January 03, 2008

Skyline park could attract more walkers, cyclists

Rapid City is considering hiring a consultant to help design a trail-system master plan for the 150 acres of undeveloped land along Skyline Drive. The city acquired the land last year to preserve as natural open space for walking, mountain biking and general public

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Posted by Ryan at 03:15 PM

December 21, 2007

The in crowd

MEMBERS of the Inner Wheel Club of Greenock are often mistaken for cyclists. While they have been known to pedal round Cumbrae, they are more likely to be helping children in third world countries, than road-racing or

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Posted by Gary at 12:51 PM

December 06, 2007

Indoor water parks, ice rinks help ease cabin fever

LAKE PLACID, New York (AP) -- It was late January before winter turned serious in upstate New York, but before that -- including the lucrative Christmas school break -- rain fell instead of snow and warm temperatures thwarted even

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Posted by Perry at 08:23 AM

November 29, 2007

Jyco Takes Green Theme on the Road - and Trail

Jyco exec takes environmental attitude from extruding lines around the world to mountain bike racing in Michigan. The avid mountain biker is also one of the team's athletes, and recently finished Runner-up in the 2007 Michigan Mid East Sprint

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Posted by Joe at 08:40 AM

November 23, 2007

Outdoors Briefs: Nov. 22, 2007

Whiskeytown Falls hike sheds excess turkey Wheelmen work off turkey before big meal Redding Mountain Biking to explore Westside Trails Christmas tree permits available through Dec. 24 Nordic walking class set at Fleet

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Posted by Lorren at 09:25 AM

November 22, 2007

Mountain bikers blaze a tough new trail

Just before dumping directly into Blankets Creek, the trail makes a sharp right turn and turns into a beast. What had been a course of modest rises and dips becomes suddenly, stunningly steep. The entrance to the north loop trail at the Blankets Creek mountain biking area in Cherokee County is intentionally intimidating, designed to turn away riders who aren't fit and fearless. "We don't want

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Posted by Perry at 09:48 AM

November 14, 2007

Ned Overend's Specialized S-Works Epic

Living mountain bike legend Ned Overend continues to defy the laws of time. At 52 years of age, the Durango, Colorado resident landed a sixth place finish in the Pro Men field at the Iceman Cometh , an end-of-season 43.5km (27mi) point-to-point classic in northern lower Michigan whose perpetually rolling terrain doesn't particularly cater to the former world champion's

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Posted by Rob at 03:21 PM

November 10, 2007

Editor's Picks

There's no snow and that means no riding. But there's enough of the white stuff to have made higher elevation trails impassable for hiking and biking. (And we're all over that anyway right?). Even most bars are

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Posted by Murray at 02:30 PM