I66 NoVA commute?
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I66 NoVA commute?
Anyone here commute on I66 in NoVA? Looking for any riders who have some experience they could share on making the best of the ride. I don't plan on riding into work very often, but there are some days I'd love to crank up the Fat Bob and cruise on in.
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RE: I66 NoVA commute?
Stay in either the far left or far right lane. The middle is a dead man's land. As for making the best ofthe ride, got an iPod? It's going to be slow and long if you're riding it during rush hour, especially if you have to go inside the beltway.
It is doable, I rode it many a day when I lived in NoVA depending on where I had to go for my job that day.
It is doable, I rode it many a day when I lived in NoVA depending on where I had to go for my job that day.
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RE: I66 NoVA commute?
I'm in Falls Church - just down the Route 7 exit inside the beltway (first exit). I usually get off on the beltway and loop up Fairview Pkwy, but with HOV I could just get off at 7. Lots of stop and go in the mornings, even in the HOV; but the afternoons are usually alot better - its the afternoon ride that looks more enjoyable.
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RE: I66 NoVA commute?
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Anyone here commute on I66 in NoVA? Looking for any riders who have some experience they could share on making the best of the ride. I don't plan on riding into work very often, but there are some days I'd love to crank up the Fat Bob and cruise on in.
Anyone here commute on I66 in NoVA? Looking for any riders who have some experience they could share on making the best of the ride. I don't plan on riding into work very often, but there are some days I'd love to crank up the Fat Bob and cruise on in.
It's definitely not as bad as the Greenway / Toll Road. I used to work in Herndon and would wind my way up through farm country to catch the Greenway near Ashburn. Approaching the main toll booths on the north side of Dulles was a pure free-for-all, really had to keep my head on a swivel. I-66 is a breeze compared to that.
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RE: I66 NoVA commute?
The only time I ever lane split was when i lived in DC- sat in dead stop traffic on the way to bolling AFB from vienna....... Not a trip-- bike or car that I would choose to do if I had the choice......
But if I had to, I'd do it on the bike; fits in smaller places
But if I had to, I'd do it on the bike; fits in smaller places
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RE: I66 NoVA commute?
Just watch your back side man.....we run the I-66 corridor from Pr. Wm. County to the Beltway. I find that probably 65-70% of the accidents we run are when the sun is bright. Folks are running at speed & don't see the stopped traffic. I ride most everyday out of Gainesville to Chantilly. Ride safe !!!
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