Goofing around at the Bike to Work rally in Seattle.
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What a great day for a bike ride as thousands of Seattle area commuters pushed off for work Friday morning.
It's too early to get a full count, but folks at the Enatai Commute Station in Bellevue (one of 42 commute stations around the region) reported more than 400 cyclists had passed through — going both directions — in the first two hours.
The Cascade Bicycle Club reported about 10,000 last year. With the wonderful weather and skyrocketing gasoline prices, you could only expect more this year…
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Temperature hits about 60 by 8 a.m. at Bike to Work Day in Seattle. Upper 80s forecast for afternoon.
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Ben Boyce works on a bicycle at the Enatai commute station in Bellevue. Montlake Bicycle Shop also had work stations set up in SODO and Kirkland for Bike to Work Day.
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Blue skies and blue water for 2008 Bike to Work Day
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More than 400 bicyclists in two hours.
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All the good bicycling love shown around the Puget Sound for Friday's Bike to Work Day didn't prevent the Mercer Island police from keeping a watchful eye open for cyclists blowing stop signs.
These two riders, I obscured their faces, told me Friday morning that they were being ticketed for not stopping at the stop sign on 84th Avenue SE at SE 26th Street (that's at the lower entrance to Luther Burbank Park).
I was unable to interview them about how flagrant they considered their violation after the patrolman asked me to “Please move along” — three times — even though I was off the road in the yard across the street …
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Two cyclists are written up by a Mercer Island patrolman during Bike to Work Day Friday morning for blowing a stop sign on 84th Avenue SE at SE 26th Street. I obscured their faces.
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If you browse the bicycling blogs — and if you're here, you must — then you're probably familiar with FatCyclist.com. Day in and day out, his is the most entertaining blog of them all.
The blogger's name is Elden Nelson, and just a few weeks ago he and his wife Susan learned that the cancer …
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Peter Snow Cao founded Bike China Adventures in 1998 and set up his base of operations in Chengdu, the capital city of the Sichuan province that was rocked by Monday's 7.8 earthquake.
He e-mailed out this report earlier in the week about the state of emergency in this city about 50 miles from the epicenter. Most businesses are closed and many people are camping out for fear of staying inside. I contacted him and he said it was OK to reprint it here at Biking Bis.
While you read this, keep in mind that the Chinese state media reports the death toll could soar to 50,000 people. Some 20,000 are confirmed dead and 25,000 are believed buried in the rubble of towns leveled by the quake.
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies has launched a global appeal for $19 million to support the expected 100,000 survivors over the next 12 months (press release).
Emergency relief will form the focus of the first phase of the proposed operation, helping to purchase, amongst other things, 3,000 tents, 100,000 quilts, 100,000 food parcels and 2,000 boxes of water purification tablets. Long term relief will go toward building at least 1,000 homes.
Residents of the US can donate to the relief effort in China through the American Red Cross (tax deductible). If you're from another country, check the list at International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
Peter's e-mail: …
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