My decision to renew interest in some of my old bicycle routes by peeling back the history of my small slice of western Washington has led to some startling discoveries, at least to me.
Just the other day I decided to explore some side roads off a hill climb I often make up to Cougar Mountain. I stumbled across this old cabin, which turns out to be one of the oldest buildings still standing in King County.
It's called the Baima Cabin. It's an old coal company town house dating from about the 1880s. That's only about 30 years after the first white settlers showed up over in Seattle; ancient history in these parts…
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The old Baima cabin, a remnant of coal-mining in the Seattle suburb of Newcastle.
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Eugene A. Sloane gained a passion for bicycling in middle age when he picked up a 3-speed to get back into shape in the 1960s.
He loved it so much that he jumped at the chance to write a book on the subject for Simon & Schuster. The result was “The Complete Book of Bicycling,” probably the first modern end-all beat-all book for bicyclists. It was published in 1970 and found a waiting audience.
Sloan died Saturday at age 91 from the complications of pneumonia at a hospital in Wilmette, Illinois …
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Author, Eugene Sloane, died March 29, 2008. Chicago Tribune.
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Could General Motors be going green?
BikeBiz.com reports early Tuesday morning UK-time that the world's biggest carmaker is buying California-based Specialized Bicycles.
Maybe GM sees the writing on the wall; one day there won't be any more oil to put in its cars. GM's Flora Lopi, VP for environment, energy and safety policy attributes it to GM being in the forefront of developing new transportation choices with limited impact on the environment.
See the San Jose Business Journal for the full story. Be sure to check out the “Related News” on the SJBJ website for the latest developments to this story of interest to all bicyclists; and definitely check out Quickrelease.tv. Seriously. Check it out …
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Bicycle guru Sheldon Brown, who passed away in February, was fond of April Fool's jokes. That's why bicyclists in Seattle and Portland are picking Tuesday as the day for memorial rides.
In Portland (BikePortland): 6 p.m. Col. Summers Park, SE 20th and Belmont.
In Seattle (Kent's Bike Blog): 6 p.m. BikeStation 311 3rd Ave. South.
If you'd like to see a classic Sheldon April Fool's joke, here's his foolproof method to clean a bike chain…
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Congratulations to Kirkland's Jennie Reed for winning the gold medal in keirin at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships.
The 29-year-old also won a bronze in the individual pursuit; Sarah Hammer, 24, of Temecula, California, won the silver medal in that event.
Both are looking ahead to gold medals in track in this summer's 2008 Olympics in Beijing…
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US women's track team member Jennie Reed after winning the gold at UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Manchester on March 30. She's an Issaquah High School grad and resident of Kirkland, Washington.
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Six West Seattle students — ages 10 – 18 — were to begin a 22-day bicycle ride across the US today to deliver a message about global warming.
Their 5,400-mile route is charted to take the group through 65 cities that have signed on with Seattle Mayor Greg Nickel's Climate Action Now program. The noble endeavor is led by a Chief Sealth High School teacher who has organized similar rides in the past.
They're calling the bike tour “An Inconvenient Ride,” borrowing from Al Gore's Inconvenient Truth campaign …
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Leaving Washington DC for cross-country trip back to Seattle. Photo from An Inconvenient Ride website.
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