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For the first time since 2009 all five tunnels on the John Wayne Pioneer Trail in the Iron Horse State Park are open for bicycling.
You just have to leave your name at the entrance to a couple of them. Liability issues, you know.
The state closed all five tunnels on the 100-mile stretch of …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2013/07/19/all-john-wayne-pioneer-trail-tunnels-reopen/
Some 10,000 Seattle-to-Portland Bicycle Classic riders left Husky Stadium under clear skies this morning and it should stay like that all the way to Portland, whether they arrive tonight or Sunday.
Temperatures should get to the upper 70s this afternoon in Chehalis and Centralia, about the half-way point for those doing the 200-mile ride in …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2013/07/13/sunny-skies-for-stp-bike-ride/
David V. Herlihy, author of “The Bicycle: A History” and “The Lost Cyclist,” is visiting Tacoma, Seattle and Portland beginning today to talk about some early bicycle touring photos recently scanned at the UCLA.
Americans William Sachtleben and Thomas Allen took the photos in 1891 on their world bicycle tour from 1890 to 1893. They …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2013/07/10/the-bicycle-author-in-pacific-northwest-to-show-recently-saved-bike-touring-photos/
The latest edition of Bicycling magazine has a feature article on the virtues of slow cycling — “Slow and Sweet: The Quickest Way to Start Having More Fun, Eliminate Aches and Pains, and See More of the World Around You.”
Now that slow bicycling has been identified as a trend by a major publication, I’m …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2013/07/03/slow-bicycling-discovered-now-everyone-will-start-doing-it/
If you want to ride the length of the Cedar River Trail this summer, you better do it before July 8.
More flood and erosion control work along the Cedar River this summer means another section of the Cedar River Trail near Maple Valley will be closed. This marks the fourth year in a row …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2013/07/01/half-mile-of-cedar-river-trail-closed-this-summer/
If you are planning to start your Great Divide Mountain Bike Route ride in Canada, the Adventure Cycling Association has a suggestion: Don’t do it.
The 253-mile stretch from Banff, Alberta, to Roosville, Montana, is devastated by extraordinary flooding and flood damage, the association warns.
Carla Majernik, Routes and Mapping Director of Adventure Cycling, said:
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2013/06/28/canadas-great-divide-mountain-bike-route-a-complete-washout/
We’re saddened by the news of another bicyclist death in Snohomish County last weekend.
According to reports, endurance cyclist Jerry Shafer, 65, of Kent was struck and killed Saturday morning by an oncoming vehicle when he swerved to pass a group of cyclists.
Shafer was known in the Seattle area as a competitive cyclist who …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2013/06/24/endurance-cyclist-dies-in-head-on-collision/
A cross-country charity bike ride for the American Lung Association rolled out of Seattle on Monday for a 7-week journey.
I just happened to run into the Big Ride Across America at one of the day’s rest stops at Marymoor Park in Redmond.
If all went as planned, they’re left Lake Easton State Park on …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2013/06/18/bicyclists-leave-seattle-for-big-ride-across-america/
A teen-age bicycle rider was struck by a car and killed as he participated in a Canada-based charity bicycle ride bypassing Arlington in Snohomish County this weekend.
Police reported that the 16-year-old from Victoria, BC, tried to pass cyclists riding in a pack on a narrow road with no shoulder, lost control of his bike …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2013/06/17/tragedy-strikes-charity-ride-in-snohomish-county/
Contractors are working to repair two tunnels on the John Wayne Pioneer Trail that have been closed since 2009 when inspectors found falling debris hazards inside of them.
The two former railroad tunnels — Numbers 48 and 49 on the old Chicago-Milwaukee-St. Paul-Pacific Railroad, commonly known as the Milwaukee Road — are located east of …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2013/06/13/state-repairing-2-more-tunnels-on-john-wayne-pioneer-rail-trail-2-others-still-closed/
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