Taking a bike vacation, save on gas

Bicycling through the countryside is the ultimate in slow travel, much cheaper than buying gas, and better for the environment too.

The New York Times reports on the upswing of vacationing on two wheels instead of four:

"'We just queried our e-newsletter list — over 30,000 people — and got a landslide of stories' from cyclists taking gas-free trips this summer, said Winona Sorensen, media director for the Adventure Cycling Association, in Missoula, Mont. Inquiries about bike trips were up 7 percent from last October to July, she added, while the group added 6,496 members, a nearly 15 percent gain over the previous year."

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