i know my description will not do this justice, but i was riding back home from hains point on wednesday night, just after sunset when i saw the strangest sight. there was a nebulous stream of parti-colored lights flowing down constitution avenue past the capital. the stream gradually resolved into about 50 riders on mountain bikes festooned with red and blue police lights. it would appear that the district's latest crop of bicycle cop trainees was out for an evening spin. as a former marine, i particularly appreciated the drill-instructor-like police cadre riding along the outskirts of this herd, yelling encouraging phrases like "keep it tight" and "ride straight". but this is not a stab at the district's finest; after all, how many of us are out training after sunset? mad props to dc metro for training to win.