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@baiskeli 8994 wrote:

Glad you had fun. So nice to hear something good about our drivers too.
I still have fond memories of riding a tandem with my wife in Montreal.

Tandem hey ? My boyfriend wants us to ride a tandem. But I really don’t know…
Any particular advice for keeping us safe and… sane while teaming up on a tandem ?

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Thanks. But it is but a modest effort to keep people back home informed of my (mis)adventures!

Yes, I did put the Vimeo clip, and people were quite impressed by the fact one could preview a ride in such a neat way.
I wish I had had such a camera for the C&O canal ride, that was so … well, it was raining that little misty rain, and it fit perfectly with the mood of that little time bubble that the Canal creates, with no or little references to today, you are really thrown back in time. That would have a made a nice clip, but much needed image stabilizer. lol

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Only a few given it was raining every other day and my camera is not waterproof.
So only a small travel blog (in French) and not all pictures are mine either.
http://voyagedevelodc.posterous.com/

So, as blog go, the end is at the top. You got to go back to get to the beginning, but it is only a few pages long anyway.

PS The bike featured in one of the post (Home sweet home – ou presque) is not the bike I used to tour DC, but the one I had left home and that was stolen while I was gone. (
The bike I used to tour is a Rocky Mountain Metro 30. Not the lightest, but a real workhorse when it comes to touring. And those Shwalbe Marathon tires I got – again not the lightest – made me the only member of the group to not get a flat tire or blow out (on the C&O, some areas are pretty rough). It is, all in all, a very good bike for just anything, commuting, touring, leasure ride on a Sunday. Bought used for cheap (it had been used by a tour operator for a few years of bike tours) and I have put approx. 3000 to 4000 km on it, each season, for 3 years in a row now. Just to say that one does not need to spend tons of money to bike! I had to add this to my comment, this is, after all, a forum about …biking!

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Thanks for the info!

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Asking again about directions. I have finally made it to the area. Today, I rode from Cherry hill rd , just north of I495, all the way to College park Bicycles on Knox road, in part by way of the trails (Anacostia, Paint branch) and I have found that the directions given by Google beta bike mode are worthless when it came for that portion of the route, because of all the twists and turns, and because it omited to give directions at some of the Y, etc. I was following with my bike computer, milleage of the directions, etc. I threw them away and found my way with the help of some students on the UM campus. I plan to ride from the same point of origin (Cherry hill road) on Friday morning, to go to the Textile Museum in DC. The Google directions, again, are just not that easy to follow in the twist and turns of the trail. Is there a more straightforward way to get there ? I am an urban cyclist, used to ride in traffic, so do not hesitate to suggest that kind of route. Thanks again for the help.

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@Greenbelt 7118 wrote:

Have a great ride! As in Montreal, we have bike thieves, so be sure to lock up well. And even though the trails are nice, always take basic precautions. It is the USA after all. If a sketchy person asks for the time, just smile and respond in French that you don’t speak English and keep moving!
Here was a weekend ride I did at the Lachine canal on a very windy morning this spring:
[video=vimeo;23054612]http://www.vimeo.com/23054612[/video]

The museum tells me there is a ‘public bike rack’ down the road. Is that a safe place to leave a bike for a couple hours, during the day, well locked ?

As for your ride at Canal Lachine, that was one dreary day. Yuk! I hope you did make it all the way to the very very end, where there is a nice view of the seaway.

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@Greenbelt 7116 wrote:

Riding on sidewalks illegal in downtown DC, but not in the rest of town.

I see…Noted!

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NiCE! Thank you very much.
Did I see some riding on …sidewalks ? BIG no no where I live (Montreal). Are portions of that path on sidewalks in some areas ?

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