Riding starting from Alexandria, VA
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Riding starting from Alexandria, VA
Any recommendations? Standard routes for training?
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06-17-09, 01:40 PM
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Here's a list of shop ride out of Spokes, Etc. on Quaker Lane in Alexandria, VA. Let me know if you have difficulty seeing the routes.
https://groups.google.com/group/spoke...op-rides/files
https://groups.google.com/group/spoke...op-rides/files
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06-17-09, 01:42 PM
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You can always head down to Haines Point in D.C. for the hammer fests but I don't have details. What are you looking for and when?
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also there is the Mt. Vernon trail that goes from Mt. Vernon to Rosslyn VA (and beyond). its like 18 miles from Mt. Vernon to Rosslyn.
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You could always do the 7 am or 10 am Saturday group rides out of Rock Creek Park (https://dcvelo.com/rides.php) (the 10 am ride goes on Saturdays, despite what it says on this link). However, be attentive, when you get dropped on the 7 AM you are left by yourself on Clara Barton Parkway with dead legs and automobiles trying to kill you, and probably lost if you are not from the area.
you can usually pick up a fast training ride at haines point https://dc.about.com/od/restaurant1/a/EastPotomacPk.htm
https://thoos.com/guides/hains-point
Contes has a group ride https://contebikes.com/page.cfm?pageID=571 that leaves from their shop.
Let me know when your in the area, and I could probably get you hooked up with some routes or rides.
you can usually pick up a fast training ride at haines point https://dc.about.com/od/restaurant1/a/EastPotomacPk.htm
https://thoos.com/guides/hains-point
Contes has a group ride https://contebikes.com/page.cfm?pageID=571 that leaves from their shop.
Let me know when your in the area, and I could probably get you hooked up with some routes or rides.
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Here's a list of shop ride out of Spokes, Etc. on Quaker Lane in Alexandria, VA. Let me know if you have difficulty seeing the routes.
https://groups.google.com/group/spoke...op-rides/files
https://groups.google.com/group/spoke...op-rides/files
Lake Barcroft - 27.74 miles
Eisenhower to North Arlington - 40.58 miles
North Arlington - 32 miles
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If you have the time to wait, you can get a free bike map for Arlington from this link.
https://www.arlingtonva.us/Department...esBikemap.aspx
https://www.arlingtonva.us/Department...esBikemap.aspx
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If you have the time to wait, you can get a free bike map for Arlington from this link.
https://www.arlingtonva.us/Department...esBikemap.aspx
https://www.arlingtonva.us/Department...esBikemap.aspx
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The Potomac Peddler's site should have some rides for that area. They have a Thursday night training ride out of Bellhaven Marina that isn't real long but makes up for it by going up every hill in the area.
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ride North to the Key Bridge, then out Reservoir/MacArthur to River Road, Poolesville, Whites Ferry etc
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I ride out of Alexandria and most of my rides are posted on garminconnect.com. Search for username "ge.herbert"
https://connect.garmin.com/explore#ac...¤tPage=1
I do TT workouts on Eisenhower Ave, N. Arlington Hills is a good ride, out to Mt. Vernon and back on either the GW Parkway or the Mt Vernon Trail with laps in Ft. Hunt Park along the way (off peak only). Also, one ride I posted was out of Falls Church, up through Potomac, Silver Spring, Rock Creek, but you can do the same ride out of Alexandria.
Are you moving here?
https://connect.garmin.com/explore#ac...¤tPage=1
I do TT workouts on Eisenhower Ave, N. Arlington Hills is a good ride, out to Mt. Vernon and back on either the GW Parkway or the Mt Vernon Trail with laps in Ft. Hunt Park along the way (off peak only). Also, one ride I posted was out of Falls Church, up through Potomac, Silver Spring, Rock Creek, but you can do the same ride out of Alexandria.
Are you moving here?
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anyone know of any teams that do group rides in the Alexandria VA area? I know about the www.usacycling.org page, but I see alot of local team kits around that area that are not posted on the site...thanks
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anyone know of any teams that do group rides in the Alexandria VA area? I know about the www.usacycling.org page, but I see alot of local team kits around that area that are not posted on the site...thanks
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Personal life issues. Right now I'm hoping to set up something to remotely continue the work I've been doing, but we'll see.
Possibly, come December. Right now I'm just flying back and forth.
Possibly, come December. Right now I'm just flying back and forth.
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P.S. - Thanks, all, for the good tips.
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