Originally Posted by balto charlie
Hey Fruit: Folks have told you to stay off rt29...listen to them. You should have also stayed off of rt 1. suicide road...for sure. You're lucky you didn't make it to Laurel and College park on rt 1. People have told you to read bikewash site. There are decent tree lined (read shade and cooler) roads to DC. I commute these daily. I don't know rt 29 in NOVA but if these folks say steer clear then heed their warnings. Hope your heat stroke has 'chilled' good luck
I concur, the bikewashington.org cues for baltimore-washington are a piece of cake. US 1 south of Baltimore is a nightmare for cyclists. North of Baltimore, US 1 is not bad, although I would be interested to know what it is like to go on it all the way to philadephia.