Bike Trails

Tomorrow the 13th annual Ales For Trails takes place at Dehler Park from 5-10 pm to benefit Bikenet.org. The preeminent Billings beer festival will feature over 40 microbrews from all over Montana. Proceeds from the past 12 Ales For Trails have been used to help build 35 miles of multi-use trails all over the Billings area...

Mark: "am I a hard guy to get along with?" Paul: "no!" Well, I had a day yesterday...I call those farmer days because I had a lot of stuff that needed to get done. And I got a lot of stuff done! I had a little time last night, my girlfriend was going to make dinner, and I thought you know what...

Once again I have to thank the Downtown Billings Association for loaning me a sweet Cannondale 24-speed bike from their ongoing Loan-A-Bike program. It is a lot like taking a book out of the library... you give them some information and they will loan you a bike free of charge (unless you fail to return the bike on time)...

Once again I have to thank the Downtown Billings Association for loaning me a sweet Cannondale 24-speed bike from their ongoing Loan-A-Bike program. It is a lot like taking a book out of the library... you give them some information and they will loan you a bike free of charge (unless you fail to return the bike on time)...

For the second straight week I borrowed a Cannondale bike from the Downtown Billings Association's Loan-A-Bike program. First I need to thank Joe Trout who heads up the program for loaning me a bike over the weekend. Luckily on Saturday the weather was fantastic so I got a great ride in whereas last week it rained the whole time...

As I mentioned Friday, had it not been for Bike, Walk, Bus Week I would not even have known about the Loan-A-Bike program through the Downtown Billings Association. They loan out Cannondale hybrid bikes (road and dirt equipped) at no charge...

If there's one thing that gets The Flakes fired up, it's taxpayer money being spent on recreational activities.  So you can imagine how Paul reacted when he got a hold of an email sent out to generate federal support for bike trails in Billings.  Play the audio below to hear Paul just about explode on the air.