Questions for the DC ladies?

[madscot13]

unfortunately, I left the box at home and as a direct result I don't have a halloween costume.

[madscot13]

but I am a safer biker!

[HillSlugger]

The plan, as I understand it:

Meet at Bike the Sites at the Old Post Office Pavilion at 9am;
Leisurely tour of DC sites, with frequent stops;
Lunch at ?
Head home

[7rider]

well that depends on how fast you guys will be going. I haven't ridden much since June, but I do have my bike here! I would like to meet y'all (I am living in the South!). I also have a certain someone's SS and do enjoy hand delivering things. I tried reading through the thread and I am a little bit lost. Can someone tell me the plan?


madeline

MDHillSlug pretty much has got the plan down.
Don't expect us to be lighting the streets on fire. We'll be riding, stopping, chatting, riding, stopping, taking pix.

Re: the Hand....
Haines Point? The IRS? Mere rookies.
The biggest ol' hand is in front of MY office building! Here's the land mark for my office (ignore the person in the pic, I just don't have a pic of the hand, solo). While you can't see the birds above it, it's supposed to represent a meeting of land and sea, or man and nature, or something.... Note...it's also a non-functioning foutain. I think that's telling in a way.

[HillSlugger]

It looks like we're going to have to plan for dealing with a 20 degree increase in temperature during our ride and a fair amount of wind: the forecast calls for early morning temps around 39 and afternoon temps approaching 60, winds to 14mph. Full sun all day long.

Regina, I guess you need to deal with a pre-dawn departure, too.

[7rider]

It looks like we're going to have to plan for dealing with a 20 degree increase in temperature during our ride and a fair amount of wind: the forecast calls for early morning temps around 39 and afternoon temps approaching 60, winds to 14mph. Full sun all day long.

Regina, I guess you need to deal with a pre-dawn departure, too.

Brrrrrrr........
It's going to be a "Dress Like Shrek" ride - like an onion....layers!!!

Say....we turn the clocks BACK on Saturday night (actually, early Sunday a.m.), right?? Not Friday???

[HillSlugger]

Brrrrrrr........
It's going to be a "Dress Like Shrek" ride - like an onion....layers!!!

Say....we turn the clocks BACK on Saturday night (actually, early Sunday a.m.), right?? Not Friday???

Just need a place to put our layers after we strip them off. Not everyone has panniers like you

Officially, Sunday morning, 2am.

[Kalidurga]

I'm bringing my Camelbak mtb pack so I can store my layers as they get peeled off. Dunno if I could fit other people's layers as well, though. Would Regina or Janice have room in their panniers/bike bags?

I've got no place for a cue sheet, though, so I'll be following you ladies.

[HillSlugger]

I'll have a CamelBak, too, as well as a rack "trunk", so I may have extra room for some stuff.

I know how to layer the torso; what do you do about legs?

[7rider]

I'll have my green "carpet bag." So I'll have plenty of room for carrying stuff. Last time, it was almost TOO big.

For legs...I intend to wear tights over knickers. If/when it warms up to something closer to cool, I'll shuck the tights and stick with the knickers.

[Kalidurga]

I'm gonna start out with tights over a chamois/knee warmer combo. With any luck, it'll end up warm enough to shuck even the knee warmers (though I'm not counting on it).

[HillSlugger]

Thanks for the tips. See you all at 9am.

[madscot13]

oy vey I just got home from school and as you can guess I am le tired. I don't think I will be able to make it tomorrow- and I just pumped up my tires! I hope I can catch you all on another ride before it snows or I leave DC. Maybe I will be in shape then too!

sorry for the late notice,
madeline