Audi Bethesda now has bicycle loaner program

Tom Brady probably wishes his Audi dealer had what Audi Bethesda just added. The dealership at 7106 Woodmont Avenue has just launched a bicycle loaner program. It's not only the first Audi dealer in this market to have the program, but the whole concept is so new even nationally, that this article is the first in the world to report on it.

See and be seen on an Audi bike around Bethesda Row, and turn heads on the Capital Crescent Trail - a real conversation starter. Coincidentally, Audi Bethesda's service facility is on the CCT at 5206 River Road.

Photo courtesy Audi Bethesda

BETHESDA BIKE-TO-WORK DAY MAY 16, 2014

Registration is now open for Bike-to-Work Day 2014 in Bethesda. Bethesda Transportation Solutions, the Washington Area Bicyclist Association (WABA), and Montgomery County Transportation Solutions are co-sponsoring the regional DC event, and will be hosting a Pit Stop at Bethesda Row that morning, from 6:30-8:30 AM.

Enjoy a live DJ, food and drinks, raffles and prizes, bike check-ups to make sure your bike is in top shape, and a free commemorative T-shirt of your bike-to-work adventure. Win a killer new bike from Bethesda's own Griffin Cycle. And if you work in downtown Bethesda, nominate yourself (or a friend/co-worker) for the Bicycle Commuter Spirit Award now. You could win -"it's a major award."

The Bethesda Row Pit Stop will be near the corner of Woodmont and Bethesda Avenues, near the Bethesda Row Cinema and Capital Crescent Trail (Reed Street, for GPS purposes).

Get yourself ready for the big day by visiting BTS staff members in Veterans Park on May 1, or May 8, for free snacks, information, and a chance to register in-person. Veterans Park is at the corner of Woodmont and Norfolk Avenues.

On May 9, from 6:30-9:30 AM, enjoy free coffee at the Bethesda Avenue trailhead of the Capital Crescent Trail.

If you want to recruit a partner or convoy from your co-workers at the office, forward them this article by email, Twitter, Facebook, etc. You can use the easy buttons below this article to do so.

Even if you don't participate in the event, visit the Bethesda Transportation Solutions website to find out about transit and bike commuting alternatives that might work for you.

CAPITAL CRESCENT TRAIL - BETHESDA ROW CONSTRUCTION UPDATE - PHOTOS

TRAIL ON SCHEDULE

TO REOPEN

NEXT WEEK

Another Robert Dyer @ Bethesda Row Exclusive

Patience continues to be a virtue around Bethesda Row, as work on the massive Lot 31 construction project continues.

The good news for Capital Crescent Trail users, is that the path is on-schedule to reopen next week.  While the WSSC work was being done, the trail got a fresh paving.  If you've walked by, you've noticed the smell of fresh asphalt in the air.

This week, crews are installing the overhead protection to ensure joggers and cyclists don't get hit by a falling Acme anvil, or meet some other Wile E. Coyote-esque fate, while trying to excercise during the 2-year construction project.

This cagelike superstructure will protect
trail users from falling objects when the CCT reopens

WATCH OUT FOR THAT [*OUCH!*] CAPITAL CRESCENT TRAIL DETOUR IN DOWNTOWN BETHESDA!

Drivers have been suffering since Lot 31 closed for construction of The Darcy 6 weeks ago.

Now it's cyclists' turn.

Unless your name is Amanda Bynes or Super Dave Osborne,
SWERVE RIGHT at this CCT detour! (Photo: BTS)

Bethesda Transportation Solutions is warning Capital Crescent Trail users entering the downtown area from the west (by Ourisman Honda) of this temporary, 2 month detour.

If you're a regular on the trail, you've already noticed this.

The detour is not really designed with cyclists in mind, as you can tell from the sharp turn.  So slow down, or you could crash head-on into a fellow biker or pedestrian around the bend.