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I just ordered a lectric 3.0. I will use this bike to commute but, would like to leave it outside when I work out or when I grocery shop. I want ease of mine.

Apple tag will be used. The lock that comes with lectric e-bikes. This combination below.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0952Y2H7Q?ref=cm_sw_r_apin_dp_QAQ8Z981T49NSHGV4SSJ_1&ref_=cm_sw_r_apin_dp_QAQ8Z981T49NSHGV4SSJ_1&social_share=cm_sw_r_apin_dp_QAQ8Z981T49NSHGV4SSJ_1&starsLeft=1

Lastly this alarm system Wsdcam 113dB Bike Alarm Wireless Vibration Motion Sensor

Hello, I will be in DC for a few days soon and before getting back to the airport and home, I would like to squeeze in a 4-6 hour cycling adventure. Does anyone suggest where to get the proper bike in downtown DC or close for late pickup and next-day return or even pick-up, and drop-off service?

https://www.biketoworkmetrodc.org/

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I was wondering if anyone else applied for the e-bike incentive and if so did you get a response back yet? We’re around mid-month now and I wasn’t sure if they were going to send an update if you weren’t selected 🫤

I’m looking at an everything bike. I want a level 3 ebike with a Mid-Drive Motors and hydraulic brakes. Any suggestions?? I’ll be riding to work and picking up groceries. No kids. Could take it on light trails every once in a while. If I had to give a budget, I would like to spend around 2k.

Any suggestions??

Just wanted to know if people that use them actually enjoy them! With the red line closing for me this summer, Ill be commuting in so I need some tunes for my 16 mile one way trip.

When I did cycle in, I used my earbuds in transparent mode which was alright but for sure annoying if they started to fall out.

Do you have issues with glasses when using them? Is it awkward pressure on the back of your head?

I'm considering a cheap model ( https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CJ2BGJ8K/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A2P52270509AXM&th=1 ) before buying Shokz which seems to be dominating the market. At least I will have a chance returning if I hate it thanks to good ole Amazon.

Thanks in advance!

Saturday expected to be a washout, so moving to Sunday. Live music, ice pops and fun!

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Bike to Work Day is coming up on Friday, May 17th! This region-wide event encourages people to try bike commuting and see how much nicer it can be than sitting stuck in traffic to get to work. Many people who try Bike to Work Day become full time bike commuters!

The Ward 3 Bike Advocates (W3BA) are celebrating Bike to Work Day in two ways -- with a pit stop for bike commuters in front of the Uptown Theater in Cleveland Park, and with a group bike ride (or “convoy”) down Connecticut Avenue. By riding in a group, it will be much safer than riding by yourself, and can give you a preview of how safe and easy it would be to get around if there were protected bike lanes on Connecticut Avenue. We’ll go at a slow pace and make several stops to pick up additional riders. You can meet us at any of the stops below, just note what time we are leaving each stop.

The full planned schedule is:

• Meet up at the Chevy Chase Safeway parking lot: 7:30
• Leave Chevy Chase at 7:40
• Arrive in front of Italian Bar (across the street from Politics and Prose) at 7:50
• Leave Italian Bar at 8:00
• Arrive at Van Ness Metro (west side of CT) at 8:10
• Leave Van Ness Metro at 8:20
• Arrive at the Uptown Pitstop at 8:25
• PITSTOP BREAK! 20 minutes
• Leave the Uptown at 8:45

When we get to Calvert Street, we will break into two groups depending on your destination -- one will go to the Adams Morgan pit stop in Unity Park, and the other will go to the Dupont Circle pit stop at 20th and S. CT and Calvert is also a good spot to go into Rock Creek Park and take that trail if it works best for your commute.

W3BA will be using Bike to Work Day to draw attention to the incredibly unsafe design of Connecticut Avenue and Mayor Bowser’s recent decision to scrap a plan that would have made the road much safer. Protected bike lanes and other needed safety improvements would encourage far more commuters and families to bike on CT Ave instead of driving and help them get to jobs downtown, schools in Ward 3, and events all around the area. You can learn more about the recent decision and sign our petition calling on the city to build bike lanes at http://bit.ly/CTAvePetition

See you on the road! Feel free to let me know if you have any questions. The more people we can get on the ride and the more people we can get at the pit stop, the better, so please feel free to join us if you have time!

We do not have a reliable methodology to analyze differences between commute and non-commute trips; however, select studies suggest that there is a difference. For example, Nelson Nygaard most recently used location-based services (LBS) data from Streetlight Data and WMATA Ridership data from fare counters to analyze all-trip changes from 2019 to 2022. They found that bicycling is up to 22% of all trips in 2022 (up from 15% in 2019) compared to just 4% of commute trips.

Source (Part 2, Answer to Q56)

Do folks here find that number believable? Maybe I'm biking in the wrong areas, but I don't think I've ever been biking and have had a greater than 1:4 ratio (bikes:cars). The "real" ratio would need to be even higher, considering that assumes all 78% of other rides are by cars, when a good portion of those trips are metro, bus, and walking. Maybe the only area I bike that comes close is the 15th St PBL.

This would be amazing if true, but it seems literally unbelievable.

Anyone know how logn the detour between mlepost 11 and 12 will remain? It's been up there since autumn!

Upon encountering it yesterday, I got on McArthur and rode the rest of the way back to the city that way. If someone has any insight into the retirement of this detour, I'd be eager to know it.

I have two bikes I’m deciding on.

Cero 1

Aventon 500.3

As I don’t rely on my e-bike for everything since i have two metro lines 10 mins of waking distance away. I want something I could stop at the Walmart with or be able to strap a package on.

Eventually as I get more comfortable, I would like to ride to work, which is 16 mile round trip.

If I had bike issues, where would I take it??

I own a hybrid and when returning home to Court House from dc or Rosslyn, the hill absolutely kills me. Is there any sliver of road between Fort Myer Heights and the Custis Trail to avoid steep inclines?

Friends of the Mount Vernon Trail removed what we think was the biggest bump from the trail on Saturday just south of Riverside Park. It took 30 minutes to remove. We just have a 3/4 mile stretch of trail between Riverside Park and Mount Vernon to finish. We need #BikeDC to appease the weather gods for the temperature to be cool enough to work next Saturday.

Check out the video on YouTube and don't forget to "bump" that like and subscribe button.

Keep up with happenings on the Mount Vernon Trail and find ways you can support improvements at https://mountvernontrail.org/links

I have a lot of friends on the Board, staff, and key volunteers of Greater Greater Washingon, so I want to say this understanding that there are internal processes at that nonprofit that formally create these election endorsements. Nonprofits have internal disagreements, as the 2022 Bowser endorsement showed. All of which is to say...

How does our city's leading urbanist news site and advocacy group endorse an openly anti-bike lane candidate in Eboni-Rose Thompson? "She’s opposed to bike lanes and road pricing, but has a justifiable stance on the latter." The editorial never circles back to explain the former. Rose-Thompson is also non-committal on getting the Streetcar extension to Benning Road Metro, which includes a shared-use path from the Bridges east to the Metro via Benning Rd.

Look, most of the Ward 7 candidates have said anti-bike infrastructure things in the many forums. This is not an urbanist-heavy crop of candidates. And I have posted before on the D.C. subreddit about my support for Wendell Felder. All those grains of salt counted; I can't believe that GGWash endorses supporting those who want to rip out the limited bike infrastructure that gets me safe riding from Ward 5 across to Hillcrest for one of these candidate forums.

This is a serious miss. I can't believe the most pro-multimodal people in our District are getting weak in the knees as Vision Zero fails. We can all cheer CT Ave's FY25 BSA language. What happens when I need to ride east of the river, off of the trails, for an essential trip? When DDOT releases the new designs for the East Capitol multimodal safety project -- which will remove parking to create continuously protected bike lanes -- what would Councilmember Rose-Thompson do? Will her office stop all bike lane plans in Ward 7 as CM Trayon White has done in Ward 8?

Spotted this after dropping a CaBi off at the dock at DCA this morning. Looks like they're getting proper bike lockers (seemingly in better locations than the existing CaBi dock)!

Unfortunately, I couldn't find any other information other than this sign.

Aventon Pace 500.3 Step-Through E-bike

I did not want something crazy expensive, but I wanted a brand I could trust. I am moving to Fort Totten in Washington DC in July. I will be live 8 miles from my job and 8 miles from my gf in Chevy Chase. I am 10 mins walk to metro, so I am not dependent on a bike.

I believe the bike would be a good beginner bike. I will have Walmart plus but, I got a front basket to be able to pick up the occasional item here and there.

Anything I should know before going through with the purchase?

Went to Hains Point a few weeks ago to do some laps for the first time and I couldn't even ride all the way through because the road was flooded. I guess it had rained the night before but not even that hard? Anyway, totally unbearable and not possible to ride without getting off, turning around, etc.

Any way you can tell when the roads are going to be like that? Because if so I just won't go there haha.

Thanks!

On our weekly ride we had to cross 15 just South of Thurmont. It was busy and the traffic seemed endless. In the distance I saw a blue semi start flashing lights in a way I could not understand. As it approached it slowed to a stop. My first reaction was kinda "great there is one lane we can safely cross but we need to cross two." Then a second semi emerged in the next lane fully blocking the road so we could safely cross.

I would have never imagined....

I was up at Wheaton Park for a birthday today and we took the train ride. While back in the woods, I saw some bits of in-progress trails that have a lot more rollers and berms than the existing trails in the park. I found a brief mention on the MORE page for the park that they're in progress and may be open this summer, but I'm having trouble turning up a specific project page or anything more detailed.

Has anyone heard more details? Are they on schedule? What sort of length are they fitting in?

I’m fairly new at biking, doing my first bike event (non competitive) pulled off to the side.

I ride like I do on trails at home- on the right (if anything on the right of right lane to give anyone ample room to pass.) A group of men, twice (separate groups) yelled at me to stay on the right……which I already was. The second group were not single file as they passed but yelled at me to STAY RIGHT!!!! as they were fairly spread out across the left bordering on the right.

Is this a general neutral but loud heads up, am I doing something wrong, or were they being loud jerky road hogs? What’s going on?