Category: bicycling

Bicycling Saves Lives

An afternoon on the bike trail could extend your life!! So often, we hear about all the ways to help us live longer, and they often involve sacrifice. I mean, who wants to stop eating fun food. Most people would say, “Go ahead & take a couple years off my life if I can keep …

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Blogging Community Discusses Bike Transportation Issues

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/

Cycling is on the Increase

“Government data published this morning confirms that in 2009 cycle use increased to the highest level in decades.”Hopefully this isn’t a surprise to you because it certainly isn’t to me. I mean, what’s not to love about cycling? It’s fun. It’s easy. It’s inexpensive. It’s environmentally friendly. It uses no fossil fuels. It’s great exercise. …

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Permanent link to this article: https://trailsnet.com/2010/08/07/cycling-is-on-the-increase/

Biking women

“Let me tell you what I think of bicycling. I think it has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world. It gives women a feeling of freedom and self-reliance. I stand and rejoice every time I see a woman ride by on a wheel… the picture of free, untrammelled womanhood.” – …

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Permanent link to this article: https://trailsnet.com/2010/07/06/biking-women/