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the Great Divide Bike Trail is the Mount Everest of cycling adventures. It the longest mountain bike trail in the world at 2,500 miles, and it has over 200,000 feet of elevation gain. It stretches from Canada to Mexico; the Great Divide bike trail travels through some of the most mountainous regions in the United …
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Permanent link to this article: https://trailsnet.com/2012/06/27/the-longest-mountain-bike-trail-in-the-world/
Letter from Senator About Transportation Bill Last Friday, I asked you to write to your representatives about the Surface Transportation Bill and specifically requested that you ask them to support the trail funding portion of it. Hopefully some of you did that. I especially hope that our trail friends in California contacted representative Boxer about …
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Permanent link to this article: https://trailsnet.com/2012/06/25/moving-ahead-for-progress-map-21/
From Rail Trails to… Trailsnet started out as a website to support and introduce rail trails to the general public. At about the same time, Traillink.com was gaining a foothold on the internet and doing a wonderful job of promoting Rails-to-Trails Conservancy. So Trailsnet started to broaden its reach to other types of trails. For …
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Permanent link to this article: https://trailsnet.com/2012/06/23/what-types-trails-reviewed-trailsnet-com/
Support Trail Funding Once again, Congress is about to vote on a Surface Transportation Bill. And once again, trail funding could be in jeopardy. Sources in Washington D.C. say that there is a sense of urgency to pass this bill. That could be good or it could be bad. As the bill currently stands, it …
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Permanent link to this article: https://trailsnet.com/2012/06/22/surface-transportation-bill-trails/
Normally we ply the trails on self-propelled vehicles such as bikes, inline skates, recumbents and regular Trikkes. But last weekend afforded the opportunity to try out a hybrid Pon-e Trikke with an electric motor. In addition, the trail in question was as downhill wonder that plummeted from the top of Colorado’s Vail Pass down into …
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Permanent link to this article: https://trailsnet.com/2012/06/21/vail-pass-trail-trikke-pon-e-hybrid-ptv/
Travel Vest by Scottevest Okay, it’s a “travel vest,” but for me it’s a “trail vest.” Let me start by thanking Scott Jordan a.) for inventing the Scottevest and b.) for letting a group of travel bloggers, including yours truly, try the vest. I can already tell it will be my most valuable possession on …
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Permanent link to this article: https://trailsnet.com/2012/06/19/scottevest-trail-vest/