TrikkeWorld articles by Kevin Purdy

Kevin Purdy

About Kevin Purdy

A Trikke Trainer and contributor to TrikkeWorld, Kevin Purdy lives in Louisville, Colorado but can be found wherever there’s a trail. He enjoys exploring Trikke trails, bike trails, rail-trails and more. When not on the trail, Kevin spends way too much time working on the Trailsnet.com website, Facebook page, and Twitter and Pinterest accounts. He enjoys all forms of travel and hopes to help get Trikke Travel up and running soon.

CyberTrikke: Tweeting Trikke tidbits on Twitter

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TrikkeWorld presents the third in a series of articles by Trikke Trainer Kevin Purdy on the Trikke community and social media. In this installment, Trikke & Twitter. What is Twitter? For those of you who haven't discovered Twitter yet, it's a great way to get a quick Trikke fix on the internet. Twitter is basically a website for posting and receiving updates about a particular topic in … [Read more...]

CyberTrikke: Cruising the Trikke world on Facebook

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TrikkeWorld presents the second in a series of articles by Trikke Trainer Kevin Purdy on the Trikke community and social media. In this installment, carving Facebook. As most of you are already aware, the Trikke community is extremely active on Facebook, a great place to share stories, photos, events and opinions. Of all the social media outlets, Facebook is by far the go-to site for most … [Read more...]

CyberTrikke: Getting social on three wheels

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Kevin Purdy peruses the Trikke community's social media landscape. TrikkeWorld presents the first of a series of articles by Trikke Trainer Kevin Purdy on the Trikke community and social media. Sure Trikkes are a lot of fun and provide us with a great full-body workout. But the best part about owning a Trikke is the awesome network of wonderful people that comes with it. Trikke people are like … [Read more...]

Here’s to the Beerman!

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 Trailmaster Kevin Purdy gives kudos, encourages others to make their mark. Thanks go out to Trikke Trainer extraordinaire Dave Beerman for submitting the Aurora Reservoir Trail as a featured Trikke Trail on Trailsnet.com. It was the first Trikke Trail submission in a long time, so I conducted a brief interview with Dave to find out how the process went. When asked how difficult it was to … [Read more...]

Florida trail features family fun near Orlando

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See a different side of the Sunshine State What’s not to love about Florida’s Withlacoochee State Trail? It’s long, flat and perfectly located for family fun before and after your epic Trikke ride. If you start in Citrus Springs and carve all the way to Trilby, you’ll have covered over 45, flat-as-a-pancake miles of smoothly paved trail. If my math is correct, that means an out-and-back … [Read more...]

A Rocky Mountain adventure: Trikke trekking in the Wild West

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Ride next to the raging Colorado River and towering canyon walls You’ve ridden your Trikkes on, beside and across highways, but have you ever carved under a highway? I don’t just mean for a few seconds through an underpass. I’m talking about rocking and rolling for miles right under the frenetically spinning tires of hundreds of unsuspecting motorists? The Glenwood Canyon Trail in western … [Read more...]

How to share your favorite Trikke trails with the Trikke world

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Kevin Purdy:  Let’s create a network of trails to share with fellow carvers TrikkeWorld’s section known as Trikke Trails is now Trailsnet Trikke Trails, featuring great trails for carvers, brought to you by Trikke Trainer Kevin Purdy of Trailsnet.com, the most Trikke-friendly trail site on the Internet. Find trails and add your own at Trailsnet. Here now, Kevin explains how. Three things … [Read more...]

Washington, D.C. trail is both patriotic and peaceful

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Ride your Trikke to the home of the first U.S. President For this edition of Trailsnet Trikke Trails, let’s head to the United States capitol for a look at the Mount Vernon Trail in Washington, D.C. and Virginia, where you’ll find more incredible sights per mile than any other trail in the world. Your journey starts with sightings of famous spectacles, such as the Washington Monument, the … [Read more...]

Georgia trail meets Alabama trail for 100 miles of smooth carving

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Tunnels and trestles treat riders on this Southern trek TrikkeWorld proudly presents Trailsnet Trikke Trails, written by Trikke Trainer Kevin Purdy of Trailsnet.com, the most Trikke-friendly trail site on the Internet. From Idaho’s Trail of the Couer d’ Alenes — featured in last week’s edition of Trailsnet Trikke Trails — let’s head southeast to Georgia for a look at the Silver Comet … [Read more...]

Idaho trail is 73 miles of Trikke heaven

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Can you say: tranquil days of endless carving? TrikkeWorld proudly presents our brand new feature, Trailsnet Trikke Trails, featuring great trails for Trikke riders, written by Trikke Trainer Kevin Purdy of Trailsnet.com, the most Trikke-friendly trail site on the Internet. Find trails and add your own at Trailsnet. For our first installment of Trailsnet Trikke Trails, we journey to northern … [Read more...]