Hi Rene, I just meant that DC is pretty much encircled by off-street, multi-use paths (the Capital Crescent Trail; the Mount Vernon and the Custis Trails; the Anacostia Riverwalk Trail [although technically a lot of that is through the city -- it's just along one of the rivers]), as well as by two that go through the city (Rock Creek Park Trail, although that one is in such poor condition in some spots that it's really only fun to ride on the weekends, when they close off the adjacent Parkway to cars; and the Metropolitan Branch Trail, which doesn't go for very far before you have to go onto city streets). The map makes it clear where those are and which city streets best get to them...
I would include Hains Point in that list, but technically it is a street. :-) But since it's a loop around a park, there isn't traffic, per se. And I'll add my +1 for riding around the Mall/the monuments at night! They're beautiful. Enjoy the city! -- Liz On Friday, April 27, 2018 at 4:06:38 PM UTC-4, René wrote: > > Thanks Liz! I'll do that. > > What do you mean by "access to and from the off-street trails"? > > On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 6:19 PM, Elisabeth Sherwood < > elisabeth...@gmail.com <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Hi Rene, >> >> The Renaissance is only a few blocks from BicycleSpace, one of the shops >> in the city. Stop by when you arrive and pick up the Washington DC bicycle >> map, which will give you some good routes in the city and, more important, >> access to and from the off-street trails, of which there are quite a few. >> BicycleSpace is at 440 K Street Northwest (K Street NW >> <https://maps.google.com/?q=440+K+Street+Northwest+(K+Street+NW&entry=gmail&source=g>, >> >> between 4th and 5th Streets). >> >> Link to the map here (but much, much easier to have the paper map): >> http://godcgo.com/bike/ >> >> Have a lovely visit! >> >> Liz Sherwood >> Washington, DC >> >> >> >> On Thursday, April 26, 2018 at 12:14:57 PM UTC-4, René wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I'm going to go to Washington DC for 5 days next week for a meeting, and >>> was wondering if it's worth bringing my Bike Friday with me to get some >>> nice early morning rides. I'll be staying at the Renaissance Hotel >>> Downtown, and all rides would have to start/finish at the hotel, although I >>> could get an Uber to go somewhere and put the bike in the trunk as an >>> option as well. >>> >>> What do the locals recommend? Any nice rides, not in the middle of >>> traffic that would be worth doing? Any riding trails in the area worth >>> exploring? Most of my potential rides would likely be 60-90 minutes long at >>> most. >>> >>> Thanks for any suggestions and recommendations, >>> >>> René >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
