Kansas Cycling News

  • First Segment of Blue River Rail Trail Opens

    First Segment of Blue River Rail Trail Opens

    A two-mile segment of the Blue River Rail Trail recently opened in Marysville, Kansas, and is planned to stretch to the Nebraska state line, where it will hook up with the Homestead Trail.

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  • Kansas Cyclist Podcast: Episode 16

    Kansas Cyclist Podcast: Episode 16

    Episode 16 of the Kansas Cyclist Podcast features a conversation about commuting and randonneuring with 'commuterDude' Keith Gates, plus information on the Wheels to Wells cross-country tour, as well as news, rides, and trail news.

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  • Kansas Trail News: January 19, 2010

    Kansas Trail News: January 19, 2010

    Rail-Trail Building Seminar and Sunflower Recreational Trails Meeting Feb. 6; KC’s Riverfront Heritage Trail Gap Closed; Topeka Approves Landon Trail Extension; Legislative Watch; Cold/Snow Slows Trail Projects.

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  • Wheels for Wells

    Wheels for Wells

    Wheels for Wells is a cross-country bike tour to raise money for clean drinking water in Africa. It passes through Kansas July 12-18. If you're looking for a fun and meaningful tour for this summer, check it out.

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  • 2010 Cottonwood 200 Honors Bob Frederick

    2010 Cottonwood 200 Honors Bob Frederick

    The 2010 edition of the Cottonwood 200 will honor former KU athletic director Bob Frederick, a longtime Cottonwood participant who died in a cycling accident last year. Registration for the 3-day tour is now open.

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  • Emporia: Is Angled Parking Unsafe For Cyclists?

    Emporia: Is Angled Parking Unsafe For Cyclists?

    Emporia, Kansas is installing new bike racks to encourage cycling, but at the same time the message seems to discourage cycling on streets with angled parking. Are such streets safe to ride on?

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  • Kansas Cyclist Bill Hancock to Speak in De Soto

    Kansas Cyclist Bill Hancock to Speak in De Soto

    Awkward: Prairie Village cyclist Bill Hancock, author of 'Riding with the Blue Moth', about his cross-country bicycle tour, will speak to the Chamber of Commerce in bicycle-hostile De Soto, Kansas.

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  • The U.S. Bicycle Route System in Kansas

    The U.S. Bicycle Route System in Kansas

    Is Kansas missing out on the proposed U.S. Bicycle Route System? In a recent survey of state DOTs, to gauge interest in the proposal, KDOT's Bicycle/Pedestrian Coordinator didn't even bother to respond.

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  • Kansas Trail News: December 29, 2009

    Kansas Trail News: December 29, 2009

    St. Joseph To Wathena Rail-Trail Underway; Kanza Rail-Trails Conservancy Receives Grant; Conservation Easements For Trails; Trail Gap Closed On Flint Hills Nature Trail; Lawrence Residents Support More Trails; Making Trails Interesting.

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  • Kansas Trail News Reprints

    Kansas Trail News Reprints

    Sunflower Recreational Trails puts out a great little newsletter filled with tidbits of news and information about rail-trails, hiking trails, mountain bike trails, and multi-use paths in Kansas. This newsletter is now being re-published on Kansas Cyclist for all to enjoy.

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