Hi all,
I told you I was in the burbs. I ride from Lake Ridge to the Kingstowne area. It's 14 miles and takes me about 50 minutes. A lotta people don't know where Lake Ridge is, it's next to Occoquan.
So I use Rt. 123, Lorton Rd., Rt. 1, Telegraph Rd., Beulah (sp?) and Kingstowne Village Pkwy. It's all pretty good riding with designated bike lanes on Telegraph and Beulah. Kingstowne Village has wider right lanes that allow car and bike traffic to share the lane. This is my preference. Cars mostly stay out of marked bike lanes and so they're often full of debris.
On the busiest day of commuting I saw about 6 or 7 other riders. Not sure if they were all commuting.
Danno