Category: road bikes

Road Bikes Okay, But…

Road Bike Video If a picture paints a thousand words, then this video paints a million. This video was taken, last weekend, just a few miles from where I live. This is why I much prefer to ride my bike on the trails: Comments about bikes on roads Spend a little time reading the comments …

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trail blogs?

Colorful autumn leaves adorn this impressionistic trail artwork. Has anyone run across any great trail blogs out there?I have been looking and can’t find very many of them. I’ve found a few bicycle blogs and some specialized blogs like recumbent bikes and road bikes; but blogs about trails or, more specifically, bicycle trails seem to be pretty …

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Big Dry Creek Trail in Westminster, Colorado

If you want to see trail pictures, a trail map, and a trail description, for Colorado’s Big Dry Creek Trail, click on this trail link. Below is a quick look at the trail as seen on my Everytrail trip guide. It is approximately ten miles long and can easily be done with a trail bike, …

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Permanent link to this article: https://trailsnet.com/2010/08/24/big-dry-creek-trail-in-westminster-colorado/

Is there really a constant need for speed?

I’ve been involved in an ongoing online dialogue about bollards on trails. For those of you not familiar w/ the term, a bollard is a device used on trails to keep motor vehicles out. (see enclosed pictures.) In the course of the discussion, I mentioned that riders/bicyclists could avoid dangerous collisions w/ bollards by limiting …

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Permanent link to this article: https://trailsnet.com/2010/08/09/is-there-really-a-constant-need-for-speed/