May 14, 2009

Cycling fantasyland

Did any of you peeps see the article called cycling fantasyland in Junes issue of Bicycling?

In a nut shell it said there are 3 places that are building entire towns or subdivisions around bicycle paths. They found 3 cycling utopias.

1 is called bicycle city is still in the planning stages & can be found @ bicyclecity.com

Another is called Pla D'adet, the co-developer is George Hincapie.

& the third is called Mesa Del Sol & will be built in right here in Albuquerque!!!!! A 20 mile Velocircut is being planned. Mesa Del Sol is supposedly only a few minutes bike ride from the Rio Grande bike path which is a 20 mile path that goes the entire length of Albuquerque. It's also a few minutes ride from downtown Alb, UNM, & the Sun Port (Alb air port). The NM Rail Runner is a great tool for cyclists. Its a high speed train that runs from Belen to Santa Fe. The Rail Runner has a place built on it for bikes so you can ride the rail runner from Albuquerque to wherever you decide to get off & cycle back.

Albuquerque is where one of 2 cycling academy's of Johan Bruyneel's (The team manager Lance Armstrong won 7 tours with) is located. Looks like I may not have to move to Boulder Co to find a cyclists dream when I retire after all. Cycling heaven will be right here in my home town by then.

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