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Okay, my trailsnet Velolet bike inventoryisn’t quite this big, but maybe someday… I travel all over the country in search of great bike trails. The trails are easy to find. They’re nearly everywhere and expanding each day thanks to organizations like American Trails and Rails-to-Trails Conservancy. And, since I’ve started trailsnet.com, there are now many …
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By trailsnet in biking, elliptigo, hiking, horseback riding, human powered transportation, hybrid, inline skating, nordic skiing, recumbents, snowshoeing, trikke
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12/31/2010
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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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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Now you can access thetrailsnet blog on yourcell phone. If you’ve ever tried to access the trailsnet blog on your mobile phone, it probably took up a lot of real estate on that little screen. Well now, the trails network blog can be viewed in a much more appropriate format for mobile phones & other …
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Here is the bike trail version of the famous, “Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Clause…” letter. I recently received an email from a gentleman who had this question for me: Subject: bike trailsDon’t quite understand what your problem is with naming of routes.I ride mountain bikes, whether part of my route goes on to …
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Permanent link to this article: https://trailsnet.com/2010/12/28/if-its-not-mountain-biking-and-its-not-road-biking-then/
Check out the Gyrobike / Gyrowheel. I think I’m going to have more children just so I can teach them to ride a bike using this cool equipment:
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Permanent link to this article: https://trailsnet.com/2010/12/27/a-revolutionary-new-way-to-learn-how-to-ride-a-bike-without-training-wheels/
