Category: trail information

Beatles on Bikes: They’ve Got a Ticket to Ride

I love these pictures of the Beatles riding bikes. Even the Beatles are hugebicycle fans!! Here’s one. For many more, check out the Bikes and the City blog.

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Bicycle Haikus

The Yen of bicycling(or something like that)    Bicycling is zenlikeUntil a car sideswipes you  That’s why I like trails Okay, maybe I should stick to prose. But here is the natural progression of life: Man discovers bikes. Man rides bikes. Man writes Haikus about bikes. It’s inevitable. No trend is complete until there is a …

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Cycling in the Afghan Wakhan

If the trailsnet trails are too tame for you, check out Nanette’s blog, himalayabytricycle.  These mountain paths are nothing compared tothe one’s in today’s featured blog. She and her companion’s covered 140km of some incredibly rough terrain and an almost non-existent (at times) road. What makes it even more amazing is that, in addition to some …

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Permanent link to this article: https://trailsnet.com/2010/10/30/cycling-in-the-afghan-wakhan/

Family takes bike trip from Alaska to Argentina

I think I’ve been quite the animalistic biker if I put in 60 miles a day for a couple days in a  row. In today’s Parade magazine, there was an article about a family who biked 18,000 miles from Alaska to Argentina. The family consisted of mom, dad, and two young boys. The parents are …

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Permanent link to this article: https://trailsnet.com/2010/08/15/family-takes-bike-trip-from-alaska-to-argentina/

How a bike tire is made

I will never take my bicycle tire for granted again. After watching this video of how a Schwalbe bike tire is made, I have whole new respect for what goes into each tire. Now when I get one of

Permanent link to this article: https://trailsnet.com/2010/07/14/how-a-bike-tire-is-made/

Cheshire Rail Trail

Just like that crazy disappearing cat in Alice in Wonderland, the trail map for the Cheshire Rail Trail in New Hampshire was quite invisible up until recently. Somehow the trail description, trail information, and trail pictures got posted, but the map was absent. Well it’s there now thank goodness. The two trails near Keene, NH …

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