Railriding anyone? [ Archive] - GasSavers.org - Helping You Save at the Pump

I ran across this link this morning and thought "Hey! GasSavers would be interested in this."

http://railriders.net/index1.html

Wow...this looks like a hoot! They pulled all the abandoned railbeds out of KS in the 80's....very shortsighted (like many other things our country has done).

Swiping some parts off a 15 speed bike, you could probably get one of those railrunners moving along at a fairly good speed...

It looks like it would be fun. Sucks that they say they aren't supposed to go over 10MPH though. Think of the low friction you'd have on the straights!

On the other hand...this wouldn't work out here in MN very well. There aren't really any abandoned or rarely used tracks. BNSF and Soo Line use up all they can. Plus I find it hard to get permission from BNSF to use their track. My father and mother both work for BNSF and I have talked with many people that work on the rails.... I bet they'd crap their pants if they saw something like that on the rails, lol.

This area of MN has some decent bike trails though, so I guess that would be the MN verision of the rail riders.

Hmmm... Looks too heavy to pull off the rails quickly :D