Salty Dog Cycling

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The Cyclists’ Yellow Pages Online

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I was browsing through the Adventure Cycling Website after they had listed my digital experiment in cycle lust I call a blog and came across a great resource.  If you’re ever looking to search through just about every cycling resource out there then check out The Cyclists’ Yellow Pages.  Below is an image of a sample search I did right quick for Utah Resources.

There’s info on just about everything including:

Accommodations
Bike Shops, Clubs and Rentals
Maps and Guides
Online Resources
Organizations/Government Agencies      Public Lands Access
Resorts and Ski Areas
Trail Information
Tourism
Other Bike Related Resources

Damn Good Data!

– Salty Dog

Biking Coal Country

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via nytimes.com

via nytimes.com

 Frostburg, Md. — THREE hours by bike from Cumberland, Md., on the Great Allegheny Passage, I rode into the mouth of the abandoned Borden Tunnel near here, where freight trains once rumbled, hauling coke, steel and coal. The air was black as engine oil.

Read the story here at the NYTimes.com

Written by yellow fork

October 23, 2009 at 8:29 pm