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Bicyclists who ride out the Cedar River Trail have another place to pause, enjoy the river and learn a few things about our natural environment.
Seattle Public Utilities, in partnership with the Friends of the Cedar River Watershed, created the small trail-side park at their Van Ness Natural Area.
It’s located about 4 miles upstream from Ron …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2015/02/05/another-bike-trail-attraction-on-cedar-river-trail/
It must be difficult these days for the Adventure Cycling Association to decide who to honor in its annual Bike Travel Awards.
More people than ever are being nominated for awards associated with helping touring bicyclists get down the road. Alison Riley, awards committee chair, said they received 60 nominations for the 4 awards this year.
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2015/02/03/helpful-montana-couple-honored-in-bike-travel-awards/
Can’t really say why, but some of my best memories of bicycling across the US come from Kansas. Maybe it’s the wide open spaces and one century-day after another. That positive vibe was reinforced when I returned with my son to ride the 2011 Biking Across Kansas.
So I’m always interested when 2015 B.A.K. announces …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2015/02/01/41st-biking-across-kansas-announces-route/
The first section of rail-trail on the main stem of the old BNSF railroad corridor east of Seattle opens in Kirkland on Saturday as the city hosts a “Seahawks-style” celebration.
The official opening of the Cross Kirkland Corridor (see map) puts the city of Kirkland way ahead of its neighboring jurisdictions — King County, Bellevue, and …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2015/01/31/cross-kirkland-corridor-bike-trail-officially-opens-saturday/
An annual early season bicycle ride in Snohomish County has been renamed the McClinchy Mile Oso Strong Ride as a memorial to people and communities affected by last year’s tragic Oso landslide.
The bike ride is Sunday, March 15, 2015, and comprises 34- or 56-mile options from Arlington to Darrington and back along the Stillaguamish River.
More information: …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2015/01/28/mcclinchy-mile-bike-ride-to-memorialize-victims-of-oso-landslide-on-march-15/
The song says Route 66 “winds from Chicago to LA, more than two thousand miles all the way. …”
The Adventure Cycling Association’s bicycle route version of that famous highway corridor, however, doesn’t make it to LA. It’s stalled at Needles, California.
That’s because Caltrans won’t give bicycles legal access to use a 144-mile stretch of Interstate …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2015/01/27/proposed-route-66-bike-route-stalls-at-california-border/
It’s official. Organizers of Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa (RAGBRAI) announced on Saturday that this year’s route would start in Sioux City and end in Davenport.
It’s the first time those cities have been the bookends for the grand-daddy of all across-state bicycle tours since the first RAGBRAI in 1973.
The expected 10,000-plus cyclists in …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2015/01/24/2015-ragbrai-sioux-city-to-davenport-and-optional-gravel/
If you ever, heaven forbid, get injured in a traffic collision while riding your bike in Fort Collins, Colorado, at least you won’t have to leave your bicycle behind.
That’s because a hospital in the platinum-level bicycle-friendly community has equipped 14 ambulances with front-mounted bicycle racks.
Steve Main, director of emergency medical services for Poudre Valley …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2015/01/24/essential-ambulance-equipment-in-fort-collins-co-bicycle-racks/
State legislatures in Indiana, Wyoming and South Dakota are considering bills this year that would require that motorists give bicyclists a 3-foot gap when passing.
(March 19, 2015 — Other states considering passing laws — Alabama (SB 4 — 5 foot passing law passed Senate, goes to House; Massachusetts Bill H.3073 names bicyclists as vulnerable users and requires …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2015/01/22/2-states-consider-bicycle-bills-requiring-3-foot-passing/
A mountain biking destination near the crossroads town of Hobart just got bigger with a property acquisition and plans to build more trails.
King County says it has acquired a 40-acre “inholding” at Taylor Mountain Forest, located just south of the intersection of Issaquah-Hobart Road and Route 18.
The $692,000 acquisition, located right in the middle of …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2015/01/21/king-county-expands-taylor-mountain-forest-more-trails-planned/
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