their own personal long-term storage, and not as part of their regular commute.

Maybe that’s why I can’t get a locker at my metro station.

Correct me if I’m missing something.

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Do the blind athletes store their bikes in the lockers while they’re riding metro?

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When Chuck’s coach told him that his FTP numbers were low and that he needed more horsepower, he took the suggestion literally.

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Our Father, who art in ‘cross
Hallowed ’cause you’re the boss
Singletrack will come
And singletrack will be done
On earth this is ‘da heaven
Give us this day our daily ride
Forgiving us for the sleazes
When a sleazius is the bestest we can doist
Lead us not into table jumps
And deliver us from drevil

Prayer to the Church of the Rotating Mass

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@ginacico 184828 wrote:

Any tips where to take Shady to ride and not be miserable? I’m hesitant on anything remotely technical.

That would be a good bike for Laurel Hills. I think the trails there flow well, and they are not technical (IMO). Here’s a photo I took there one winter:

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@drevil 184785 wrote:

Yes! Another 90s mountain bike nerd

OCLV = Optimum Compaction Low Void. As far as I can tell, the first OCLV Trek was the 9800 in ’93: http://www.vintage-trek.com/images/trek/93/Trek93.pdf, but after seeing it in the catalog, it’s definitely not that. Then I was leaning toward the 8300, but the rear brake cable stop and top tube routing is different from Gina’s.

Ah yes, compaction, not carbon. I think they had some sort of bladder system to push out the air bubbles, or something like that.

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I still have my ’94 Fat City Yo Eddy Team Fat Chance, partially built and sad in my basement. It only comes out for the occasional retro MTB ride Oh yeah, I worked at Metropolis in the mid-mid 90s so there’s a tiny chance we might’ve talked.[/quote]

I had the same jersey that you have on in the photo (except I’m not sure about the “Quest”). Here I am at the watershed in that jersey, April 1996:

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I also had the Judy jersey in this photo:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/bikecentric/310873388/in/photostream/

This was at the end of the Seagull century, 1997:

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Metropolis was a great store. I remember Fred showing me how to remove and replace a headset. He let me in the basement and let me hang out with him.

I also noticed this photo:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/bikecentric/310871123/in/photostream/

I remember when Whitetail opened up for mountain biking around that time and I remember riding there. I was still riding my first mountain bike, which did not have any suspension at all. My forearms would be toast by the time I got to the bottom. I think I only rode there a couple of times.

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