General Discussion / Re: Looking for riding experiences while recuperating from a knee replacement
« on: May 01, 2022, 11:24:24 am »Keep us posted, I expect that I’ll be in your shoes someday. Good luck.
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Welcome Tcor -
Lots of people fly into DC and start in Yorktown.
Dulles is the inernational airport in DC.
The Silver Line Metro should be finished before May.
So, you can take the Metro straight from Dulles to Union Station.
(If there is a delay they will still be running Silver Line busses.)
From Union Station take Amtrak to Williamsburg, VA. (3.5 to 4 hours)
Right now there are two trains per day - morning and afternoon.
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Once you’ve bent the cage, regular water bottles don’t stay in well. Believe me, I’ve been looking for years, they all were too big.
What kind of cage do you use? If it's aluminum, they aren't going to be as pliable as steel ones, which can bend back and forth.
I use Velo-Orange's Retro cages, which nicely adjust to the diameter of the bottle:
https://velo-orange.com/collections/bottle-cages-bottles/products/vo-retro-cage-with-tab-new-version