Monthly Archives: June 2009

Poplar Creek Bike Trail

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Ever since one of the about-bicycles.com readers recommended this bike trail to me, I have been wanting to get out there and check it out. Well, today I finally did it!

I live in Palatine, Il. and this trail is very close to me but I never found a way to it by bicycle because of crossing Interstate 90. Well, I just drove my bike over to the Poplar Creek Bike Trail  today and I was glad to find such a nice trail that is so close and easy to get to.

It was a beautiful day today (in the 70s (but a little windy)) so I also brought my camera and got plenty of good photos of this trail. I’ll be adding a new trail page to my list for the Poplar Creek Trail, but I didn’t get a chance to do the formatting and uploads today (I updated the Algonquin Road Trail with the latest extensions first – This is the one with the new video).

The trail is almost 10 miles and most it it is really nice. You do have to cross quite a few fairly busy roads but I think it is worth it for a nice scenic ride.

Well, I don’t have time tonight but I’ll be adding the Poplar Creek Bike Trail pages some time this week.

Bike Trail Video Completed

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Well, I finally got my first bike trail video and the format completed and posted on the website. I took the video back in May but I got delayed a few times and since this is the first bike trail video that I have posted, I wanted to put together a format that I could resuse for many more bike trail videos.

I like the format and I composed and performed the music in the background although to be honest I was not really happy with the original video itself. I may retake the video but for now you can find the video here at The Algonquin Road Bike Trail Video!

I tried to keep the overall time low and it ended up at 12 minutes. If you are really interested in this particular trail you may want to watch the whole thing, if not the video controls allow you to skip through sections or you can just check it out and move on if you wish.

I have included video titles throughout the video to explain where you are in the video or other points of interest. It’s easy to add titles with the video editor (I used Adobe Premier) and I think that this keeps the video interesting and helps to provide good information.

Well, I hope you enjoy the new video and I hope I will be able to add many more very soon.