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You can also ride your CX bike on the CCT. Best is from Oak Marr Park north. It will also connect to Lake Fairfax. Be warned that the trail isn’t always well marked and there are many spurs off it that can send you into a cul de sac or someone’s backyard.

http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/cct/cctoverview.htm

I would also recommend checking out the gravel roads in Loudoun or Frederick. http://grindinggravel.blogspot.com/

Still a few CX races left if you are up for that.

http://www.super8cx.org/
http://www.sportifcrosscup.com/
http://vacyclocross.com/?page_id=11

Enjoy!

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This is gonna be awesome!

And you are right! Having done a version with you a few weeks ago and my own variations of it, there are going to be more turns than feet of elevation! Maybe the new name should be Turn Bill Turn!

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I’ve done the route from New Carrollton.

Biggest challenge was getting from Arlington to New Carrollton. I avoided 450 and the other major roads since they were not very bike friendly. I wanted to avoid the combination of heavy traffic, no shoulder, and riding against a curb.

The link is my vague recollection of the route – http://www.mapmyride.com/route/us/dc/washington%20dc/741128406287322728 It isn’t a scenic route but I did it twice and never had any problems. It ends with you picking up Ardwick Ardmore the start of the BikeWash cue sheet. If I find the cue sheet at home, I’ll repost (but I’m not optimistic it exists anymore).

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@Mark Blacknell 498 wrote:

Yep, went up George Mason, right on S. Oakland around to S. Four Mile Run Dr., and then back up on South Oxford. You know, because we didn’t have anything better to do

Oh yeah, I found it and rode it. Actually got a little lost so I rode up 25th Street which was a short steep one, then ended up going down Oxford first so I could turn around and ride up it! Thanks for sharing. The triangle route has taken on a new dimension!

So for the BikeArlington leaders – how about going out and doing some GPS mapping of these climbs, then put a sign at the bottom giving the distance and grade. I am sure you already have this on your top 10 priorities to making Arlington more bike friendly! Right?😉

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@Mark Blacknell 494 wrote:

South Oxford Street & S. Four Mile Run Drive. Access via S. Oakland St. Probably best to take a look at Google maps to see how to get there. I’d like to be helpful like Pete and paint a picture, but I’m not so good at that.

That was good enough! Looks like you can easily incorporate it into the triangle. Thanks! I can’t wait to feel the burn!

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@Mark Blacknell 445 wrote:

(And yes, that’s on the Kill Bill Loop. Hit a hill near George Mason Dr. with Pat the other day that he thinks is tougher than 41st, but I didn’t experience my usual ohthankgodthatisover 41st St. feeling at the top, so I’m not sure I agree . . .)

Details on the location of this hill?

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@mpoethig 315 wrote:

Coming home from work I ride from the Roosevelt Island parking lot to the top of Upton Street off of Old Dominion near intersection with Lorcom Lane. At first this long uphill killed me–not being much of a bicyclist–but now I’m much stronger and it’s not so bad. Does anyone know what the elevation is for that stretch? Margaret

I love that hill! I think the elevation is something like kinda straight up! I’m more interested in the grade changes especially when it goes from 24th to Upton through the turn. Vermont and Utah are also pretty fun.

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Thanks for the tip Pete! I’ve done parts of Tuba’s route but now is a good time to do the whole thing.

Eric

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