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@bikesnick 16746 wrote:

the non-contact technology of magnic light on kickstarter caught my attention.

“Magnic Light is the first compact contactless bicycle dynamo … The Magnic Light dynamo does not need any magnets attached to the wheels and it produces enough energy for a brilliant light comparable to the best hub dynamos available, while beating the efficiency of hub dynamos by a wide margin.”

Interesting. If it really works well enough then I can’t see why these would not explode in popularity.

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@consularrider 16728 wrote:

I have a similar issue with the 500. I’ll have to see if I can do that as well.

Same here. Most of my ride yesterday was negative elevation. I’ve only had the 500 for a couple weeks so I’m still trying to figure out it’s quirks.

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Commonwealth Orthopaedics actually have a few different offices. I’ve been to the one in Virginia Hospital Center as well as their one in Tysons Corner.

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I wouldn’t mind having one of the high quality dynohubs (Schmidt) on a commuter bike, but since I don’t really have a dedicated commuter bike, I’m fine with battery powered. I have rechargeable batteries anyway for my higher consumption lighting. I don’t have any experience with dynamos though, at least not since the days of the loud inefficient 80s/90s ones that use your tire sidewall.

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I went to this guy when I broke my arm last year, and I’ve also been to see him previously for my knees (patellar tendonitis).

http://www.c-o-r.com/phys_avery.asp

No complaints, although I’ve only ever been to one other ortho in my life so it’s hard to judge really (that was a shoulder arthroscopy due to recurrent dislocation – ended up being a 4 hr procedure).

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This might be obvious to you already, but if not – keep the tire pressure up. When I first put slick 26×1.25 tires on my MTB I got a couple of pinch flats before I realised the tire pressure was not what it should’ve been. With wider MTB tires you can really leave them for a while before needing re-inflation.

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If you can insert custom javascript with vBulletin you could basically do a “find and replace” of the anchor/image with custom HTML that has three images and link. Bit of a hack though.

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I’ve never done Mt. Weather but would like to try it too sometime. I’ve only been to Purcellville once and by then I was too tired to do anything but turn around and go home… slowly.

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Recently (since I got a Garmin and HRM) it’s been Strava. I don’t even really think about vehicles and passing them, mostly just what route I’m going to go. Normally it is just “I’m going to be late for work”.

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Reverse commutes are the only instance where bikes might fit on metro, but how can you really enforce that? It’s tough enough for people to have regular luggage (e.g. they’re coming from Reagan) during peak times, let alone a full-size bike.

I rode metro for around 2 years on the Orange Line for work. When I first started cycling in, I would sometimes take my bike on metro for part of the the trip home and leave work early to enough to arrive by the deadline. In fact, one time a metro employee at Farragut West asked me where I was going so they could be sure I was off the system by then.

If you really want to ride a bike and metro just get a folding bike, as suggested. Some of them are designed well enough to go as fast as a full-size bike.

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That Cannondale Quick 3 is a nice bike, enjoy! My only tips for avoiding tourists probably won’t be helpful – ride on the roads, and/or ride off-peak hours…

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Yeah a lot of drivers want to be courteous to cyclists, so it makes it an even greyer area. This morning I was stopped behind a school bus that was loading (slowly) and the driver actually got out and told me to go past and I didn’t need to wait for a bus because I was on a bike!

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@Tim Kelley 16464 wrote:

Yup, but on May 18th you get free breakfast, a t-shirt, prizes and more…

My favourites are the reflective ankle straps and rear blinkies. Although I lost one of my goDCgo ones a couple months and today saw it on someone else’s bike on the rack at work. I’m 99% sure it’s the same one, because there’s the same grease stain on it that I made. Glad to see it’s being used.

I think I got a DC Lottery towel last year too.

Wonder what colour the T-shirts will be this year.

I usually go to Freedom Plaza but I might stop at Rosslyn too this year.

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@jrenaut 16151 wrote:

So who is going to buy me a cross bike and watch my kids for a week so I can do this?

My thoughts exactly! Except I’d go with 29er instead of cross because a) I’d like a 29er and b) My wrists get painful easily on bumpy tracks.

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I might try to go next year if it’s on. It sounded fun but I had to take into account how much fun you can really have with sleep deprivation and a teething one year old.

I’ll be interested to see the pictures. I have to agree it was a bit hard to figure out what the event was really like from the website.

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