Originally Posted by dcdavys

Welcome! I lived in DC (mostly NE) from 2008-2015 and biked as my primary transportation for most of those years. I actually got started on the red bike share bikes before graduating to a spiffy Jamis Commuter 2. It's been long enough that I can now look back and laugh about the time I was egged while riding up Rhode Island Ave, the time some kids threw an empty beer bottle at me in NoMa, and the time I got home from the beer shop and lifted a six pack of my favorite beer out of my rear basket only to have the cardboard stick and all 6 bottles crash to the sidewalk Seriously, biking in that town is not for the faint of heart, but those were all very isolated incidents, and I actually had a blast. I found over time that plotting out routes away from busy roads was kinda fun and took me to parts of the city I would not have seen otherwise--not to mention it's much cheaper and more convenient than parking a car or even waiting around on the metro or a bus! Happy riding