A beautiful, long sleeve jersey, 57° morning.... BUT
Another 3 track morning.
Monday and today, as the Fredericksburg VRE train approaches my station, (Franconia/Springfield) the conductor comes on the PA and announces that we were arriving on the 3 track, not the normal platform. As all bicycles are required to be in the front or northern most car, 3 track, a short platform means I have to pull my Ortleib panniers and push my bike back 2 cars to detrain. I found lifting my front wheel makes it a little easier, but I still bump a lot of elbows and shoulders as I go down the aisle. Ever polite as my mother taught me, I say excuse me and sorry, but Monday I got *****ed out my a guy standing in the aisle when he said "where do you want me to go?". At least one guy this morning got up from his seat and opened the door for me into the exit vestibule.
The adventures of a public transportation and bicycle commuter.