That looks fun.  <Two> chain breaks, <same> rider?  Sheesh.

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From: [email protected] 
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steve Palincsar
Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2013 6:00 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [RBW] One More New Year's Day celebration ride (slow)

On Wed, 2013-01-02 at 16:47 -0600, Joan Oppel wrote:
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/30856149@N04/8340027626/in/photostream
> 
> 
> Hmmm, can't figure out what MLK is saying about us!  

I assume he's saying what the Park Ranger told us when he kicked us out of the 
memorial:  "No bikes allowed!"  You can tell he meant it by the stern 
expression on his face...

> I am standing with the Bleriot (of course) - that's Steve Palincsar to 
> my right with his George Longstaff (very handsome lugged bike).

> We rode from near National Harbor in Maryland, across the Wilson 
> Bridge to Old Town Alexandria in Virginia, then along the Potomac 
> River, crossing over to D.C. and regrouping at the Jefferson Memorial.
> Our group of 12 then toured some of the sites of DC:  Martin Luther 
> King Memorial, World War II memorial, White House, Capitol (where the 
> House of Representatives flag was flying because they were debating 
> the fiscal cliff bill).  We passed many of the Smithsonian museums, 
> and the Washington Monument, too.  A fun time but a tour, not a fast 
> ride.

My first time on the Cycletracks in downtown DC, too: they implemented them 
after I retired & quit commuting to downtown DC.  I'd ridden on those streets 
before, of course, but it was rather strange riding in the left-most lane on 
Pennsylvania Ave.  Of course, there was almost no traffic, either bicycle or 
motor vehicle.

Joan neglected to mention another of the highlights of the ride: two chain 
breaks (same rider, same chain, broke twice) with accompanying roadside 
repairs.  Joan had a multi-tool with a decent chain tool attachment that saved 
the day.







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