Tuesday Morning Commute - Bike & Ride

Good morning. Failed to mention what a good time I had at Bikefest - even if I did discover that I got home with a drink token in my pocket. I even won one of the raffle prizes.

• Arlington woman has her bike stolen at a Metro Station and finds it on Craigslist in DC. Arlington police tell her to call MPD. MPD tells her they can't help her because she's in VA. Meanwhile the ad for the bike is taken down and the vendor (the same guy who was trying to sell another stolen bike only days earlier) said the bike was no longer available. If accurate, that really is not acceptable. Nor is it acceptable that this guy can go on selling stolen bikes. There is at least one witness that he had stolen goods. And all of this brings me to restate that MPD should publish stolen bike statistics. How many are stolen? How many are recovered? How many are returned to their owners? How many arrests are made?
• The College Park Bike & Ride station opens tomorrow - suck on that John, the stolen bike salesperson. 
• There was much discussion on Dr. Gridlock's chat about cyclists and drivers getting along. Unfortunately much of it was of the "I'll share the road when cyclists obey the law" variety. 
• Bike riding camp gets kids on two wheels.
• The future almost happened here.

Comments

[oboe]

Unfortunately much of it was of the "I'll share the road when cyclists obey the law" variety.

Fortunately, it's not up to them.

[Greenbelt]

You start to wonder after a while if a lot of the Washington Post commenters are interns who have been instructed to try to drum up controversy in an attempt to raise the number of hits on stories to increase their ad revenues. You especially notice that only the most asinine comments tend to be rated as "top comments" by the site editors. Either that or a lot of very cranky retired people read the Post online during the day!

[TurbineBlade]

I'd vote that it's mostly just a lot of cranky people who like to complain.

People say this kind of crap so often it doesn't even phase me anymore. Washcycle has made numerous, very well-written responses to this "cyclists break the laws and we (drivers) don't" nonsense that it must be especially trying for him.

[shane]

We still have some Honest Tea in the office if you want to stop by and redeem that drink token.

Seriously, thanks to everyone who attended BikeFest and congratulations to everyone who walked a way with a great item thanks to our generous donors. We are still unpacking from BikeFest and repacking for BTWD, but will post a full thank you and recap shortly.