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I’m starting to prepare for my September bike trip from Connellsville, PA to Washington D.C. This trip is going to be longer and more complicated than previous ones. It will entail about 300 miles on the Great Allegheny Passage and C & O Canal Towpath trails. It will also involve four states and the District …
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Permanent link to this article: https://trailsnet.com/2010/08/03/great-allegheny-passage-c-o-canal-towpath-trails/
I am in the middle of planning a trip on the Great Allegheny Passage and C & O Canal Towpath trails. And it’s a lot of work (and time). For those of you who want to save the time and hassle of doing all the trip planning yourself, there’s a company called Mountainside Bike Tours …
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Permanent link to this article: https://trailsnet.com/2010/07/30/great-allegheny-passage-c-o-trail-tours/
I was just introduced to a whole new world of bicycling when I visited a blog called Sit-Up Cycle. Not only did I learn about a great new category of cycles, but I also learned about a movement for liberalizing helmet laws. Some people are in favor of eliminating the mandatory helmet laws for certain …
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Permanent link to this article: https://trailsnet.com/2010/07/28/sit-up-cycles/
If you’re allergic to moose, then you may want to take your epi-pen on this ride. There is some prime moose territory located on either side of this trail. And while you may see plenty of four-legged critters beside the path, you probably won’t see many of the two-legged variety. We were there on a …
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Permanent link to this article: https://trailsnet.com/2010/07/27/medicine-bow-trail/
Ooooooooohhh!!! I stuck it to the man today. Okay, it was an extremely minor “stick it to the man,” but a SITTM nonetheless. As I’ve mentioned before in this blog, there’s a ban on bicycle riding in Black Hawk, Colorado. Well guess where I rode my bike today. Woooo Wooooo! Actually I started my ride …
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Permanent link to this article: https://trailsnet.com/2010/07/25/black-hawk-bike-ride/
My favorite place is London, and my favorite activity is bike riding. So imagine my pleasure to find an article about a new bike sharing program in London, England. According to the article, the program will be bigger (at least more bikes) than the one in New York. That’s saying a lot, because the New …
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Permanent link to this article: https://trailsnet.com/2010/07/22/london-bike-sharing/
