For all our friends, fans, & recent discoverers of this website! We would very much like to have others to be involved in curating our valuable resources & information found on this website. It would seem to us that Those Who Ride Should Decide! We’re talking about all those rides contained therein: ROAD ROUTES: https://www.adkcyclingadvocates.org/rides-maps/routes/…
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Information for Warren County Bicyclists
Teach Your Children
. . .OK, it’s not exactly balmy cycling weather about now, but you may be thinking of The New Bike for your child for your approaching Happy Holy Days! Here are my recommendations: 1.) To save some money on the purchase 2.) To make learning to ride easier for both you & your child 3.)…
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Vermont
VERMONT GETTING MORE MOUNTAIN BIKING TRAILS TO CONNECT COMMUNITIES WCAX Channel 3 (Burlington, NY) 11/30/20 Vermont is getting 10 new miles of mountain biking trails, which will connect communities and bring money to rural areas….
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Red Bull Acolades
This is really cool…our own Gurney Lane Mountain Bike Park made Red Bull’s Top Trail Systems in the Northeast. https://www.redbull.com/us-en/best-northeast-mountain-biking-trails#:~:text=The%20Gurney%20Lane%20Mountain%20Bike,best%20trail%20for%20their%20skills.
Rick’s Recommendations for Bicycle Buying
Rick’s Recommendations for Bicycle Buying Rick’s Bike Shop 368 Ridge Road (@ Meadowbrook) Queensbury, NY, 12804 (518) 793-8986 Mountain Bikes Are you looking to get off the beaten path or just pedal around the neighborhood? There’s no better vehicle than a mountain bike to tackle a variety of terrain. Do you dream of riding remote…
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Amtrak
Although Amtrak has not begun to operate the Adirondack & Ethan Allen trains north of Albany-Rensselaer or Schenectady stations Amtrak has installed bicycle racks on all its passenger coaches operating in New York State. When the Adirondack & Ethan Allen trains do begin operating bicyclists in Saratoga, Warren, Essex, Clinton, & Washington Counties. Bike Racks…
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Smooth
Roadies and other smooth pavement seekers may enjoy the brand new pavement on Schroon River Road, north of County Home Bridge Road. These routes include this new pavement: Warrensburg-Chestertown Loop Rivers and Lakes We all like smooth roads! Much less fatiguing, mentally & physically!
Darker Earlier
It’s getting darker sooner! Our days are shortening! You can help save yourself & others sharing our roads a lot of Angst! Please use lights! It’s actually a requirement per NYS Department of Transportation: Section 1236 Lamps and other equipment on bicycles Vehicle & Traffic (VAT) (a) Every bicycle when in use during the period from one-half…
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Space
Interesting opinion on pages four & five of Sunday New York Times, Sunday Review, July 12th, 2020 – “The End of Cars”: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/09/opinion/sunday/ban-cars-manhattan-cities.html The author, Farhad Manjoo, ends with the rhetorical question, “Given these threats*, how can American cities continue justify wasting such enormous tracts of land on death machines?” *Extant threats which he enumerates,…
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newspaper
Good morning, everyone. This piece appeared in the Albany Times Union yesterday – in some respects it is a continuation of the stalled conversation that Joe Martens facilitated with a group of state agency stakeholders prior to the last New York Bike Summit to address the overall challenge of how NYS can become a top bike…
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