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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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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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How does a rail trail get built? I recently read an article from the Salem News (I love their witch-on-a-broom logo.) about building the Danvers Rail Trail which would run from Peabody to Wenham. Now I know nothing about Peabody, except that I once wrestled a guy from Montana whose last name was Peabody. But …
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