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A bike for all reasons
Over the years, I’ve written several pieces attempting to match the right bike with the right person. I’ve written about the right bike for aspiring commuters, I’ve written about the right bike for roadie wannabes, I’ve written about the right bike for people who want to take a spin on their local greenway and the [...]
Continue reading...House Creek Greenway construction to begin in April
17. February 2010
Raleigh will break ground in April on one of its most anticipated stretches of greenway: the 3-mile House Creek Greenway. Runners, bikers, distance walkers and other greenway enthusiasts have been especially interested in the greenway because it will link the 11 miles of completed Crabtree Creek Greenway to the east with about 14 miles of [...]
Continue reading...White Oak greenway stretch to close for two years
13. February 2010
The good news: The long-awaited promise of being able to take a greenway from near downtown Raleigh to the heart of downtown Durham came a step closer to reality last week with the unofficial opening of the 4.6-mile Chatham County section of the American Tobacco Trail. It’s now possible to walk/run/bike/equestriate for 13.8 miles on [...]
Continue reading...Durham trail a mountain biking gateway for kids
25. January 2010
Kids in the Eastlake and Capitol Hill neighborhoods of Seattle didn’t have a lot of fun places to ride bikes. Then the folks from the Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance built the city’s first urban mountain bike skills park in the I-5 Colonnade Park. Kids in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan were in a similar [...]
Continue reading...Greenway info now
20. January 2010
Until I start getting my greenway information up (see yesterday’s post), you can find information on your local greenways at the following parks & rec sites.
Triangle
Apex: Apex Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources — 7.7 miles of greenway.
Cary: Cary Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources — 34 miles
Chapel Hill: Chapel Hill Parks and Recreation — 7.5 miles
Durham: [...]
One word: Greenways
19. January 2010
On this morning’s ride at Umstead with Alan and Tim, the conversation ranged, as it will on a good ride, from “Avatar,” to dinosaur dung http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coprolite to, of course, biking. Alan and Tim are strong riders, and you might expect their end of the discussion to focus on training, technique, gear. And there was some [...]
Continue reading...Weekend plans? (Other than freezing?)
8. January 2010
Not sure about you, but sometimes when the temperature isn’t supposed to get much above freezing I need a little extra incentive to get out and get going. Like Saturday’s “Kickoff to a Healthy New Year” event planned for the American Tobacco Trail in southern Wake County. They’ve got all sorts of events planned to [...]
Continue reading...This weekend, go long
22. October 2009
This weekend, Triangle residents get to celebrate the region’s two longest trails.
Saturday, the Falls Lake portion of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail gets another 11 miles dedicated, extending the number of miles finished MST along the lake’s south shore to 46. Then, on Sunday the East Coast Greenway is sponsoring a walk/ride on the newest section of [...]
Holy corn dog! Here’s a Fair hike
16. October 2009
Why put up with the hassles of traffic and pay $10 — the going rate based on a drive-by survey of Thursday evening’s State Fair preview — for premium parking to this year’s N.C. State Fair, which opens today and runs through Oct. 25, when you can park for free and encounter zero traffic? And, [...]
Continue reading...Active Destination: Smithfield
8. October 2009
Few things get me as excited as stumbling across an area marked off with yellow tape. Not “Crime Scene” tape, but “Construction: Do Not Cross” tape, the kind that marks a greenway under construction. The kind Marcy and I found while exploring downtown Smithfield last month.
“The tape!” Marcy reminded as I pretended I didn’t see [...]
1. March 2010
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