WillStewart
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@CCrew 15417 wrote:
So Will, be honest.. How satisfying was it seeing that? LOL
I’m sorry, some times I get blown off the trail by groups like that and just wish……
I’m no spring chick, so getting passed is something I now take for granted, though often I do keep up with groups like that for a spell, finding when I do so my fitness improvement increases at a faster pace.
My concerns are twofold;
1. Blowing through trail stop signs can lead to serious injury (often encouraging others to act in a similar manner), and
2. Such behavior can give a cyclists in general a black eye on the perception front.
I’d like for cyclists to consider themselves one major demographic – it’s easy to start separating us into the ‘spandex crowd’, the ‘slow recreational crowd’, the ‘poky commuter types’, the ‘recumbent snobs’, and so forth. I for one have to catch myself at times when I find myself thinking this way. The way we will achieve success wrt to improving bike infrastructure and overall acceptance is to act as a cohesive movement.
I perceive you have a similar opinion overall, though like a big family, there are often sub-groups and diverse outlooks.
@thecyclingeconomist 15268 wrote:
To do the folder legitimately, I might have to get a bike-friday!
That makes 12 bikes I need to house now. Thanks a lot! 
The Bike Friday Sat R Day is an interesting option as is the TW Bents Cobra. You could always reprioritize what you want to keep in your current stable.
A note about Vienna (I grew up there) – it might be possible to find a 3BR house for $2500, but most of the older houses there do not have garages. A large percentage have basements, however, and many of them are walkout.
The Metro is not that close to the trail, though there are bus routes that make getting to the trail or the Metro fairly easy. And if you bike to the Metro and park there, no need for a folder, obviously.
If you lived generally near the intersection of Park St and Moore St (many older affordable homes over there, especially to the North, though not many garages and not necessarily many basements), you’d be near the Fairfax Connector 462 bus route to Metro to take you to the Metro, and a very close to the WO&D trail.
Also, within the route of the 463 bus are neighborhoods along Electric Avenue, Follin Lane, etc, which are right by the trail and are a mix of older affordable homes and newer expensive ones (you’ll see night and day differences in Vienna, sometimes side by side).
This google map will be helpful if you also click on the “Bicycling” layer to highlight the WO&D and feeders.
One last note, in addition to Vienna and Falls Church, also consider the small unincorporated gems like Dunn Loring and Idylwood which are also along the trail, near metro, and have older affordable homes. You’ll see these east of Vienna on the google map link above. Southern McLean might be an option, though price might be an issue.
@thecyclingeconomist 15268 wrote:
Last question: what about the cycling route along the banks of the Potomac going up and out northwest from the district?
Property near the river tends to be very expensive.
