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The path follows the Western Maryland Scenic Railway for 18 miles from Frostburg MD to Cumberland MD. The train was coming into Frostburg as we passed it on our ride earlier this year.

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His website is here.  Why am I posting this? Because his brother Tom sits in a cubicle next to me everyday. And I am jealous.

Katie and I rode down Livingston to the trail. Took the trail south to Williams Rd. Headed west on Williams. It is closed west of Groveport Rd, so we headed north until we hit Parsons. Rode Parsons up to Whittier. Whittier to 3rd, north to Dirty Franks. 18 miles. Moderate pace. Weather was absolutely perfect for a night ride.

Bikes and trains are a great mix. A train can get you out into the coutryside for some downhill runs, or let you cycle at a destination too far to get to by bike in a day, saving a car trip. Our own velvet-voiced editor Dylan Tweney throws his taxi-yellow, easy to carry fixed-gear on the commuter train from time to time, and I would travel along with my non-biking friends in Berlin on the bike-friendly U-bahn. But while San Francisco and Berlin both allow bikes (although I hear the new muni cars have less bike spaces than the old ones), neither is as impressive as the the Stuttgart to Degerloch  Zahnradbahn  in Germany. The open bike-car has taken bike-commuters along this short two kilometer (one and a quarter mile) stretch since 1983. Two kilometers? Are these people lazy? Our German speaking readers will have noticed what is going on here:  Zahnradbahn  is a cog-driven railway, and this train climbs 200 meters (almost 2,200 yards) from station to station, a cl...

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We will be riding to the wine pairing at the Hills Market at the northern most point on the Olentangy Bike Trail. Facebook event page for ride Facebook event page for Hills Market event

What happens when you gather 150 gentlemen on bicycle at Savile Row? You get the first ever Tweed Run  as the cyclists dressed in merino, tweed, flat caps and ties. more...

By DENNIS YUSKO, Staff writer First published in print: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 WILTON -- Faced with national criticism over not allowing students to bike to some schools, the Saratoga Springs school district approved a revised bicycle policy Tuesday that some said raised even more questions. Read more: http://www.timesunion.com/ASPStories/Story.asp?storyID=852670&newsdate=10/18/2009&BCCode=MBTA#ixzz0UJdbli8s