Originally Posted by
Allycat24
Very nice weather today for bike to work day. We have a 2 day window of sunshine, and then it starts raining (AGAIN!) tomorrow. A lot more cyclists on the trail today, which is to be expected. Most seemed to be savvy riders but I did see one knuckle head almost get wiped out by a truck. My office is holding a lunch time fun ride around DC today - I usually avoid riding in groups, especially since you never know the skill level of these folks, but the weather is so nice, I think I'll go.
Similar experience here - mostly well-behaved riders, but there was one who stupidly tried to ride to the right of a truck that was clearly signalling a right turn and already in the process of turning. Luckily for him, the truck driver spotted him just in time and let him know with a honk.
I woke up earlier than usual and couldn't get back to sleep, so I went ahead and rode out an hour earlier than usual so I could check out Bike To Work pit stops. I visited 3 pit stops in No. VA and 1 in DC and picked up just bits of swag. I learned too late that the folks organizing the Crystal City pit stop had decided to make theirs Bike to Work
Week instead of just "Day" and were giving out some sweet swag daily - cycling socks one day, a jersey/jacket on another etc. I'll remember that next year. The most cyclists I encountered, away from a pit stop, were on the section of the Mt. Vernon Trail between Gravelly Point and 14th St. Bridge.