Battenkill Sports has always been excited about cycling for recreation and exercise.
Now we are excited about adding cycling as a means of transportation.
WOW, get you exercise, have fun, and save the planet!!

 For errands less than 2 miles,
       take your bike.                         		 2wheels  Link to Trek Advocacy

 The following is a quote from John Burke of  Trek bicycles.
We all know the world has some problems; gas is expensive and cars pollute, the roads are congested and humans are getting bigger. And not in a good way.
Luckily, there is a solution to these problems. A solution that burns calories, not gas. It doesn't waste fuel sitting in traffic. Something that could even bring communities closer together.
The solution is the bicycle

      From Wikipedia
A bicycle's performance, in both biological and mechanical terms, is extraordinarily efficient. In terms of the amount of energy a person must expend to travel a given distance, investigators have calculated it to be the most efficient self-powered means of transportation. From a mechanical viewpoint, up to 99% of the energy delivered by the rider into the pedals is transmitted to the wheels.
 On firm, flat, ground, a 160 pound man requires about 100 watts to walk at 3 mph. That same man on a bicycle, on the same ground, with the same power output, can average 15 mph, so energy expenditure is roughly one-fifth as much.


 Come ride our new bike trail, Wendy's Way in honor of Wendall Cram. Wendy is a longtime bicycle enthusiast and
was a competitive Alpine skier. Our first bike route is a 5 mile triangle formed by Rt 30 north across North Road and south on Rt 7A. Riding clockwise is suggested as it will be all right turns.
 The Green Mountain National Forest has promised to open trails with the closest being from the Rt 11-30  Long Trail parking lot going up toward Griffith Lake.(not actually to the lake at this time) For those wishing to make a loop it will be possible to drop down into Peru and come back on Rt 11. SOON we hope.
My understanding is the MD&G rail bed may be converted to a trail to Dorset. The Dana Thompson Recreation area has  a trail to MEMS school and to Riley Rink.

Locals can get down town, and visitors can explore.