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unusual facts about Biking



Avoriaz

The biking of Avoriaz is concentrated in the Lindaret Valley with connections further on towards Chatel and Les Crosets.

Barkly East

It has been one of the few areas in South Africa where winter sports are pursued, and in summer fly fishing for Rainbow trout and indigenous Smallmouth yellowfish, trail running, mountain biking, ancient rock-art, tennis and the magnificent scenery draw tourists to the district.

Biker Boy

Biker Boy is based in Greater Boston, Massachusetts, where he frequents local biking areas to spread awareness for bicycle safety.

Bob Pease

His other interests included hiking and biking in remote places, and working on his old Volkswagen Beetle, which he often mentioned in his columns.

Chipps Chippendale

Chippendale is generally credited with popularising singlespeed mountain biking in the UK - an idea he claims to have stolen from Bike magazine's editor Mike Ferrentino - and is a collaborator in The Outcast, an underground singlespeed fanzine.

Coed-y-Brenin

Five waymarked trails were developed by Dafydd Davis who was employed by Forest Enterprise as a Forest Sports Development Adviser, grew Coed-y-Brenin into a major UK mountain biking centre.

Colorado–Colorado Springs Mountain Lions

Snowboarding, skiing, rock climbing, bouldering, hiking, mountain biking, trail running, and lesser common slack roping and 4-wheeling are popular student activities at UCCS due to the proximity to Pikes Peak, Garden of the Gods, and the surrounding mountainous terrain.

Commuter assistance

These CAPs advocate alternative transportation strategies such as carpooling, vanpooling, carsharing, telework, flex time, congestion pricing, walking, biking, and many other methods.

Cycling in Detroit

It is flat with an extensive road network with a number recreational and competitive opportunities and is, according to David Byrne, one of the top eight biking cities in the world.

Detroit is an excellent city for cycling with flat terrain and an extensive but often virtually traffic free road network; according to David Byrne it is one of the top eight biking cities in the world.

Dafydd Davis

This was achieved, and in 2002 the International Mountain Bicycling Association announced Wales to be the world's top mountain biking destination.

Golden Secondary School

Courses include things such as skiing and snowboarding on the beautiful Kicking Horse Mountain Resort, mountain biking on many trails around Golden and the school also hosts many bantam and senior basketball, volleyball and soccer teams, and Boggle tournaments.

Granite Dells

Watson Lake and Willow Lake are small man-made reservoirs in this formation; these, combined with numerous hiking & biking trails and rockclimbing routes, make it a popular outdoor recreation area in the region.

Great Divide Mountain Bike Route

Antelope Wells, New Mexico is the most commonly known starting or finishing point of the Continental Divide trail, but due to its remote location devoid of any lodging or services, Columbus, New Mexico is an alternate starting or finishing point for those hiking or biking the Continental Divide trail.

Harry Kipper

The story was created and propagated that Harry Kipper, a British conceptual artist, had mysteriously gone missing on the Italian-Yugoslav border whilst on a biking tour of Europe, allegedly with the intention of tracing the word Art across the continent.

Internationale Fachmesse für Sportartikel und Sportmode

Since its inception in 1970, the ISPO takes place once a year (end of January or early February) at Neue Messe München where the following categories are being displayed: Outdoor, Skiing, Boarding, Running, Fitness, Sportswear, Beachwear, Teamsports, Soccer, Nordic Sports, Biking, Racket, Triathlon, and Kids.

Jake Shields

Their activities included mountain biking, wild caving, snowboarding, clearing brush, bucking firewood, climbing mountains, exploring the high country, and wrestling.

Jon Fogarty

Fogarty lives in Bend, Oregon, where he enjoys mountain biking and outdoor training.

Karen Hanlen

In 2010, she switched from mountain running to mountain biking, buying her first performance bike on TradeMe.

Kokopelli Trail

The trail follows Mary's Loop through the Mack Ridge mountain biking area before crossing Salt Creek and entering Rabbit Valley.

Leadville mining district

The Mineral Belt National Recreation Trail is an 11.6 mile all-season biking/walking trail that loops around Leadville and through its historic mining district.

Lisa Mathison

Her achievements in mountain biking won her a Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) scholarship under the tutelage of legendary Swiss ex-pro, Chantal Daucourt, at the coaching facility in Aigle, Switzerland.

Loring Park

Designed by American landscape architect Horace Cleveland, the park contains a small lake (Loring Lake formerly known as Johnson's lake) and paths for walking and biking.

Martin Earley

After PDM left the sport, he rode for Festina, then switched to mountain biking by riding for Raleigh and then for individual sponsors.

Mayrhofen

Mayrhofen sits between the Penken and the Ahorn mountains which provide ski runs in the winter and mountain biking, hiking and paragliding in the summer.

Metabolic supermice

Professor Hanson noted that the supermice "are metabolically similar to Lance Armstrong biking up the Pyrenees. They utilize mainly fatty acids for energy and produce very little lactic acid. They are not eating or drinking and yet they can run for four or five hours. They are 10 times more active than ordinary mice in their home cage. They also live longer – up to three years of age – and are reproductively active for almost three years. In short, they are remarkable animals."

Mountain biking in British Columbia

Vancouver Island, though not as well known for mountain biking as the North Shore, boasts a growing number of trails.

Nantahala, North Carolina

Other than kayaking, canoeing, and whitewater rafting, the Nantahala Outdoor Center offers a variety of other fully guided things such as: fly-fishing, hiking, nature photography, train rides, and mountain biking.

North Carolina Highway 184

Lance Armstrong also made his return to biking after cancer on 184 up Beech Mountain.

Peaslake

On similar terrain in the far east of the parish and borough is Holmbury St Mary which has been used in the latest edition of the London-Surrey Cycle Classic — both small villages are centres for hiking and mountain biking.

River Trail

Greenbrier River Trail, a hiking and biking rail trail located in the U.S. state of West Virginia

Lansing River Trail, a hiking and biking trail located in the U.S. state of Michigan

Ryan T. Fox

Fox enjoys biking, running, and playing video games in the Guitar Hero series.

Sarah Falkland

Falkland currently lives in Beoley, Worcestershire where she enjoys walking and mountain biking in the countryside and horse racing.

The Gospel According to Larry

He ends up biking to the Sagamore Bridge because he has heard stories of how people had jumped from there.

Three Harbors Council

The camp was established in 1930 on land formerly owned by several timber companies, now nestled in the midst of the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, where Scouts have access to hundreds of miles of hiking, biking, and boating opportunities.

Trout Brook Valley State Park Reserve

They were joined in the effort by Connecticut Fund for the Environment (CFE), Citizens for Easton, the Easton garden club, hiking and mountain biking groups, birding enthusiasts, naturalists and others including actor/philanthropist Paul Newman and his family.

Tylihul Estuary

Mountain-biking is also popular, and "Kalinovka" (informally called "the Jug"), located in the Gulf of Kairy is a popular paragliding site.

Yehuda Moon and the Kickstand Cyclery

Yehuda advocates simple, traditional, functional biking as espoused by the philosophy of Grant Petersen of Rivendell Bicycle Works.


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