Tag: bicycle
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Second Ride on Walmart’s $248 Gravel Bike, the Ozark Trail G.1 Explorer
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in BicycleWalmart’s $248 Ozark Trail G.1 Explorer gravel bike continues to generate a lot of online buzz, which, if you think about it, is where most of the world’s buzz comes from these days – online. Much of the discussion revolves around the dichotomy between bicycles sold at bike shops vs. bicycles sold at big box…
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Beauty Shots of the Ozark Trail G.1 Explorer
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in BicycleI took Walmart’s Ozark Trail G.1 Explorer out for it’s first ride and stopped at a park for some beauty shots. Boy was I glad for the kickstand! I usually have to find a twig or something to precariously support the bike, and once it’s in place I’m loathe to move it and go through…
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First Ride: Walmart’s $248 Ozark Trail G.1 Explorer Gravel Bike
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in BicycleCome along with me for a shakedown ride of the G.1 and hear my first reactions to riding this budget gravel bike. I have a bicycle workstand and some mechanical skills, so the night before this ride, I gave the bike a once-over, pumping up the tires, setting the seat height, flipping the stem to…
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Riding the Great Allegheny Passage and Chesapeake and Ohio Trails – Chapter 2
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in Bicycle[This story begins here] Day two on the Great Allegheny Passage (GAP) Trail, from the Dravo Hiker-Biker to the new hiker-biker campground in Ohiopyle. The day includes a little bit of weather. Well, more than a little bit. It started off fine though, and I enjoyed morning camp coffee before hitting the trail. I pedaled…
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Riding the Great Allegheny Passage and Chesapeake and Ohio Trails – Chapter 1
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in BicycleRide with me as I take the Amtrak to Pittsburgh and then start the Great Allegheny Passage (GAP) Trail, but not before stopping at a crazy bicycle museum – Bicycle Heaven! Bicycle Heaven is truly a unique place: I’m riding a Bike Friday All Packa folding gravel bike. Video and photos shot by me on…
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360 Walk-Through of Bicycle Heaven in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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in BicycleAt the advice of the good folks at Traveler’s Rest, bike-friendly lodging near the start of the Great Allegheny Passage bike route, I stopped by Bicycle Heaven in Pittsburgh. Watch this video and see how blown away I was by it all. This is a 360 VR video – you can look around! On your…
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Underbiking with the Bike Friday All Packa Folding Bicycle
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in Bicycle2023 will be remembered as the year I got into folding bicycles. I’ve long admired Bike Friday’s folding bikes but never rode one. That changed with the purchase of a used Pocket Rocket, and I quickly understood what all the fuss was about. When the All Packa was introduced, I was immediately drawn to…
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Transportation Alternatives 50th Anniversary Ride
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in BicycleFor 50 years, Transportation Alternatives has advocated for bike infrastructure in New York City. For many years, it was a tough slog, but slow and steady progress was made. In the early 2000s, Mayor Bloomberg moved things forward. And two things happened in 2013 that moved things forward. One, the Citi Bike bike sharing system…