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		mtnGoat on Dec 19, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Great American Rail Trail Not entirely true, the old track beds need some serious work to be ridable on a bike after the rails and ties are removed. In fact many miles of the trail they are showing are undeveloped and you gotta push your bike still.

em-bee on Dec 19, 2020 [–]

right, i meant in terms of elevation. any converted rail track would not be to steep for bikes.

but obviously, just ripping out the rails is not enough. a lot more work id needed to make a rail track usable for biking.

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