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From a bike blog I follow:

"If you know someone who owns a Rivendell Betty Foy in the DC/Northern VA area, please respond here. There is an obviously stolen “antique” Betty Foy being offered for...

My commute is super-short (1.6 miles each way), and I have good luck wearing a big loose cotton t-shirt: the wind gets underneath it and cools off my skin. The drag it creates wouldn't be acceptable...

Hello Wanglung,

I ride in Montgomery County too, mostly around Rockville Pike. I've been using the sidewalks a lot (forum thread:...

So, I'll never make it into Cycle Chic. I'm OK with that.

My commute is short, so biking wasn't really a hardship today or yesterday. This is my first year of bike commuting. It feels less terrible, actually, riding along with my big roomy t-shirt*...

My commute is short and offers some shade, so I'm going to try to stick with it. I'm going to switch out of wearing my work clothes, though, which probably means I won't be organized enough to pull...

creadinger, I know what you mean about Silver Spring. The sidewalks there are a lot busier than the ones I travel on. And I am using mostly side roads, although even on those the traffic is cranky...

DismalScientist, the thing is that I'm not moving particularly fast, nowhere near the speed of traffic. If I were, I might be more comfortable riding in the road. TFTL; I'll have to save it for...

Thank you both. Rockville is very different from the parts of DC where I used to live and where most of my friends cycle, so I'm just trying to use common sense as I figure out how to get around...

I live along Rockville Pike and started bike commuting, just a couple of miles each way, about a month ago. I'm also branching out into errands in my area, where I can find a back way, and I've...

riverain, I live right near you and you're right, Rockville Pike is a tricky place to bike. I second the recommendation above of the Bethesda Trolley Trail. For the stretch of the Pike between the...