So you want to ride the Silver Comet Trail and you’re trying to decide whether you should fly into Atlanta, Georgia or drive. With the price of gas, it’s no longer assumed that driving will be cheaper. But how do you find out for sure whether tis cheaper to drive or fly? Should you fly …
Category: Silver Comet Trail
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Jan 15 2011
Destination Trails
In a recent post on the River Mountain Loop Trail blog, RMLTMan wrote an excellent explanation as to why he thought the RMLT was a destination trail. It got me wondering if there is a set definition out there for a destination trail. Here are some of the criteria for a destination trail: length – …
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Dec 20 2010
Connecting Rail Trails to make Super Rail-Trails
Super Rail-Trails Rail trails are fantastic. But how do you turn an ordinary, every-day rail trail (if such a thing exists) into SUPER TRAIL!!! It’s really quite simple; you just connect two good trails and you get one great trail. Here are some examples: C & O Canal trail connects to the GAP trail, the Western Maryland Rail …
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Dec 04 2010
Freecross perfect for rail trails
OMG!! Can you imagine this on the Silver Comet Trail or the Tammany Trace trail or… Well watch this video of the Freecross, a cool outdoor elliptical machine and tell me you’re not dying to get this on a nice paved path or concrete trail somewhere: According to the Freecross website, founder Wolfgang Eisenberg started …
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Jun 13 2010
Recumbent Bike Blog
Okay, so the term “recumbent bicycle” isn’t technically correct since many recumbents have three and even four wheels and bicycle means “two wheels.” But I know you’re not that picky and neither am I, so I’ll continue to generically refer to all recumbents as recumbent bicycles. There, now that I’ve got that off my chest…I …
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Apr 30 2010
New Poll
Check out our new trail poll over in the right column. We’re trying to find out your favorite southern trail. It’ll be a tough one, because they’re all great. But get off the fence and vote. If you need more information about each of the trails, go to the following web pages to get details …
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