[WillStewart]

@CCrew 5562 wrote:

No, I simply have no use for you and as a result will not expend the effort necessary to appease your request. Have a nice day.

In the same light, we have no use for your groundless assertions. Keep on rolling 😎

[WillStewart]

@CCrew 5535 wrote:

I think anytime you get into a philosophical discussion such as correct etiquette there’s going to be opinions one way or the other. It’s such an impersonal medium also, you never really know how it’s truly meant and as a result it can be easy to misconstrue.

Group hug?

Ironically (or not), you were the one who had a post deleted yesterday by the administrator for name-calling.

[WillStewart]

@CCrew 5548 wrote:

It’s the reply when your attitude isn’t worth my time to find you a link.

You are simply attempting to deflect an examination of your assertion – I’ll bet you cannot find a link that supports that assertion from a reliable source. I’m all for discussing the impacts of various approaches to transportation and energy, but we have to have a basis for rational discussion – simply making unfounded statements is not the way. If you were not, then it should be easy for you to back up your claim. You’re on…

[WillStewart]

@CCrew 5522 wrote:

Try google then.

That is the standard reply when someone has no backing for an assertion. Case closed.

[WillStewart]

@scorch 4993 wrote:

for long distances nothing beats a good road bike.

I would offer that there is a diversity of opinion here. The recumbent equivalent of a road bike takes less energy to move through the air and is much more comfortable, especially over the distances you mention. I’m currently commuting with a recumbent almost exactly identical to the one above, and am currently at a 20 mile round trip (which some wouldn’t even consider long distance).

[IMG]http://www.bikepedia.com/Images/image2.aspx?w=500&h=500&filename=2003-Rans-V-Rex-Standard.jpg&f=Photos[/IMG]

And then there are the, um, male problems associated with bike saddles that are not even a factor with recumbents;

“There’s as much penis inside the body as outside,” Dr. Schrader told me. “When you sit on a regular bike saddle, you’re sitting on your penis.”

More precisely, according to Dr. Schrader’s measurements, you are putting 25 to 40 percent of your body’s weight on the nerves and blood vessels near the surface of the perineum. “That part of the body was never meant to bear pressure,” Dr. Schrader said. “Within a few minutes the blood oxygen levels go down by 80 percent.”

Dr. Schrader has documented the results with the help of a couple of pieces of equipment, the biothesiometer and the Rigiscan.

In one early study with the Rigiscan, Dr. Schrader found that police officers patrolling on bikes with conventional saddles tended to have shorter erections than did noncyclists. Then, in a 2008 study titled “Cutting Off the Nose to Save the Penis,” he reported the results of having Mr. Brown and the other officers switch to new designs.

Before the study, nearly three-quarters of the officers complained of numbness while riding. After six months, fewer than one-fifth complained. They did better on the biothesiometer test of sensitivity and also reported improved erectile function.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/28/science/28tier.html

[WillStewart]

There are ebikes that can be bought outright with electric boost or assist. Then there are kits that one can buy that can be added to most any bike/trike. Then there are the hobby/experimenter who patch together their own solution.

I’ve been looking at the second solution due to the combination of long distance and amount of ascent, especially in the last two miles when I should be in cool down.

One can use this simulator to understand the resulting torque/power at different speeds from a variety of component configurations;

http://www.ebikes.ca/simulator/

[WillStewart]

@CCrew 5050 wrote:

… the mining damage that occurs to support battery technologies is far larger than that used to support the steel and oil to power old school autos.

I’d like to see backing for that assertion from a reliable source.

[WillStewart]

Update: I’m currently taking a short wheelbase recumbent bike through the WFC mezzanine (NOT going into the Metro system proper) and the Rans Rocket fits easily into the elevator adjoining the bus facility on the west side. I also fits easily onto the bus bike rack, so commuting is going smoothly now. In the morning I simply walk the bike carefully through the mezzanine area until I’m back out in the open, then ride off towards the W&OD via Grove St. Discussions aforehand with Metro station managers smoothed the way to this current daily routine.

[WillStewart]

Update: I’m currently taking a short wheelbase recumbent bike through the WFC mezzanine (NOT going into the Metro system proper) and the Rans Rocket fits easily into the elevator adjoining the bus facility on the west side. I also fits easily onto the bus bike rack, so commuting is going smoothly now. In the morning I simply walk the bike carefully through the mezzanine area until I’m back out in the open, then ride off towards the W&OD via Grove St. Discussions aforehand with Metro station managers smoothed the way to this current daily routine.

[WillStewart]

@JustinW 3754 wrote:

Stopped @ the Conte’s pitstop / Ballston – just down the street from work. Lots of bikers there @ 8:30-ish, lots of happy and agreeable staff to distribute goodies to the boys and girls, and even the Chik-Fil-a (?) cow suit dude. Plus coffee and bagels from Java Shack. Jay Fisette was pressing the flesh and aiming for biking cred. Compared to previous years, the range of ages of attendees was notable (makes me not feel *so* old anymore). Great event, and really nice to see even more folks out on bikes than usual. Barvo WABA + BikeArlington!

I registered for the Ballston stop and took a quick look at the map, which made it look like it was at the Ballston Commons Mall. Rode around and never found it. Came back and zoomed in on the map and Conte’s it was indeed (I was 1/2 a block away at one point, didn’t look South).

I’d bet they’d get 3-4 times as many people if they set up the pit stop close to the Ballston Metro.

[WillStewart]

Having a look at the current statistics is helpful when evaluation design alternatives. Thanks for sharing this, consider yourself welcome here!

Another dimension to cycle tracks is the cost per mile to implement (which can be very site-specific), though can be the deciding factor in whether or not the cycling feature is added.

[WillStewart]

skreaminquadz, what is the other forum that covers the W&OD in Loudoun?

[WillStewart]

How do people lock up their non-foldable trikes? With a U-lock in the back, and a cable for the front two wheels?

[WillStewart]

With all those blinking lights, he might be taken for a small emergency vehicle, and the Vienna Police are known for their less than amicable relationship with the Vienna VFD.

[WillStewart]

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