A book of 68 road bike rides in northern Virginia and central Maryland.
  44 main rides with 24 variations
  Distances from 23 to 64 miles
  Difficulty from easy to leg-crushing
Every main ride has a cue, a map, and a mile-by-mile elevation profile
Includes several classic Chuck & Gail rides
A section on local bikes trails, including the W&OD
 

We are donating ALL of our profits to the Davis Phinney Foundation for Parkinson's disease research. So far, we have raised over $11,000.

For a list of known corrections, click here.

Click here to view our article in the April 2007 edition of Spokes Magazine.

Know someone who suffers from PD? Buying a copy gets you both a great book of rides and helps the search for a cure.

Looking for a guide to the roads to ride in the DC-area? Buying a copy gets you both a great book of rides and helps the search for a cure for PD.

 

    "A 'must have' for Washington-area cyclists."
        Chuck and Gail Helfer, authors of the area's 75 Favorite Ride book.

    "[A] detailed and insightful guidebook."
        Davis Phinney, in his foreword to the book.

    "Great places to ride."
        Neil Sandler, Spokes Magazine (view article)
 
If the title sounds familiar, there's a reason. We first learned the roads of this area through the rides in Chuck and Gail Helfer's 75 Favorite Rides book. With their permission, we included several of their classics, including the “Blue Ridger.”
   
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