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Ride is NOT cancelled today. It's on!

Start: Dawson’s Market 2001 S St NW, Washington, DC, (a hop-skip-and-jump away from the Dupont Red Line)

End: The Midlands Beer Garden (3333 Georgia Ave NW, Washington, DC)

Lots of outdoor seating in front of the restaurant with room for bikes.
Nearest Metro: Georgia Ave - Petworth on the Green Line
Nearest Bus Stop: 70 at Georgia Ave NW & Lamont St NW

62.3 miles

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/43348359

This awesome ride is back in action, after a long COVID hiatus. It’s still the Real Ride from the Real City but with some new added perks since cycling is only as enjoyable as the coffee and tailgating.

As always, the route features two rest stops with lots of rolling hills and a few lung-inhaling climbs. We traverse several urban neighborhoods on well-established bicycle corridors and through some quiet back roads around Potomac. We of course will get to enjoy Rock Creek Park as we return back into DC along Beach Drive at the end.

While we look forward to the joys of spinning harmoniously and consciously in pace lines, we are recreational riders and not racers, so we’re prioritizing socializing before and after the ride itself. We encourage all to arrive early before the 9 AM ride start to enjoy coffee and a pastry at Dupont Circle’s Dawson’s Market (the honorary home to the Wednesday evening Downtown Breakaway Ride). At the finish line later in the afternoon, please stay and celebrate with us at a post-ride tailgate at Midlands Beer Garden on Georgia Ave (~15 min ride from the ride start)

Note: Both Dawson’s Market and Midlands are easily accessible by Metro rail and bus for those not able to cycle to the ride start. There is also street parking.

Contacts:
Danielle Cristino
dcristino34@gmail.com

Matt Birnbaum
noshbygosh@icloud.com
202-895-0979

Lee Goldberg
lmgoldberg@gmail.com
240-393-7328