List of trails on Long Island

List of trails on Long Island

Trails on Long Island include more than 200 miles of paved and unimproved trails for mountain bikers and road cyclists. The "New York Times" has reported that "for bikers the lure of Long Island is unsurpassed." [Scholem, R.J. and Starkey, J. (1997) [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990DE2D7103BF93BA1575AC0A961958260 "A Few Fine Trips for the Two-Wheel Set",] "New York Times." September 28, 1997.]

About

One Long Island-based bicycle club, Concerned Long Island Mountain Bicyclists, also known as CLIMB, built a legal mountain bike trail network in New York City in QueensCunningham Park. [ [http://www.bikesbelong.org/grants "Featured Grants: Cunningham Park Trails"] , Bikes Belong Coalition. Retrieved 12/28/07.] In 2007 the New York Department of Transportation completed Long Island's first long-distance signed bike route from Cold Spring Harbor to the Orient Point ferry terminal. [Maloney, J. (2007) [http://www.exploreli.com/entertainment/localguide/ny-libike0321,0,2052592.story "State tries to make LI more bike-friendly,"] "Newsday." March 21, 2007.]

Trails

References

External links

* [http://www.adamscyclery.com/info.htm Additional trails around Long Island]
* [http://hometown.aol.com/gjwbiker Bike Around Long Island]
* [http://www.climbonline.org CLIMB (Concerned Long Island Mountain Bicyclists)]
* [http://www.krebcycle.com East End Cycling Team]
* [http://www.bicyclelongisland.org/gbsc Gbsc/Carl Hart Bicycle Racing Team]
* [http://www.huntingtonbicycleclub.orgHuntington Bicycle Club]
* [http://www.libike.org Long Island Bicycle Club]
* [http://www.massparkbikeclub.org Massapequa Park Bicycle Club]
* [http://www.bicyclelongisland.org Paumonok Bicycling Of Long Island]
* [http://www.shorehambmx.org Shoreham Bmx Parents Association]
* [http://www.sbraweb.org Suffolk Bicycle Riders Association]


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