Hey all!
My g/f and I will be up in DC next weekend. We were wanting to ride our bikes around the mall area and go to a few museums. We are both very familiar with DC in general and her grandparents live there (Arlington, about two miles from the Key Bridge) as well. We have just never biked up there. We have mountain bikes, so we aren't limited to JUST the road or anything.
Mall area:
#1 Is it worth biking around the mall area, or is the traffic so lame that it's not worth it?
#2 We will be bringing medium value bikes and big locks but I'd rather not come back outside to missing parts (even though most will be cabled). So how is the theft?
Other places:
#3 If the mall area is lame to bike around, I looked up and found a few cool trails online, but what is (in your opinion of course) the best general paved trail ride, and intermediate trail areas?
I spent a few hours online already, so I'm not just asking because I'm lazy, there was just a lot of information, but I didn't see much as far as honest rider opinion of the areas. Also, is biking through the DC city part a bad idea? From the many times I've driven around there, it seems harrowing.
Thanks in advance!
My g/f and I will be up in DC next weekend. We were wanting to ride our bikes around the mall area and go to a few museums. We are both very familiar with DC in general and her grandparents live there (Arlington, about two miles from the Key Bridge) as well. We have just never biked up there. We have mountain bikes, so we aren't limited to JUST the road or anything.
Mall area:
#1 Is it worth biking around the mall area, or is the traffic so lame that it's not worth it?
#2 We will be bringing medium value bikes and big locks but I'd rather not come back outside to missing parts (even though most will be cabled). So how is the theft?
Other places:
#3 If the mall area is lame to bike around, I looked up and found a few cool trails online, but what is (in your opinion of course) the best general paved trail ride, and intermediate trail areas?
I spent a few hours online already, so I'm not just asking because I'm lazy, there was just a lot of information, but I didn't see much as far as honest rider opinion of the areas. Also, is biking through the DC city part a bad idea? From the many times I've driven around there, it seems harrowing.
Thanks in advance!