Sunday, October 15th rides

[aicabsolut]

Kalidurga-
Ok, I know where Thompson's is. I saw a trail-like thing that comes up by this little brick park/median thing next to Key Bridge and wondered if there's a way you can exit off C&O there to get up to the VA trails.

I can't take C&O very far, because my bike doesn't doo off-road, but I thought that maybe in town there between Rock Creek and Capital Crescent it would probably be paved...though Arizona is pretty far up there... know anything about the paved status?

I live on Virginia, and it seemed like skipping M to get to the Virginia trails or Capital Crescent (and skipping the construction on Memorial Bridge) would be ideal. I can't stand taking my car on M...I don't know how commuters do it.

[Kalidurga]

I can't take C&O very far, because my bike doesn't doo off-road, but I thought that maybe in town there between Rock Creek and Capital Crescent it would probably be paved...though Arizona is pretty far up there... know anything about the paved status?

As far as I know, the towpath isn't paved anywhere along it's length. It's a National Historical Park, so I believe the intent is to keep it as authentic to its original 19th/early 20th century aspect as possible.

That's exactly the reason that I bought a cyclocross bike this year instead of a road bike. I wanted to be able to do longer distances and pick up my speed a bit, but I'm addicted to the C&O so I needed a bike rugged enough for that surface. If you really want to experience it, aicabsolut, you might perhaps consider renting a bike from Big Wheel in G'town.