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 CYCLING IN VAIL: ONE OF SUMMER'S BEST-KEPT SECRETS
By Niki Hayden
Vail is all snowy glitz in winter, but when summer arrives, the crowds thin
and bicycles replace skis. "The overall character of Vail changes,"
says Ian Anderson, who works for the Vail Visitors Center, "it’s more
laid-back, and less scheduled. In the winter, parents are trying to get their
kids into ski lessons, or make dinner reservations. But in the summer, we wake
up and decide what to do that day."
With 14 miles of paved bike trails, Vail is surely one of the most bike
friendly towns in summer. Even in town, the traffic moves at the speed of
residential housing, about 25 miles per hour. Most cyclists are polite and
follow good biking rules; drivers are polite, too. Biking is a common, even
preferred way to get around Vail and entire families will set off on bikes. The
paths intersect with streets that lead to pedestrian malls, and you’ll see
bike riders everywhere.
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