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RideOut Technologies Combines Art and Science to Create High Performance Bike Seat

Posted in Biking, Gear on November 6, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Jeri Rutherford’s tenacity and determination has paid off. After seven years and nearly 50 prototypes, she is selling her Carbon Comfort Saddle through her Idaho company, RideOut Technologies. This revolutionary bike seat sets a new standard for bike seat comfort and performance. The seat is light weight and absorbs road shock while flexing with the […]

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More Attention Being Paid to Women’s Biking Needs

Posted in Biking, Gear, History, tagged , , , , , , on January 4, 2009| Leave a Comment »

By Tom Meade, The Providence Journal, link to original article For generations, bicycle saddles were more like medieval torture devices than comfortable seats. Then medical researchers determined that bike saddles had caused some cases of erectile dysfunction, and things changed, said Reed Caster, owner of Caster’s Bicycle Center in Warwick, R.I. “Women have been complaining […]

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Updated interactive map—optimized for mobile devices—makes it easier to plan Erie Canalway Trail cycling trips

Posted in Biking, Erie Canalway Trail, Parks & Trails NY, tagged on August 11, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Parks & Trails New York’s interactive map of the Erie Canalway Trail— a cross-state route between Buffalo and Albany along the legendary Erie Canal—has been updated and optimized for mobile devices. The map can be found on the Parks & Trails New York website: http://www.ptny.org/bikecanal/map. Since the original site launched in 2008, the award-winning Cycling […]

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Trails to Come to Tonawanda NY

Posted in Buffalo, Rail-trail, Trail Building, Western NY, tagged on September 3, 2012| 1 Comment »

By Jessica Bagley, The Tonawanda News, link to original post A project to use old railways as bike trails has been in the works since the 1980s is now scheduled to come to fruition in 2015. The trails are planned to run from the North Buffalo Greenway to the Town of Tonawanda and the City […]

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Family on a roll on Erie Canal trek

Posted in Biking, Erie Canal, Erie Canalway Trail, Kid's Activities on July 13, 2012| Leave a Comment »

By Margaret Smykla, Post-Gazette.com, link to original post When it comes to quality time with his children, Steve Snyder is on a roll. On June 9, the Pleasant Hills man and his son Gabriel, 9, and daughters Elizabeth, 8, and Belle, 6, drove 81/2 hours to Albany, N.Y., to begin cycling the roughly 400-mile route […]

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A Utility Vehicle, the Bicycle?

Posted in Biking, Gear on August 13, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Is it finally becoming “the thing” to use your bicycle for more than a decoration in the garage, or just a fun thing to do now and then?  Let’s explore this idea. What does it take to use your bicycle for shopping? 1.  A bicycle, any bicycle will do. Better, is one that is easy […]

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How to Choose Cycling Shorts

Posted in Biking, tagged , , , on April 2, 2008| 1 Comment »

By Fred Matheny and Ed Pavelka of http://www.RoadBikeRider.com You should choose road-cycling shorts based on the quality of materials and construction. But also crucial is how well they conform to your unique anatomy. Sometimes a relatively inexpensive pair may work better for you than a high-zoot model. Shorts, like saddles, are tough to recommend because […]

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