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This book details 55 adult and 39 kids rides centred upon the district of Columbia and spread within a radius approaching 50 miles from downtown DC throughout the greater metropolitan area. From short, safe paths directly down the street to challenging adventures bridging two states, from historic tours through revived neighbourhoods to brand new stream valley trails on the area's outskirts,from established local classics to rides traversing freshly- minted bicycle lanes,from brushing the Potomac River,to skirting Chesapeake Bay, to skating the easternmost edge of the Blue Ridge Mountains ,this truly comprehensive book plants its routes throughout the entire region. Twelve core rides explore the thriving, historic spaces once included within the boundaries of the District in a section called DC,Inside the Diamond.Thiry three others travel the variable landscapes of three distinct areas in groups of eleven each named Northern Virginia,Maryland: North by Northwest, and Maryland:East and South. And one section, entitled Originals,Oddballs, and Outliers, spans the others and extends region- wide, with the bonus of reaching beyond it. Adult sections are designed in light of terrain, quality of cycling options, existing cycling infrastructure and points of interest.And while all five employ varying ranges of difficulty, each offers an equally unique invitation to enjoy the DC area by bike and each aims to accommodate all riders, youger, older,hyper-fit, or those not quite there yet.With that in mnd, a concluding kid's chapter presents a diverse array of safe,short, and fun family-centred rides for the learners ever among us.

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In the early fall of 2007, (a year bicycling in the U.S. again reached some kind of tipping point as gas hit whatever regional peak it reached a gallon, and suddenly, the old iron horse seemed to speak to just about every ill society had to throw its way), Wittmer, a journeyman with undergraduate degrees from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and a Master's in Journalism from the University of Florida, landed a job helping map a 3000-mile cycling route down the Eastern Seaboard. He'd bicycled for years before then, commuting 15 of those, but the feeling which quickly settled over him on that ride was unprecedented. Documenting the progress of the ambitious East Coast Greenway trail project and sending back dispatches from cycling's future, he knew, as slow as he was traveling, he was actually way out in front of the pack, catching the freshest air. Somehow the ride inside that slipstream remains unbroken, and it's been one, long, windblown downhill for Matt Wittmer ever since. In just those few short years, he's grown from enthusiast to advocate to author. Jump on your bike, DC, and join him on the greater DC area's greatest rides. This promises to be his first, and best, book.

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