<p>Wheaton's Cycle mechanic Mark Christensen tunes up a winter touring bike Thursday afternoon at the Kalispell bicycle shop. Jan. 23, 2014 in Kalispell, Montana. (Patrick Cote/Daily Inter Lake)</p>
January 25, 2014
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January 25, 2014 9 p.m.
'It's starting to happen' Bicycle touring an emerging tourism market
A new report verifies what local business owners have known for some time: The Flathead Valley is a superhighway for bicycle touring groups that bolster the local economy as they pass through.