Originally Posted by
berner
Yes you can ride your bikes from Newport northward. The two north/south roads have no shoulder and are very busy. Local cyclists ride northward on Burmah Rd. to Melville Road Basin where there are several boat yards. This requires finding a route through naval housing, just outside Newport, with numerous turns. From the marinas, getting to the rt. 24 bike lane is relatively easy with a good map.
http://www.tenspeedspokes.com/contac...ore-hours.html Once at the bus depot in Newport, the bike shop is just across the street to the north. They probably have a map of the route to the bike lane on rt. 24.
Bern
Thank you! Local knowledge is the best.
We found on past trips that local knowledge beats paper maps, and paper maps beat google maps -- ideally, of course, the local is an old-timer who knows all the roads, traffic patterns, shoulder conditions, etc.