Ok, now I'm totally coming at this as a bit of a spoiled brat - I've moved to DC from quite possibly one of the best places around for cycling.

Having recently finally sorted out health insurance and fetched one of the bikes I'd stashed with my parents, then reassembled said bike, this evening I finally got out for a proper ride for the first time since June.

And it really was kinda crap.

Cycling in DC really was just like driving in DC - too much traffic, too much stop-and-go, bad pavement - - and that was both on the roads and on the Rock Creek Park path. I even got shunted off at the Lincoln Memorial and mistakenly ended up in Virginia - just like happens when driving!! And then had a hard time finding my way back into Rock Creek Park - just like driving!

What is to be done? Will I be fated to hill reps from Pierce Mill up Tilden for the rest of my cycling life? Is there something more to DC cycling life?!

Help dear denizens of BF! Help!