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kmehrzad
10-01-2009, 09:45 AM
There will be a Full Moon ride Monday (10/5) night on the W&OD Trail leaving from Bikes at Vienna, VA. Below are some details about the ride. It's about a 14 mi. ride roundtrip. You'll need a headlight and tail light.

Full Moon Ride
We're riding in the full moon from bikes@vienna to Reston and back to the Soundry for refreshments. Enjoy the ride, good company, and smoothies and lattes at the Soundry. Join us on Monday, October 5. We will leave at 7:30 p.m. from the store, so please arrive early and be ready to ride at 7:30.
azfiddle
10-01-2009, 09:51 AM
There will also be an "almost full moon" ride tonight at Saguaro National Park East in Tucson. :)
kmehrzad
10-04-2009, 04:03 PM
There will be a Full Moon ride Monday (10/5) night on the W&OD Trail leaving from Bikes at Vienna, VA. Below are some details about the ride. It's about a 14 mi. ride roundtrip. You'll need a headlight and tail light.

Full Moon Ride
We're riding in the full moon from bikes@vienna to Reston and back to the Soundry for refreshments. Enjoy the ride, good company, and smoothies and lattes at the Soundry. Join us on Monday, October 5. We will leave at 7:30 p.m. from the store, so please arrive early and be ready to ride at 7:30.

Just putting a reminder out there for all who may be interested. Should be a clear, cool evening ... great for a ride on the paved W&OD Trail.
owlice
10-04-2009, 06:05 PM
Do you know whether there is parking at the store? If I did this -- and I'm very tempted, I must say! -- I'd be coming from work.
tulip
10-04-2009, 06:07 PM
Do you know whether there is parking at the store? If I did this -- and I'm very tempted, I must say! -- I'd be coming from work.

Yes, there is a parking lot at the store.--at Bikes@Vienna, that is. I don't know about the Tuscon one.
tulip
10-04-2009, 06:08 PM
There will also be an "almost full moon" ride tonight at Saguaro National Park East in Tucson. :)

Oooh, I rode there in April and it was wonderful. I bet an almost-full-moon ride would be really fun there (and there is a parking lot there, too, come to think of it)
owlice
10-04-2009, 06:12 PM
Yes, there is a parking lot at the store.--at Bikes@Vienna, that is. I don't know about the Tuscon one.

Thanks! Yes, the Vienna store is the one about which I was asking!! :)

I could take my bike to work, work a little late, drive over.... oh, tempting, tempting!!
kmehrzad
10-04-2009, 06:36 PM
Thanks! Yes, the Vienna store is the one about which I was asking!! :)

I could take my bike to work, work a little late, drive over.... oh, tempting, tempting!!

I hope you're able to make it. Catriona may come, too, depending on how much work has accumulated during her two days out of the office.

I did this ride last year and it was nice. Wear your wool, looks like the temps will be in the mid-40's.
owlice
10-05-2009, 11:48 AM
Ugh. I'm not going to make this ride tonight; too much responsible adult stuff to take care of!
kmehrzad
10-05-2009, 12:37 PM
Ugh. I'm not going to make this ride tonight; too much responsible adult stuff to take care of!

Sorry to hear that. Responsible adult stuff gets in the way of play time.
Cataboo
10-05-2009, 12:52 PM
Same with me, I'm proofing a manuscript. Comma rules are driving me nuts, but got a number of pages to go and the publisher needs it tomorrow.
kmehrzad
10-05-2009, 01:33 PM
Same with me, I'm proofing a manuscript. Comma rules are driving me nuts, but got a number of pages to go and the publisher needs it tomorrow.

Too bad. Was looking forward to riding with you. Another time then.
kmehrzad
10-05-2009, 06:26 PM
Too bad. Was looking forward to riding with you. Another time then.

Great ride this evening. Couldn't have asked for better weather ... clear skies and the temp was moderate. Starting off, though, I got a flat tire about 1 mile from Bikes at Vienna on a dark part of the W&OD trail. Fortunately John Brunow, the owner of the shop was riding sweep and quickly replaced my tube; I was good to go after that. We caught up with the other 10 or so people and had a nice ride to Reston Town Center then back to Vienna.
Cataboo
10-05-2009, 06:35 PM
It sounds beautiful. were you riding your ruby or another bike?
kmehrzad
10-05-2009, 07:08 PM
It sounds beautiful. were you riding your ruby or another bike?

I took the Bike Friday New World Tourist, still need to work on the Ruby's front tire. Fortunately the flat on my BF was a front tire which made it an easier fix.

On the ride there was one tandem road bike, one tandem recumbent, two hybrids, my BF, four single trikes and a tandem trike. Nice turn out.
owlice
10-05-2009, 09:44 PM
:: turns green with envy ::