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@ginacico 184781 wrote:

Cranks are Shimano.

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Biopace!

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@ginacico 184786 wrote:

We need to do that actually, one side of the fork is completely shot. I think you can get a kit with the innards for about $50? A shop wanted $100 to do the overhaul, but we’ll (at least try to) do it ourselves.

This is a beater bike, given to me to play with for sh!#s and grins. It’s about par with my MTB skills.

Overhauling it was pretty easy, except for my stuck leg. There was some tool or mount at Metropolis that they used to get it off. I had struggled with it for a long time, but using that tool took about 30 seconds.

Personally, I’d replace the fork with a cheap rigid fork, like I did with my bike. Or fill the air chamber with Elmer’s glue.

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Freezing saddles proved so popular that Joe D retired and moved back to Marshall just to play. He brought his own team with him.

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@drevil 184766 wrote:

Ha! I was playing the “guess the parts” game also. I was thinking the fork is a Rock Shox Mag 21 also, but possibly a 20, but hard to tell from pic. As for the frame, I was thinking early 90s Trek (OCLV?) or same era Marin because of the three main tubes/lugs colorway. Ano blue 135mm stem? Earlyish 90s fo sho

Any guesses for the cranks? Ritchey? Most likely Shimano drivetrain cuz they were the king back then.

Gina, spill the beans

It’s a Trek (pretty sure), but not an OCLV. Marin might’ve made a bike like this, but I wasn’t familiar with that brand. If I remember my 90s properly, the OCLV was the first all-carbon frame (OCLV=optimum carbon, low void). Her bike came before OCLV and was an early approach to making a carbon bike, using simple carbon tubes bonded to lugs. I remember being in a race and seeing a guy was carrying his de-bonded frame back to the start.

It’s pre 1995 or so since it doesn’t have V-brakes. I bought my steel Stumpjumper in December 1995 and then next year they came out with V-brakes. I took my frame to Papillion and they brazed some new cable stops for me to convert to V-brakes.

I’m pretty sure that’s a Mag fork of some vintage because the Judys were generally yellow. I overhauled my Mag fork once, although I had to take one of the legs to Metropolis to get it unstuck from the upper. I think my Mag21 had one inch of travel, and I thought that was great!

Can’t tell about the cranks, but I don’t think they are Shimano. I could be wrong though. SunTour was still alive in the very early 90s. Ritchey is a good guess.

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@ginacico 184228 wrote:

Co-Mo shmo-mo, Santa brought me THIS gem. Complete with a matching red (also previously used) bow, some new drivetrain parts, and decent knobby tires. I’ve verified that it will navigate dirt and gravel (though I discovered I’m afraid of big roots).

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What kind of fork is on that bike? A Mag21?

I have two 1990s steel mountain bikes that I’m keeping up. One is a beater commuter. The other one was a nice Stumpjumper that came with a Mag21, which I replaced with a rigid fork and is now a nice, light bike for local paths.

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@Bill Sweetman 184381 wrote:

He was not on a dedicated bike trai

What is a “dedicated bike trail”?

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well marked bike lanes were available to his destination[/quote]

How do you know this? And how do you know why he chose the path he was on? Maybe he had a very good reason for being where he was.

Again, come ride with me, and you’ll see why I ride several miles out of my way when I commute.

@Bill Sweetman 184381 wrote:

and consequently he should have been prepared to concede right of way to any pedestrian. He should no more have expected bike-trail rules to apply than if we was on a sidewalk.[/quote]

Just because you had a collision, doesn’t mean that he a) didn’t concede the right of way and b) he had any expectations of rules. You’re leaping to a lot of conclusions, none of them favorable.

Your incident really sounds like an unfortunate occurrence that could happen between two well-meaning people. He tried to signal to you, and you both moved to the right. Before moving in any direction, I would argue that you have a nominal responsibility to look first, to be predictable. And you dramatize your story with innuendo you have no way of verifying (“But instead of slowing down…”). You’re trying hard to make the cyclist sound like some reckless renegade, but the way you’ve made your arguments here, I’m very suspicious of your account altogether.

@Bill Sweetman 184381 wrote:

Pretty much everyone else seems to think bikers can do no wrong and are maligned martyrs to the cause of Mother Earth.

Maybe there are two sides to the story. Maybe there are nuances that you aren’t even trying to appreciate.

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I still think it’s fair to ask why an experienced bike commuter has no sense of how long he’s going to take to stop

How do you know he was experienced?

How do you know he was a bike commuter?

How do you know he doesn’t know how long it takes to stop?

From the way you described the incident, failure to stop in time wasn’t the issue. Sounds like you both moved right: an honest mistake on both parties.

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doesn’t carry insurance and/or doesn’t acknowledge legal responsibility.

How do you know he didn’t carry insurance?

At what point did you try to determine legal responsibility?

It sounds like after the incident happened, you both got up. From your description, it sounds like the cyclist stopped, helped you, and offered to get medical treatment for you, but you gave the cyclist the impression that weren’t seriously hurt. What the hell was he supposed to think and do at that point? It sounds like he was actually a pretty decent guy, yet somehow it’s inspired you with supreme knowledge of biking and what cyclists should and shouldn’t do.

@Bill Sweetman 184381 wrote:

I think it’s fair to suggest that if you are riding a machine that can injure someone, you ensure that you can deal with the consequences of any accident you cause.

I don’t even know what this means.

But at this point I don’t care what you think is fair.

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@Bill Sweetman 184346 wrote:

I think Crickey may be a false-flag who works for the local Caddy dealer, by the way.

I don’t know Crickey or where he works, but after this statement, I know a lot about you.

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Sweetman:

You wrote an inflammatory, biased article with half-truths in a major publication. That one incident, without reflection on the larger picture, does not make you knowledgeable about cycling policy or safety, and what we should or shouldn’t do. Frankly, your ideas don’t make sense.

If you want to understand this issue better, join me on my commute one morning.

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@lordofthemark 182752 wrote:

Also

500 miles of bike lanes, shared bike routes, and shared use paths, expected to double by 2040

My hope is that this extends to Fairfax County. The best part of my commute to the Pentagon is when I reach Potomac Yards and then go through Crystal City and Pentagon City. Time for FFX County to catch up to Arlington and Alexandria.

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I remember trying Gore Tex cables and housing back on the 90s on my mountain bike. They were a pain to install and didn’t provide any real benefit.

Now I use whatever cheap cables are available from REI or the LBS.

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@Tania 181925 wrote:

When driving I’ve often wondered “bike or car?” when looking at a one light in sea of red lights. They all blend together.

I want to stand out – so I run clip on NiteIze wheel lights in purple, pink, green or blue (often a mix of all) plus my rear light has a blue setting. I have neon blue flexible lights that wrap around my arms. I have neon pink string lights that wrap around my frame. Ankle reflectors. Reflective tape on my back pack and reflective stickers on my helmet.

I want drivers to think “wtf is THAT over there?”

This is so that if I get hit I can argue that there’s absolutely no way they didn’t see me.

I used to work at a military lab doing the opposite research – camouflage, or the science of not being seen. Our lab did a lot of work trying to hide, or trying to see things that are hard to see.

One day I was in the parking lot getting ready to ride home. Like you, I had a lot of lights, and I was turning them on. Our lab director was in the lot, and came over to me. He was a bit of a crusty old dude not known for casual conversation. He looked me over with a professional gaze, and said “with that many lights, if anyone hits you, then you will certainly know it was intentional.”

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@ginacico 181674 wrote:

Also, the deputy sheriff who wrote the citation asked me to remind cyclists riding the W&OD in Loudoun County that they should stop at road crossings where there are stop signs.

I told him I’m all for it and promised to relay that message, if he reminds local drivers they’re not supposed to hit us. Fair is fair.

Similar thing happened to me in Fairfax County. Had a driver try to run me off the road very deliberately, and the driver also got out of his car and chased after me to fight me. I just noted the license plate, rode away, and called the police. When they arrived and heard my story, the first thing the police officer said was “well, I saw some cyclists run through a stop signs last week.”

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I live in southern Fairfax County, and have commuted to various jobs in northern VA. It’s not easy, and I’m a hearty cyclist. I’d really like some of our city planners and leaders to join me on a commute one morning.

Sorry to be negative, but the bike lanes in Fairfax County are poor (and that’s being kind). The bike paths and lanes are disconnected, don’t go anywhere useful, and do crazy things like flip back and forth with no signage. I’ve lived here over 25 years, and have seen hardly an improvement, even when there were golden opportunities when a new road was built. Yes, I have noticed new lanes, but for the most part they are still disconnected segments that don’t facilitate biking.

I’m tired of blaming someone else (e.g., VDOT), because “someone else” is always the problem, whether it is bike paths or general traffic in northern VA. You can spin it any way you like, but Fairfax County just isn’t committed.

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We used to do this a lot when I was young. We’d ride one bike, and hold the handlebars of the other bike next to us so that it would move alongside us on a parallel path. It wasn’t the easiest thing to do and it took a bit of concentration. However, I also grew up in a quiet beach town where the speed limit was for the most part 25 mph, and bikes were generally welcome.

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http://wjla.com/news/local/police-track-trail-attack-suspect-through-fitness-app

They found him through Strava.

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