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Riide Electric Bike’s Storefront Showroom Opening in Shaw on Saturday

By Prince Of Petworth

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Congrats to Riide who are opening up their first brick and mortar in Shaw on Saturday. They’re located right next to the Serve U Liquor on 9th just south of Florida/U St. Hours will be 11-7 daily and on Saturuday they’ll have free Compass Coffee all day!

“We engineered an electric bike you can count on. A beautifully simple design. If you know how to ride a bike, you know how to riide. Just get on, twist the throttle, and go.”

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“My wife was in a fairly bad bike accident this morning. Thanks to the guys who helped her – Also were there any other witnesses?”

By Prince Of Petworth

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via google maps

“Dear PoPville,

My wife was in a fairly bad bike accident this morning. Details to follow. I’m posting to thank the guys who helped her and ask if there were any other witnesses who may have seen the car involved.

She was biking to work this morning (Nov. 5, around 8:45 a.m.) and as she turned right from 12th St. NE onto I St. NE, a car pulled out from an illegal parking spot into her path without warning. She hit the brakes and her bike went out from under her. She landed on her left hand and right arm. A man in a white pick up truck asked if she was OK. At the time she thought she was just bruised and said and said yeah so he moved on. Two men helped her get her bike out of the street onto the sidewalk, which is when she started to think she had broken her left wrist. The car that caused the accident did not stop, it just proceeded to turn right on 12th St. NE heading south.

I Street Northeast is a one-way with a contraflow bike lane. The car had been parked on the left side of the street in a spot that is crossed out and not meant for cars to use. She believes the car was a gray Prius, but didn’t get the license plate number.

We filed a police report and went to the hospital in an ambulance. She has not only a broken wrist, but a fracture in the elbow on the other arm. We are looking for anyone who may have seen the accident itself, or a gray Prius-like car going south on 12th St. NE a little after 8:45 a.m. any witnesses to this accident this morning. If you did see anything, please reply to this e-mail. We also want to thank the people who helped her again. This could have been even worse.”

Frustration with Bikeshare Availability in U Street/Logan Circle – Fortunately Expansion Coming

By Prince Of Petworth

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JP shares the map above and Bikeshare responds:

“Check out @DDOTDC’s plan for expansion – 99 new stations! Comments open til 11/15:

The draft Capital Bikeshare Development Plan for the District of Columbia is now available for public comment here. It includes all of the analyses, a complete explanation of the process as well as detailed expansion maps. The comment period will last for 45 days and will close on November 15, 2015.”

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“Attending church does not make you more entitled to public roads”

By Prince Of Petworth

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At Large Council Candidate David Garber has a thoughtful response to the recent church/bike lane battle of 2015:

“-We have to treat the people, institutions, organizations, and businesses in the city equally. The government’s responsibility is to seek equality and opportunity for all, outside the context of specific beliefs and religions. I grew up in the church and understand that it’s an incredibly important part of the lives of many people in the District. That’s okay. But that doesn’t come with a get-out-of-the-rules-others-have-to-follow-free card. Attending church does not make you more entitled to public roads and sidewalks than the grocery shopper, weekend worker, neighborhood resident, or library user. If we give special passes to one group, we have to give those passes to others. Instead of offering passes at all, we should create a context and a rulebook that is enforceable, enforced, and fair across all people groups and belief groups. To do otherwise is not fair within a government and a city that encompasses so much diversity.”

You can read his full remarks here.

DC Tweed Ride is coming up Sunday

By Prince Of Petworth

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photo by PoPville flickr user Pablo Raw

From an email:

“What: The 7th Annual DC Tweed Ride and Jazz-Age Jam

When: Sunday, October 25, 2015. Ride, 1-4 pm. Jazz-Age Jam, 5-9 pm.
Where: The ride’s meeting location is secret (sign up to get an email the day before). The party will be at Roofers Union in Adams Morgan.
Cost: The ride is free! The Jazz-Age Jam is $20, or $42.50 with food.
Ride registration and party tickets: Here.
Description: The 7th Annual DC Tweed Ride is October 25! Roll through the beautiful streets of DC with hundreds of dapper cyclists for a retro-styled fall celebration that has become a DC tradition since its 2009 debut. Following the ride, we’ll gather at Roofers Union for a jazz-age jam starring New York’s Dandy Wellington and His Band, with a special appearance by burlesque performer Pearls Daily. The ride is free (though pre-registration is required), and the post-ride party’s cover is $20, or $42.50 with food.”

“I saw him pull bolt cutters from the leg of his pants/waistband and put them into his backpack”

By Prince Of Petworth

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Photo by PoPville flickr user Caroline Angelo

“Dear PoPville,

When walking home from work last Thursday, I came to the intersection of First and M NE, right in front of Harris Teeter, at about 5:15 PM. A teenager had just hopped on a bike and ridden to the bike lane on the other side of the street from Harris Teeter, and he was looking back at his friend who was still at the bike rack. I didn’t think too hard about this normal behavior but then I noticed that he was too big for the bike, and the way he was watching his friend struggle at the rack was kind of strange.

I crossed onto M street and was walking along near the metro entrance and the two guys then came biking along in the bike lane on the other side of the street. They stopped across from me near the entrance to the bike trail, and one guy jumped off the bike and I saw him pull bolt cutters from the leg of his pants/waistband and put them into his backpack. The other guy had gotten off his bike and was looking at it, and I realized that odds are I’m watching a bike robbery in progress. Bolt cutters into the backpack, they hopped on the bikes and kept riding, turning right/south onto 3rd St.

I snapped a couple pictures of them- one of them had some distinct clothing/accessories. If your bike was stolen on Thursday from the rack outside Harris Teeter in NoMa, please reach out and I will give you the pictures to give to the police!”

Ed. Note: You can email me at [email protected] and I’ll put you in touch with OP.

Today is Messenger Appreciation Day

By Prince Of Petworth

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Thanks to a reader for sending:

“10-9 is bike messenger appreciation day

Here is a link I would like to share:

In 1991, a mayoral proclamation decreed that October 9 of every year would be Messenger Appreciation Day in San Francisco. October 9 is “10-9” in radio code and means “Say again” or “What?” 10-9 Day is celebrated informally all over the world.

May taxi cabs and secretaries thank there bike couriers whom fight amongst traffic and deal with the elements. #winteriscoming.

Marion Barry jr also wrote a letter to announce this in 1998″

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