Kevin

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  1. Electric Bikes on Trails — 114 comments
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  3. Recreational Trail Funding in Danger — 8 comments
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  5. Why is it called a "Bike Scheme?" — 8 comments

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Ski Trails are Trails Too

trailsnet sticker at Snow Basin

Trailsnet covers many kinds of trails including mountain bike trails, rail trails, hiking trails, and snowshoe trails. But, other than cross-country ski trails, we haven’t really talked much about ski trails. After spending a week skiing in Utah, I’m wondering if we shouldn’t reconsider that policy? First, let me correct myself. I wasn’t skiing in …

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Permanent link to this article: https://trailsnet.com/2012/01/31/ski-trails-are-trails-too/

Bermuda Rail-Trail is an Awesome Island Trail

bike trail under palm trees on beach

Bike trails, islands, beaches, ocean… These are a few of my favorite things. Bermuda Rail-Trail And now it looks like I can enjoy them all in one place. Imagine riding your bike on a great rail-trail one  minute, then taking a break on a sandy  beach the next. That sounds pretty much like trail paradise …

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Permanent link to this article: https://trailsnet.com/2012/01/21/bermuda-rail-trail-is-an-awesome-island-trail/

Another Personal Transportation Vehicle Post from Trailsnet

Permanent link to this article: https://trailsnet.com/2012/01/18/another-personal-transportation-vehicle-post-from-trailsnet/

Bike Overnight Bicycle Destination Website

Bicycle pulling a trailer

You enjoy active travel tours, but you don’t have the time or money to go on them very often. I have a hunch that keeps a lot of people from enjoying more bike trips and other active travel vacations. Fortunately, there’s a solution to the problem. Overnight Bike Tours Thanks to a fairly new website …

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Permanent link to this article: https://trailsnet.com/2012/01/17/bike-overnight-bicycle-destination-website/

Recreational Trail Funding in Danger

trail through the trees

Below is a letter from the Council for Recreational Trails. Once again, funding for trails is being threatened. We all need to contact our state senators to request the continuation of recreational trail funding. Remember, all trails are more than just recreational; they are useful for physical fitness, commuting, recreation, the environment, and more. Each …

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Permanent link to this article: https://trailsnet.com/2012/01/16/recreational-trail-funding-in-danger/

…I biked out to the abandoned rail corridor…

girl talks on cell phone while riding bicycle

The other day, I reposted a blog that sounded like it was straight out of  the Onion. So today, I have a funny, rail-trail related article that actually came out of the Onion. It was from the section with the short, fake interviews. The interview question had to do with a possible proposed blackout day …

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Permanent link to this article: https://trailsnet.com/2012/01/11/i-biked-out-to-the-abandoned-rail-corridor/