Originally Posted by
BengeBoy
BTW, the one paved trail I've found without a lot of foot traffic is the Cedar River Trail. If you're headed from Renton out toward Maple Valley, there is some foot traffic for a couple of miles and then it dies out. And if you keep going past Maple Valley it turns to packed gravel (packed enough for a road bike) and you can ride in peace for several more miles out to Landsberg. From there you can head north to Issaquah, or keep going south toward Black Diamond, etc.
This is true. In addition, the Interurban from Tukwilla on down through Auburn is usually pretty unloaded. There are places where you have to cross city streets, which will slow you down some, but even so you can generally maintain a reasonable speed. The Green River Trail through the same area is prettier and has more winding bits, but it's also far more populated.