A photo-filled adventure on the Pine Creek Rail Trail in Pennsylvania.
I was riding a beast of a bike — one billed as hardy enough to handle Alaska’s unpaved terrain.
Suddenly I heard a pop.
One of the 32 spokes on my rear wheel had snapped.
Continue reading “I broke a spoke bicycling on the Pine Creek Rail Trail — and there was no cellphone service”A 28-mile ride along the D&L Trail more than closes my remaining gap.
It took a crazy baseball game under black lights to get me back to Allentown, but I finally biked the final miles (for me) of the Delaware & Lehigh Trail.
Continue reading “I finally finished biking the D&L Trail!”I headed to Green Lane Park at the northern end of the Perkiomen Trail for a bikepacking adventure with the Bicycle Club of Philadelphia.
So you’re dreaming of a bike trip that lasts many days, weeks or even months … perhaps out west, perhaps Europe, or maybe just closer to home. And to keep costs down and flexibility high, you think camping is the way to go.
A word of advice: Test it out with a simple bike overnight.
Continue reading “I tested out bikepacking with an overnight trip. It rained. Here’s what I learned”An adventure using the Upper Bucks Rail Trail, the Saucon Rail Trail, the South Bethlehem Greenway and the D&L Trail.
How did this bike ride end up being 49 miles?
Continue reading “Quakertown to Allentown and beyond plus a dinosaur footprint, 4 rail trails and a bike”Who knew that you can explore a section of the Pennsylvania Turnpike that was abandoned decades ago?
Back in 1940, Pennsylvania opened its first section of its turnpike: 2 lanes in each direction but only one lane each way through the tunnels.
Bad idea.
Continue reading “I biked part of the abandoned Pennsylvania Turnpike”Summerseat is one of those forgotten mansions.
I know, George Washington spent a lot of time in New Jersey and Pennsylvania during the Revolution, so he slept in plenty of places. (And in the tent, of course).
But this was a new one for me: Summerseat, up on a hill not far from the Delaware River in Morrisville, PA.
Continue reading “George Washington slept here: a bike ride on the D&L Trail from Scudders Falls to Bristol and back”This is so much better than hauling your bike up stairs or cutting through a hotel parking lot to reach the D&L Trail.
When I first discovered the section of Pennsylvania’s D&L Trail that goes south to Bristol, the route would almost dead-end at an auto-repair shop in Morrisville. You had to creep around the side, then dash across Bridge Street/Lincoln Highway and finally haul your bike down a flight of stairs to reconnect with the canal towpath.
On the way back it was even worse, because you’d have to push your bike up those stairs.
Continue reading “Good news: Another gap on the D&L Trail disappears”We explore a year-old brewery in Pennsylvania. Sugar crystals lining the beer glass, anyone?
Let me start by saying that for a couple of my friends, anything beyond a Michelob Ultra can qualify as a “weird beer.” So don’t be offended by the term. As for a cherry-red one with coarse white sugar crystals lining the rim — maybe we can all agree that it’s at least unusual?
Continue reading “A bike ride for a ‘festive’ glass of ‘weird beer’ in Morrisville”This trail won’t win any beauty awards. But it’s a stress-free route through suburban sprawl in Bucks and Montgomery counties.
I’ll be honest: the 202 Parkway Trail in Pennsylvania’s Bucks and Montgomery counties is never going to win any beauty awards. That said, it blazes an almost stress-free path through suburban sprawl. That’s worth a lot.
Continue reading “I biked the 202 Parkway Trail — here’s what it’s like”The Delaware and Lehigh Trail is Pennsylvania’s other long-distance bike trail. Four of us headed out for two days of biking fun (and a few pinball games).
The Delaware and Lehigh Trail is Pennsylvania’s other long-distance bike trail, much less known than the Great Allegheny Passage but almost as long now (and will be longer once it’s finished).
I’ve biked the southern half of the D&L, from Bristol (outside Philadelphia) to Bethlehem. With some sunny and warm days in the forecast for November, it was time to tackle another big chunk.
Continue reading “2 days biking on the D&L Trail with some pinball wizards”
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