Biking Across Kansas heats up Originally uploaded by ebis50
Here are a couple of cyclists on Biking Across Kansas who got an early start for the 67-mile ride from Ness City to Hoisington. Those who left early and kept the pedals turning would have missed the day's hottest temperatures that topped …
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Flat tires lead to lucky meeting at B.A.K. Originally uploaded by ebis50
This is Andrew Dickson, a Scottish cyclist who's on a charity bike ride across the US. By a strange circumstance of fate, he's hitchhiking with the 900 cyclists on Biking Across Kansas this week. My son and I ran …
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Favorable winds push B.A.K. riders ahead Originally uploaded by ebis50
This lonely state line outpost marks the start of the 2011 Biking Across Kansas route. Because getting there required cycling west into a chilly headwind for 16 miles to the Colorado border, some skipped this optional ceremonial jaunt. Others got lifts …
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Cyclists meet up in Tribune Originally uploaded by ebis50
More than 900 cycling enthusiasts from across Kansas converged on Tribune Friday for the start of Biking Across Kansas. Those of us who pitched our tents under the water tower or slept on bedrolls in the high school gym more than doubled …
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Busing across Kansas Originally uploaded by ebis50
For many of us, Biking Across Kansas starts with an 8-hour bus ride across the state. Here's the loading zone in Kansas City where folks wait to roll their bikes into a rental truck for the trip. This is the 37th year for B.A.K., …
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The tunnel through Snoqualmie Pass on the John Wayne Pioneer Trail will be reopened in July to bicyclists and hikers after safety issues prompted its closure two years ago, according to the contractor.
The Jacobs Associates provided design and repair work on the 2.3-mile long tunnel that was among five closed on the cross-state trail due to leaking water and falling debris (see picture at left).
Closure of Snoqualmie Tunnel in the Iron Horse State Park proved a huge disappointment to bicyclists, hikers and equestrians who used it as a traffic-free path linking western and eastern Washington. ….
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“Regularly scheduled programming” will be interrupted at the BikingBis website for the next couple of weeks as my son and I head to the Great Plains for Biking Across Kansas, aka B.A.K.
We talked last winter about doing another week-long state bicycle tour similar to the Cycle Across Maryland and Ride Around Washington that we did when he was younger.
We picked the 475-mile B.A.K. (I'm told it's “B-A-K”, not “back”) because it was one of the few bike tours that had the right dates for his college and summer work schedule …
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My son and I will be joining 800 suddenly close and personal friends on the 475-mile Biking Across Kansas tour beginning this weekend.
We signed up for it at least five months ago, and I can't believe the time is here.
Although many of the “across-state” bike tours only chew off a chunk of a state, B.A.K. truly heads from one border to the other. In this case, it's always from the Colorado to Missouri border in hopes of catching the summer's prevailing winds.
Fond memories
One reason we're heading to Kansas is because I have such fond memories of this place from my cross-country bicycle tour 27 years ago. Many strangers offered to help us, take us in, or direct us to free camping at city parks as we crossed the state.
In fact, we were asked more than once if we were part of Biking Across Kansas back in 1984. The annual bike ride dates back to 1975, and we hit the state about the same time as B.A.K. began that year ….
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From 2011 USA Cycling Pro Championships in Greenville, SC
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June 4 – 11… Biking Across Kansas
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Adventure Cycling Association Trail biking Rails to Trails Conservancy League of American Bicyclists
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