Archive for December, 2009 (Page 2)

With the re-opening of the Pottawatomie Creek bridge, the Prairie Spirit Trail is now whole, and can be ridden end-to-end, a total of about 51 miles, from Ottawa in the north to Iola in the south. Enjoy the longest rail-trail in Kansas!

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Bicycle Colorado is introducing a new education campaign for safer roads – the 3-2-1 Courtesy Code - 3 feet to pass, 2 abreast when clear, 1 single file to allow passing. There's plenty of road for everyone. We all just need to share. That takes courtesy, respect, and cooperation.

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DIY Bike Trailer, Be Green: Build A Cargo Bicycle, Becoming Your Own Massage Therapist, A Fall-Foliage Bike Ride, Better health linked to active transportation, and more frugal bicycling tips.

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The city council in De Soto, Kansas has decided to keep the bicycle ban on 83rd Street, after earlier this year promising to lift it. They're concerned that lifting the ban would make the street popular with bicyclists. Oh the horror!

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Baldwin City, Kansas has applied for a Transportation Enhancement Grant for a proposed multi-use trail in this small university town, but the project has run into opposition from some members of the city council.

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Barnyard Cross is a cyclocross race taking place December 12th in Manhattan, Kansas. The course will offer technical challenges and lots of speed. And there will be mud.

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Learn about the current status of bicycling on the Kansas State University campus, plus ways to make KSU more bikeable, at this December 10th presentation in Manhattan, Kansas.

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Catching up on some bicycling-related news from the last month or so...

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This photo shows a group of men posed with their high-wheel bicycles, circa 1885, in Wichita, Kansas.

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