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If you’re thinking about getting into hiking, whether as a hobby, as part of a health plan, or just because you’ve got too much time on your hands, (I can’t relate to that, but…) the hiking & trails website has a list of tips to help you choose the trail that best suits your needs: Get …
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Permanent link to this article: https://trailsnet.com/2010/12/26/6-tips-for-choosing-a-hiking-trail/
Whether you donate out of Christmas spirit or to get a 2010 tax break, a donation to American Trails will go a long way toward a lasting legacy of family fun, environmental assistance, & healthy habits. Oh, and one more thing, with your donation, you get a Trail Tales book that just happened to adorn …
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Permanent link to this article: https://trailsnet.com/2010/12/25/american-trails-needs-your-help/
Auto driver & bicyclist altercations are inevitablewhen riding on the roads. Whenever I ride my bike on the trails, I take my GPS to record information for trail guides. It turns out that it may come in handy for insurance purposes also. To read a fun story about a bicyclist from Denver whose GPS came …
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Permanent link to this article: https://trailsnet.com/2010/12/24/gps-good-for-more-than-just-trail-directions/
Once again, Representative Blumenauer comes to the rescue of bicyclists and bicycling infrastructure. The world as Senator Tom Coburn would have it. When Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) tried to portray bicycle path signage as “wasteful,” Rep. Blumenauer set him straight with good old fashioned facts and figures. For some reason politicians have no problem with …
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Permanent link to this article: https://trailsnet.com/2010/12/23/blumenauer-champions-the-importance-of-bike-trail-funding/
Lyon, France bicycle data To bike, or not to bike; that is the question. Whether tis nobler to suffer the slings and arrows of errant drivers or… Okay, enough w/ the bad Shakespeare. I’m loving the current dialogue that is happening in the blogosphere regarding the role of bicycling in the overall transportation infrastructure. It …
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Permanent link to this article: https://trailsnet.com/2010/12/22/blogging-community-discusses-bike-transportation-issues/
Here’s just one reason why I much prefer riding my bike on trails rather than roads:
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