Kevin

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Author's posts

Oct 01 2010

Should electric bikes be allowed on trails?

The Rio Grande Trail near Aspen, Colorado has recently banned electric bikes and Segways. Segway on Glenwood Canyon Trail It’s a sticky issue. For some people such as the elderly and disabled, electric bikes may be just the incentive to get them out exploring our wonderful U.S. trails. If used properly, electric bikes still allow …

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Sep 29 2010

Adventure Cycling catalogue

I just received my Adventure Cycling catalogue (or is it catalog?) of 2011 tours. And I’m drooling. Most of them are road bike tours, and that’s why I haven’t shown a lot of interest in Adventure Cycling in the past. Even their headquarters of Montana, my home state, hasn’t enticed me to sign up with …

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Sep 28 2010

Sorry for the long delay…

… I just returned from my bike ride on the Great Allegheny Passage, the C & O Canal Towpath trail, and the Mount Vernon Trail.I look forward to including information and pictures from that trip on this site. In the meantime, I finally figured out how to offer my readers a chance to subscribe to …

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Sep 14 2010

Aspen tops the top ten fall foliage viewing areas

Autumn is my favorite time of year, and the fall foliage is one of the reasons. And just when I started to tire of viewing the autumn leaves in the same old way, I discovered the joys of seeing the golden splendor of mother nature from the perspective of a bicycle seat on lightly used …

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Sep 13 2010

Trail Guides now available at Everytrail Guides

In my blog post a couple days ago, I mentioned the Everytrail guide for the Mineral Belt Loop trail in Leadville, Colorado. Here’s my official (we don’t need no stinkin’) badge for the four trails I’ve mapped so far: I’m on Trailking 4 guides see my profile Recent guides by Trailking Check out EveryTrail mobile …

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Sep 12 2010

trailsnet book of trail photos

Over the years, I’ve had the good fortune to ride some marvelous trails throughout the country. This photo book has a collection of pictures from some of these trails: Click here to view this photo book larger

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