[TwoWheelsDC]

The RCP trail in front of KenCen has been detoured up to Rock Creek Parkway, with concrete barriers separating the trail from traffic, similar to the Custis detour from a while back…no more Covered Walkway From Hell!

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@lordofthemark 188207 wrote:

That is fair kinda. But it depends on context. Its inside the beltway, and as noted before, two metro stations are just over a mile away. It has something of a connected street grid (which provides the parallel bike routes some mentioned). Perhaps ped improvements without lane narrowing will work for Westover – but I hope elsewhere in inside the beltway NoVa (and similar places elsewhere in the region) we aim for something more walkable and less autocentric than this in places that have as much potential. I think we will need to if we are really going to make major progress on reducing per capita VMT.

Yeah, but the context is also that the current neighborhood was established in 1940, and most of the street layout even earlier (the house I used to own there was built in 1939). You might make it less dangerous for peds/cyclists on the margins, but for what it is (essentially a streetcar suburb), it’s pretty damn walkable, and it frankly serves as a model of how walkable a low-ish density suburb can be.

[TwoWheelsDC]

Strava says 3% average, but that all depends on where you stop/start the segment. Oddly, my PR for that segment was on a fixed gear…

[TwoWheelsDC]

Seems like the perfect opportunity to turn those crosswalks into speed tables. Also, the speed limit between Longfellow (maybe even Patrick Henry) and McKinley should be lowered to 15mph.

[TwoWheelsDC]

Personally, I usually just take M/Canal to Foxhall to MacArthur and ride MacArthur all the way out. In DC, it’s two lanes and low traffic, so you can take the right lane without too much stress…further out you can ride the shoulder. The short stint on Canal may be intimidating if you aren’t super comfortable riding in traffic, but there is a sidewalk you can take if you prefer.

[TwoWheelsDC]

The solution to this problem is to just blow a bunch of money on a power meter. Cadence/speed/GPS conflict solved!

[TwoWheelsDC]

I’d take it outside to an area with a clear view of the sky, turn it on, and just let it sit for like 10 minutes for the GPS to lock. I know that when I travel somewhere outside my normal area, it always takes my GPS some extra time, so if the unit is new it may just be something like that. Maybe also make sure the firmware is up to date?

[TwoWheelsDC]

Ugh, this detour is going to be a huge PITA for W&OD>Custis riders. For the more comfortable road riders out there, hopping off the W&OD and onto Washington Blvd at Lee Hwy is probably the fastest way to get to the Custis (or vice versa). I usually take Washington Blvd to the Custis entrance at Aberdeen. If you don’t mind the non-bike lane portions of Washington Blvd, it’s much faster than the trail route, IME.

[TwoWheelsDC]

Too bad you can’t move that trash can too….

[TwoWheelsDC]

The C&O towpath was in pretty good shape, surprisingly…at least from Fletcher’s to Chain Bridge. Some frozen puddles, but nothing that was really a hazard or not easily avoidable.

[TwoWheelsDC]

@secstate 186069 wrote:

Jump is rolling out a new model with a few subtle changes: a smartphone holder for navigation, a QR code up front for unlocking rather than a keybpad on the back of the bike, a cable lock instead of a U-Lock, smarter internals for tracking performance and maintenance needs, and a battery that staff can swap out very easily. Their goal is to take these off the streets only once a year for maintenance rather than every time the battery needs changing. I wonder if this means the end of discounts or credits for docking bikes in a designated hub.

I ride these from time to time (including to the BikeDC happy hour this evening) and they are seriously perky, a ton of fun, and in a sane world would utterly eliminate short Uber/Lyft rides within the city.

https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/18/18144582/uber-jump-new-electric-bike-bikeshare-micromobility

I hope they have sturdier seatpost collars! I’ve had problems with loose seatposts on a majority of the Jumps I’ve ridden. Of course I’ve tried to tighten them, but the nuts always seem to be stuck.

[TwoWheelsDC]

TR Bridge is like, 50% unrideable. I had to walk most of it tonight. Custis is re-freezing fast and felt kinda dangerous in a lot of places, even with studs. The zig-zag at the East Falls Church basketball courts is also awful. I slid out even with studs, but the studs probably helped keep upright.

[TwoWheelsDC]

The DC portion of the CCT is “rideable,” but not great. Basically, there’s like a 1-foot wide strip of relatively smooth, but non-slick ice. Thankfully, there aren’t many people out on it. With my knobby studded tires and gravel bike, I was good for about 7-8mph. The Towpath is absolutely unrideable, however. There’s basically a 3-inch thick layer of frozen slush under the snow and it froze hard enough that it has zero give and you can’t just power through it. Maybe a fat bike or semi-fat bike could do it, but I ended up walking most of the C&O section of my commute.

The RCP path from the volleyball courts to West Potomac Park is barely rideable, but should get enough sun today to make it okay for tomorrow.

The trail on Maine Ave. in front of Washington Marina was not cleared in any way and is an absolute mess.

[TwoWheelsDC]

@Brendan von Buckingham 185341 wrote:

Night time combination of poor lighting and optical illusion. The trail and road are barely separated: no shoulder, faded white line, low curb, no overhead lights. Driver trying to stay to the right on the turn mistakes the bike lane for the right lane of the GWMP. If a car is not following the brakes lights of a car ahead of them, their headlights don’t give them much reaction time to even a small mistake.

Are we talking about the same spot? Also, the times I know where cars have gone off the road here have all been during morning rush hour in essentially normal weather conditions. ::shrug::

[TwoWheelsDC]

@Emm 185213 wrote:

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