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A couple months ago, I hosted a survey about which U.S. city was the best city for bicycling. I didn’t get much of a response. I think one possibility for the apathy is that many people do not equate “trails” w/ “cities.” There’s an attitude that trails have to be out in the country to …
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Permanent link to this article: https://trailsnet.com/2010/06/23/bike-friendly-cities/
When I headed for Glenwood Springs, CO, I had no idea I would discover a whole new mode of trail transportation. All of my previous trail website entries, Twitter tweets, blog posts, and Facebook information covered biking, hiking, inline skating, trail running, and horseback riding. I just assumed this covered it all. With the exception …
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Permanent link to this article: https://trailsnet.com/2010/06/22/segways-on-the-trail/
We were scheduled to leave Denver @ 8:05 am to take an Amtrak train to Glenwood Springs. It has now been moved back to 4:00 pm. I was hoping to ride the Rio Grande Trail on Sunday. Yikes!! How come trains are scheduled to the minute in Europe and are always on time and U.S. …
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Permanent link to this article: https://trailsnet.com/2010/06/19/amtrak-train-delayed-by-over-8-hours/
Okay, we’ve discussed biking trails & hiking trails lately. Now it’s time to give equal time to inline skating trails. Over half the trails listed on trailsnet.com can be used as inline skate trails. If you are planning a trip to Florida, another great site for finding rollerblade trails is, believe it or not, the …
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Permanent link to this article: https://trailsnet.com/2010/06/18/inline-skating-trails/
One of the great benefits of trailsnet.com is the wide variety of trails found on it. The trails are often suitable for hikers, bikers, horse riders, inline skaters, & joggers. If you are enjoy hiking trails, you may want to consider joining a club. Adventure Travel Guides recently devoted a web page to the “exciting …
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Permanent link to this article: https://trailsnet.com/2010/06/18/hiking-trails-and-clubs/
I just visited one of the most comprehensive bicycle blogging sites on the internet. It is called bike blogs and is nicely organized. It is a must-visit for hard core bikers. I’m hoping they will list trailsnet.com in the bicycle touring section of their blog. A better fit would be a section called bike trails, …
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Permanent link to this article: https://trailsnet.com/2010/06/16/bike-blog/