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I was biking on the CCT on the 7th to test my commute for the next day (luckily got another WFH/snow day) and two punk montgomery county teenagers teamed up – one distracted me so i slowed down and the other hit me in the face with an icy snowball. i didn’t fall off my bike right then, but fell off later in my ride which I still blame them for – the general bouleversement of my balance and completely erasing what little chill i have as a perimenopausal woman in this fascist society. they weren’t even trying to steal anything, just targeting a woman traveling alone who couldn’t defend herself

Anyway I’m carrying my pedal wrench again now.

 

oh as a bonus i had a really badly broken toe at the time.

 

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great questions Ken and Jon

 

The answer is no- i don’t want to leave a window for lime bikes to count (lime bikes are terrible)

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sometimes reddit /bikedc has good updates 🙁

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is there a pointless prize for getting a snowball direct to the face by teenage punks on the CCT?

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I refuse to affiliate (own 4 bikes of various handlebars), live in DC but used to live in VA, and foot down depends on slope!!!!! (or which foot/ankle has been troubling me)

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Hi Serdar- add in #CABI #cabi – capital bikeshare pointless prize!!!!  i made a thread

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https://freezingsaddles.org/pointless/hashtag/cabi

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important- the prize is likely to either be a cabi embroidery or whatever i have in my bag at the final happy hour up to and including trivial cash amounts or random stickers. get riding!

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that sucks. looks like it was a private group trying to make its runners didn’t miss a turn- not official in any way and I’m not sure there’s any groups that can “close” the trail for a private event.

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Hi Sophie! I’m new to iphones- can you turn off the “live photo” feature AND/OR also take a screenshot of your pic and upload the screenshot??

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@mike-r i want to emphasize that you will NOT know your teammates until the happy hour or the next day but you should start riding on day 1!!!!

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yessssssss she joins us

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Hey friends is there an opening happy hour planning committee

 

if they need location ideas, ballston quarter mall food court is empty on weeknights, has lots of indoor seating, and has a huge free open amphitheater like space outdoors

 

on blue silver orange line. Unfortunate not in DC

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If you absolutely 1000% cannot take the bus/metro or CaBi, then you might consider private car garages and their hours and park inside a staffed car garage nearby.

Or, can you drop it off at REI nearby for service while you are out of town for the day?

Bike parking can be found on this map https://dcbikemap.com/2.html

 

https://www.google.com/maps/search/parking/@38.8978311,-77.0094768,16.47z/data=!4m8!2m7!3m6!1sparking!2sUnion+Station+-Washington,+Washington+Union+Station,+50+Massachusetts+Ave+NE,+Washington,+DC+20002!3s0x89b7b90a524106c7:0x1092e621aae292f5!4m2!1d-77.0067881!2d38.8991067?entry=ttu

 

 

 

 

 

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It might be helpful to include information on the date/region/time/mileage in the thread title or in the post but in any case, that strava link is only visible to people in that strava club.

I see it’s called the Squirrel dodgers- any affiliation with the Chubby Squirrel in fairfax?

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