Bike-joring in the U.P.
In his story for The Mining Gazette titled “Bike-joring: The fun, dog-powered, carb-fueled sport,” Dan Schneider argues that biking while being pulled by dogs is a “true outdoor sport” because it is “fueled by carbohydrates only.”
The writer says he fell into bike-joring while hanging out with sled dog mushers last April. Rather than bemoan having to share the “rutted ATV trails” around Calumet, he points out his dogs love the puddles that have resulted.
And we learn a thing or two about sled-dog training:
“The mushers use ATVs for training runs when there isn’t enough snow to run a sled. A dozen sled dogs can pull a Polaris like a crate full of feathers.”
Consider me skeptical about that second point. I imagine someone else will read that and call in the Anti-Animal Cruelty Army.
– Joel Patenaude