Category: bicycle touring

The Difference Between Bicycle Routes & Bicycle Trails

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Bicycle Routes Are Not the Same as Bicycle Trails It can be frustrating to search for destination bike trails when planning an active travel tour. Attempting an internet search using the keywords best bike trails in Europe will likely produce nothing but web pages about bike routes rather than bike trails. This is somewhat true in …

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Ohio Trails and Bike Museum

Bike Trails in Ohio Way back in 2011, Trailsnet dubbed Ohio as Trail State of the Year. Well it just keeps getting better. Trailsnet has now discovered two new attractions that make Ohio the king of trail biking. So in addition to great trails like the Ohio to Erie Trail (325 miles), the North Coast Inland Trail (NCIT) (270 miles) …

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New Trail Post Features for Active Travel & Trail Travel

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New Trail Submission Features on Trailsnet.com What makes Trailsnet unique? We are one of the only trail websites that cater to active travelers and trail travel. As promised in yesterday’s post, today we’ll take at some of the new features on the Trailsnet Add a New Trail page. These new trail submission features are unique, …

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Permanent link to this article: https://trailsnet.com/2014/05/18/new-trail-post-features-active-travel-trail-travel/

C & O Canal Trail Bike Trips

C & O Canal Trust The C & O Canal Trust is an official non-profit partner of the C & O Canal Historic Park in Maryland. A group of nine towns located along the C & O Canal Towpath Trail have collaborated to offer bike tours and fund-raisers to promote biking along the famous Cumberland …

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Permanent link to this article: https://trailsnet.com/2014/03/27/bike-trail-tourism/

Arthur Frommer Would Love Trailsnet

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Arthur Frommer Promotes Inexpensive Travel Since the mid-1950s, Arthur Frommer has been the champion of inexpensive travel and, for that, he’s my hero. His original travel guides touted Europe on $5 per day. He had to raise the daily rate over the years, but he has always introduced us to inexpensive vacations and affordable travel. …

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Permanent link to this article: https://trailsnet.com/2014/03/21/inexpensive-travel-on-trails/

Don’t Own a Bicycle? Ride a Boris Bike.

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Biking in London, England If you’ve ever wanted to take a bicycle ride on a Thames River bicycle path or an urban bikeway through the heart of London, you don’t have to worry about bringing your own bike with you to England. Thanks to a forward-thinking London mayor and a community that’s supportive of alternative …

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