K street traffic

[qmsdc15]

Dave successfully sued the company I work for and built up this Ultegra equipped Scattante with the money he received.


Chi is from China. He's passing through our area on a ride from New York to Latin America.

[qmsdc15]

It's a cup holder! Or more likely a beer can holder. I though someone would comment on the fork. A custom installation to the rider's unique needs and preferences?

Another custom build. Vermont and K.

[qmsdc15]

Love that "4th St, NE" pic as well, well done!

Thanks! I used my zoom lens for that one. Shot from a bench on the Met Branch Trail! Completed e-paper work on a few jobs while waiting for the requisite cyclist to roll through, and taking a few practice shots. Took two of this guy but my battery quit before I could get him any closer. I like the shot, but I'd like to see what I might have got with the biker closer and the dump truck further away. I like the truck, but it obscures the hill running up to the Shrine which looks cool from there, zoomed in.

(I didn't notice the backwards fork until I had the film in the darkroom.) It made that picture the shot of the day. The other three OK slides are on my Photobucket page if you just can't get enough.

[cc_rider]

Been a bit busy so I haven't been able to contribute for a while.

From last month, July 11. Ride from Fairfax Circle, Lake Accotink, Alexandria, Arlington, W&OD to Reston, back to Fairfax.

Lake Accotink (low water and no boats due to dam repair) / Dora Kelly trail / Bluemont Junction
Saturday on the W&OD / new houses coming where the "midget village" used to be / Reston Festival
Caboose at Vienna station / Viva Vienna

[qmsdc15]

I Lost my internet and i think I made it worst trying to fix it. Typing this ion a smartphone. I cant see the text I'm writingm but the curser is moving with each key stroke. I'll be back when I solve computer problems.

[ahsposo]

I Lost my internet and i think I made it worst trying to fix it. Typing this ion a smartphone. I cant see the text I'm writingm but the curser is moving with each key stroke. I'll be back when I solve computer problems.

Hey man, I'll loan you my internet but I'm not sure it will fit. Probably be too loose...

[soundtweakers]

nice thread, I'm not from nor live in DC but this is a very interesting to me. I'm an avid photographer and had just recently started commuting by bike in NYC.

I envy those awesome bike lanes you guys have. The dept. of transportation of NYC has been going through the similar trend as those in DC. Re-structuring streets and develop greenways and bike lanes. But NYC has a long way to go still.

great thread again, enjoying going through the previous 15 pages.

[JimF22003]

I'm not bored with this thread yet in case you were wondering

[ahsposo]

Oh, man. I'm jonesing for a K Street fix!

[cc_rider]

From July 31 ride
Arlington to U of M by way of Bethesda and Silver Spring, back by NE Branch and Rhode Island Ave.

C&O in Georgetown / Key Bridge / C&O at Fletcher's Cove
Forest Glen / Forest Glen (ya wanta buy a pogoda?) / U of M solar house.
Go Terps / Paint Branch Trail (area hit by tornado in 2004) / Lake Artemisia

[cc_rider]

More from July 31

U of M leftovers / art on NE Branch / where the NE and NW Branches meet
art along Rhode Island Ave (Bunker Hill) / mural wall on the MBT / view up 4th Street NE
Union Station bike station / unknowns at National Cemetery

[JimF22003]

thanks cc!

[cc_rider]

I guess gsmdc15 is still off line.

From August 8 ride. Arlington to Alexandria to downtown DC.

Home (Falls Church) / West Boundary Stone / Del Ray
Wilson Bridge (Potomac is green from hydrilla) / Wilson Bridge compass rose / Old Town
Storm damage on the MVT / Landing at National (from Gravely Point) / O Street Market (what's left of it)

[ahsposo]

I'm starting to get concerned.

qsmdc15 where are you?

Anybody got a status report?

[qmsdc15]

Haha, I'm fine. Thanks for asking. I'm back, computer problem resolved.

Thanks for keeping the thread going. The views per day increased during my absence (11,000+ views!), so I guess this thread has a life of it's own and doesn't require my frequent bumps. I'll keep bumping it when I can though. CCR, I enjoyed your photos of the familar sights pictured in post #405. I ride past most of those places regularly.

I took a break from taking pictures while I was disconnected. No reason for pictures of random riders if I can't post them here.

A few I took Friday. Tall bike sighted on northbound 14th NW. Running the red.




My new bike, a 2010 Marin Bobcat Trail being surpassed by a vintage DEAN. Was this rider even born yet when his bike was built!? His shoes are nicer than mine too.

[ahsposo]

Thanks. I'm glad you're back in the land of cyberspace!

Please tell me that tall bike has a coaster brake! Looks like it would be good for scoping out traffic.

[qmsdc15]

Fixed gear. He races it at the local velodrome.

[ahsposo]

Fixed gear. He races it at the local velodrome.

Head and shoulders above the competition...

[cc_rider]

Fixed gear. He races it at the local velodrome.

Velodrome???
Where do we have a local velodrome?

[qmsdc15]

Wasn't there something planned for Alexandria? Can we get some stimulus here? Charity begins at home!

[ConvertedRunner]

Where in DC is this shark?

[Consularrider]

Where in DC is this shark?

Maybe outside the National Geographic Building?

[cc_rider]

Maybe outside the National Geographic Building?

Yeah. It looks like their front steps.

The one at the Discovery Channel Building in Silver Spring is bigger.
(Yes, there is a head on the Metro side of the building, and fins on the sides. )

added: Here's a better view.
http://www.inewidea.com/2010/07/26/32453.html

[GTR2EBIKE]

Yea the shark is gone now. I wonder where it went

[ahsposo]

Correct. The shark was at the National Geographic Society, 1145 17th St. NW but it's gone now.

Any guesses on the location of this scene?

You are getting to be Mr. Pan!