help with a commuting route
07-21-11 | 11:32 AM
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help with a commuting route
I recently purchased my first road bike and would like to start commuting to work on days my carpool falls through, is there a website where i can easily plan a route, otherwise I'm open to suggestions on a route from clifton to belle view alexandria, i have no problem driving and starting from centreville or burke but i would like to avoid riding along high speed roads (ie. clifton rd), thanks in advance
07-21-11 | 11:42 AM
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Google maps has a cycling option:
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&bi...-8&sa=N&tab=wl
This seems to suggest using the path beside the Fairfax Cty parkway. My understanding is that path is not necessarily continuous.
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&bi...-8&sa=N&tab=wl
This seems to suggest using the path beside the Fairfax Cty parkway. My understanding is that path is not necessarily continuous.
07-21-11 | 01:45 PM
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Bikes: '77 Traveller III '05 Rockhopper.
Wow! Compared to the roads in my neighborhood, you've got a LOT of turns on your route.
https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Cl...&z=12&lci=bike
https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Cl...&z=12&lci=bike
07-21-11 | 02:22 PM
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You should look a getting on the W&OD Trail around Vienna and then the Four Mile Run Trail/Mount Vernon Trail down to Belle View. There may be other routes, but that's the only one I'm familiar with and would highly recommend. Bike Washington is a good website https://bikewashington.org.
Last edited by alan s; 07-21-11 at 02:52 PM.
