DC -) Philadelphia trip

In article <[email hidden]>,

(Kaz) said:

Hiya everyone.

A friend and I are trying to plan a bike trip from DC to
Philadelphia, and we're having a little bit of trouble
trying to figure out a bike-friendly route. Obviously we
would like to stay off of US-1...

I've got a philadelphia bike map that can get me into the
city proper from the airport on bike-friendly trails. I
also know DC well enough that getting out of the city
won't be a proble. But it's that looong stretch in between
that is currently leaving us stumped.

Can anyone suggest a route, or ideas, or web/book/people
resources to help us plan our trip?

(By the way, either road biking or off-road biking is OK.
We'll happily do trail rides all the way, or road stuff,
or even mix it up a bit if we've got to.)

Thanks!

Sincerely, Eric

Take a look on Bill Cottons¹ web site

billcotton.combillcotton.comOpen ↗

I¹ll bet he has a cue sheet for this ride. Watch out for
³bicycle friendly² routes on the bike map. Some are more
dangerous than Russian Roulette!

HAND

--
³Freedom Is a Light for Which Many Have Died in Darkness³

- Tomb of the unknown - American Revolution

Kaz said:

Hiya everyone.

A friend and I are trying to plan a bike trip from DC to
Philadelphia, and we're having a little bit of trouble
trying to figure out a bike-friendly route. Obviously we
would like to stay off of US-1...

I've got a philadelphia bike map that can get me into the
city proper from the airport on bike-friendly trails. I
also know DC well enough that getting out of the city
won't be a proble. But it's that looong stretch in between
that is currently leaving us stumped.

Can anyone suggest a route, or ideas, or web/book/people
resources to help us plan our trip?

(By the way, either road biking or off-road biking is OK.
We'll happily do trail rides all the way, or road stuff,
or even mix it up a bit if we've got to.)

Thanks!

Sincerely, Eric

There's a DC -> Philadelphia cue sheet link on this page:

swarthmore.eduEAC BikOpen ↗
eRides.html

- khill

Quoted post said:

Originally posted by Khill

BKaz said:

Hiya everyone.

A friend and I are trying to plan a bike trip from DC to
Philadelphia, and we're having a little bit of trouble
trying to figure out a bike-friendly route. Obviously we
would like to stay off of US-1...

I've got a philadelphia bike map that can get me into the
city proper from the airport on bike-friendly trails. I
also know DC well enough that getting out of the city
won't be a proble. But it's that looong stretch in between
that is currently leaving us stumped.

Can anyone suggest a route, or ideas, or web/book/people
resources to help us plan our trip?

(By the way, either road biking or off-road biking is OK.
We'll happily do trail rides all the way, or road stuff,
or even mix it up a bit if we've got to.)

Thanks!

Sincerely, Eric

There's a DC -> Philadelphia cue sheet link on this page:

swarthmore.eduEAC BikOpen ↗
eRides.html

- khill [/B]

Link doesn't seem to work for me 🙁

Kaz said:

Hiya everyone.

A friend and I are trying to plan a bike trip from DC to
Philadelphia, and we're having a little bit of trouble
trying to figure out a bike-friendly route.

One of the best bets would be to follow Adventure Cycling's
Atlantic Coast route. Their maps are generally excellent,
and show well-chosen routes in terrific detail. They also
show lodging, food stops, camping, bike shops, etc etc.

Looks like the map section you'd want would cost you $11.
Visit www.adventurecycling.org

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Quoted message said:

Hiya everyone.

A friend and I are trying to plan a bike trip from DC to
Philadelphia, and we're having a little bit of trouble
trying to figure out a bike-friendly route. Obviously we
would like to stay off of US-1...

I've got a philadelphia bike map that can get me into the
city proper from the airport on bike-friendly trails. I
also know DC well enough that getting out of the city
won't be a proble. But it's that looong stretch in between
that is currently leaving us stumped.

Can anyone suggest a route, or ideas, or web/book/people
resources to help us plan our trip?

(By the way, either road biking or off-road biking is OK.
We'll happily do trail rides all the way, or road stuff,
or even mix it up a bit if we've got to.)

Thanks!

Sincerely, Eric

Take a look at my web site at
home.comcast.net~miketordoffOpen ↗. The page on "Getting
in and out of Philly by bike" gives links to some routes and
cue sheets to others. My advice is to approach Philly from
the West rather than trying for a direct assault from the
South. It may mean more miles, but they will be pretty ones.

Happy riding,

Mike Tordoff