Living next to a bike trail changed my life. It immediately improved the quality of my bike rides and the quality of my life. I ride more, I have more fun, and I’m happier. If you’re a cyclist, living next to a bike trail is life changing.
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0:00 – Living Next to a Bike Trail Changed My Life
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5:12 o my god, same problem 😀
I rode the ARPT two years ago in November (it was the coldest bike ride that I’ve ever done and the longest). Yes, there are places on the ARPT where you need to deal with cars but you’re crossing these small streets and drives where you need to slow down and check for cars. We have planned a bike ride there again later this month.
American River Trail is pretty dope. It gets pretty insane after a heavy rain too.
Sacramento is the best bike town I've ever lived in! I miss the ARBT
Look up the Boise Greenbelt, the best cycling trail in the area!
From your videos, Sacramento does seem like a great place to live. Glad you're happy there.
I live in Ohio. We have a really good bike trail system. Dayton, Cincinnati, Columbus, Akron, Troy, Piqua and Cleveland all have a great trail system that connect many of these towns together. Really almost all towns in Ohio have some kind of bike trail. The near future plan is to be able to ride from Cleveland to Cincinnati passing through Akron , Columbus, Dayton and all the small towns in between. Come visit sometime.
You also gotta remember that Mexico City is sitting at 7,000+ ft of elevation. That could be another reason for the winded feeling.
nice job
Bike paths are only a certain type of riding, which can be really nice, but I’d feel that I’m missing out if that was the only thing I rode. You can’t go that fast on bike paths, which means you generally can’t go as far in a day, and they normally lack major climbs, as they frequently follow rivers, old railroad tracks, canals, etc…
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wtf I want to move to Sacramento now
I live near a trail and it's about a mile of riding on road or sidewalk to access it. However, if the local government here builds out their trail plan over the next 3-5 years, my ride to "safe" bicycle infrastructure would be cut down to just over a quarter mile. Admittedly the trail goes in the opposite direction away from downtown but it's great just to have. Maybe someday I would have a safe dedicated route to downtown.
Lots of improvements happening around San Diego cycling infrastructure. Bet you’d give it a higher grade if you tried it out now.
So many good times on that trail when I lived there, and I ride it when I visit. Enjoy it my man!
As a Filipino, I highly recommend you try Netherlands & Japan. 😊 And no, don't even try the Philippines.
You had to come back home to find home!!!
I live about 6 minutes from Mill Creek Ravine, one of the core points in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada’s (should be) famous river valley Ribbon of Green. It’s North America’s largest urban park network with about 170km of single track RIGHT IN THE HEART FO THE CITY. I’ve seen coyotes, rare birds, and people have seen bears and cougars (I only ever saw tracks).
My wife commutes to work every day (11km each way) and barely shares the road with cars. Our city is doing a LOT to make biking viable in a winter city. It was -3 Celsius this morning, and I still went for coffee and hit the trails for a quick burn in the Creek.
Cold don’t slow us down. 🚲 🚲
Cool. The biking is a bit more spotty out here in El Dorado Hills. I ride my e-bike around the hills much of the time.
About the longest ride I have done on my “regular” bike is from the Lake Natomas aquatic center to Beale’s Point and back along the American River trail system. Pack a lunch and stop by the “Power House” museum on the way up. It’s a nice quiet trail system and a joy to ride, as well as the wildlife spotting.
Check out any of the EuroVelo paths!
Most are not all the way developed, but that's because they're each over 1,000km long, the longest is almost 11,000km. Loads of adventurous paths, often separated and free from cars.
So cheat notes,.. WHAT is life changing? Living next to a bike path?
I bike all over Portland Oregon, safe streets and trails and bike paths everywhere. Find other riders. Ride weekly, share routes.
Come visit Indy. We’ve got a few cycleways to check out and a pretty decent fixie scene
Also, my wife is a lot like yours. Not really a cyclist but she’s growing and has done 2500 miles this year- in a more bike friendly community
I am from Licking County, OH. We have some amazing trails, and I am grateful for that, but the connectivity and overall bike ability of the area aren’t great. I would love to only have my bike for transportation but the job market here isn’t great so I work in Columbus, an 86 mile round trip.
Why cities need to build safe infrastructure first and then the number of cyclists will increase and not the other way around.
I love that I have an awesome bike trail that runs right past my back yard. It was one of the things I was looking for when I bought my new home 9 years ago.
Putnam Rail Trail, Genesee Greenway Trail. Croton Aquaduct Trail.
Car free and isolated, where are all the businesses
I ride in Irvine all the time because of their network of bike trails that weave throughout the city, hundreds of miles, from the mountains to the sea. You can ride paved and gravel or mix them up. It's the closest thing I've seen in SoCal to Amsterdam.
The state of CT has 2 beautiful bike trails: The Farmington Canal Trail (54 miles 86 km mostly paved) & Airline South State build for gravel biking (43 miles, 69km).
I'm about 11 miles from the top of the American River trail at Folsom Lake. I moved here about a year ago and have spent a ton of time on that trail. So much fun to get away from traffic and stop lights!
No notes, great vid. Just wanted to comment for the algo.
I ❤ my rail trails here in PA.
Is that a mustang next to the tele?
Minnesota infrastructure will blow ur mind… riding is unreal
Where I used to live in Southeast Michigan, there is a tradition of erecting white painted "ghost bike" memorials where riders have been killed. I know the names associated with five of these memorials, one of them was for a young lady who was walking her bike across the street with a light. While we can't live our lives in fear, one would be a fool to not admit we are vilnerable on the open roads.
I currently live in Louisville Kentucky, where there is a public/private partnership working on completing a 100 mile paved greenway around the metro area. Completed segment on the east side is 20+ continuous miles, making for out and back trip of 40 miles with no automotive traffic, and about 1600 feet of elevation gain/loss per trip. Path is wider than many of the roads cyclist compete on in Europe. Near the parks on the loop one must dodge pedestrians and dogs, but there are many sections where one has little traffic, and I've seldom been speed limited by traffic on the 6%-10% incline sections. When I'm rifding for riding's sake, it is so much a better venue than the country roads around here which have no shoulders.