The Air Force Academy, with its beautiful grounds and extensive road and trail network, has long been popular among road cyclists and mountain bikers.
But two months after Osama bin Laden was killed, riders are still being turned away from the trails because of heightened security.
A road race scheduled for August at the academy has been canceled, and a trail race may be moved from the grounds.
Out of concern for terrorist reprisals, the academy began requiring visitors without a Department of Defense ID to enter only through the north gate, with valid ID, following Laden’s death. Academy Drive from the security gate to the visitors center has been open, but access beyond is blocked. Other roads normally open to the public also are blocked to vehicles and bicycles.
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