Route of the Hiawatha trail in Idaho In addition to my own trail website, I enjoy contributing to other trail communities. After all, it is my hope that we all have the same general goal: to promote the enjoyable and healthy lifestyle that trails offer.However, I am having trouble convincing other websites that there should …
Category: biking
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Jan 10 2011
Relationship between biking, walking, & obesity
There’s yet another study out showing the relationship between active travel (biking & walking to get from here to there) vs. car travel and the relationship to obesity rates. Infographic by The National Building Museum in Washington DC, USA. It’s no surprise that where children utilize human-powered transportation to get to (for example) school as …
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Dec 31 2010
The five newest & coolest forms of human-powered transportation
Elliptigo At trailsnet, we’re all about human-powered transportation, and normally, we highlight the standard fare of biking, hiking, snowshoeing, nordic skiing, inline skating, & horseback riding. But we’re also intrigued by some of the newer forms of sweat-equity transportation; so here’s a list of some cool new ways of getting around while getting in shape: …
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Dec 30 2010
Pittsburgh Walk & Bike
Streetfilms have some great videos of alternative transportation success stories with many films that involve biking and bike lanes. Here’s one of the videos about a biking triumph in Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh Walk & Bike from Streetfilms on Vimeo. Now as most of you know, I prefer completely dedicated bike trails, but I also know that’s …
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Jun 08 2010
Andalucia for active travel in June
June is a pretty good month for travel worldwide, but it’s also crowded in most spots, and the weather is starting to get a bit hot and muggy. One option for your June active travel vacation is Andalucia. It’s great for hiking, biking, & horse riding. The weather is fairly reasonable for most of the …
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