If you've been following this blog, you'd know that my son and I will be riding the Seattle to Portland Bicycle Classic this Saturday and Sunday. Third time for me, first for him.
We've cleaned, lubed and tuned the bikes. Now it's time to pack for the overnight camping at Chehalis and figure out how …
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As I was waiting in line at REI to pick up my Seattle-to-Portland Bicycle Classic ride packet, Cascade Bicycle Club exec director Chuck Ayers explained to us how the club is issuing “traffic tickets” to cyclists who don't follow the rules of the road.
This is the first time the club has tried this approach. Ayers said one of the biggest complaints from motorists, staff and other cyclists during STP has been about participants who don't follow the rules of the road on the 200-mile, one- or two-day bike tour that rolls out Saturday.
So this year, the club's Ride Refs and Goldwing Motorcycle Safety Patrol will be on the lookout for dangerous cycling behavior and issue tickets.
Those tickets don't carry the force of law, of course. They do imply, however, that your peers on the bike ride think you're riding like a jerk and you need to pay attention…
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/07/11/enforcing-rules-of-the-road-at-stp-bike-ride-this-year/
Whenever I'm out for a bike ride, I always shout out to people who've stopped at the side of the road. “Everything OK?” “Got what you need?”
So when my son and I passed two bicyclists stopped alongside a road near our home in Bellevue, I asked “You guys OK?” as we passed.
“Yeah, thanks,” one guy said as we pedaled past. Then, from up the road, I heard the other say, “We're looking for directions.”
We pulled over and they biked up to meet us. I could tell immediately that these guys weren't from around here. Their rear bike racks were loaded with panniers, sleeping bags and bedrolls. One had a straw hat strapped atop all his gear. They both had the tan, lean look of a couple of guys who've spent a lot of time on the road …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/07/10/lost-and-found-in-bellevue/
Expect to find a long line snaking around the 2nd floor of the REI store in Seattle as cyclists arrive to pick up their STP ride packets through Friday.
Cascade Bicycle Club volunteers in yellow T-shirts are shown helping the first arrivals on Wednesday, as boxes of jackets, water bottles and other paraphernalia are stacked nearly 8 feet high against the back wall.
Some 9,500 riders are registered to ride in the 29th annual Seattle to Portland Bicycle Classic this year, about 500 more than last year. Just over one-quarter of them are planning to tackle the 200-mile course in one day, while the rest will be stopping overnight Saturday in Centralia, Chehalis, and surrounding communties. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/07/09/packet-pickup-for-2008-stp-bicycle-classic/
The ubiquitous “they” are always saying that summer is a great time to read books. I guess that's advice for people who vacation at the beach or need relaxation between weed-pulling efforts in the garden.
For a bicycling enthusiast who splits his time between watching the Tour de France, preparing for the next bike ride, riding, and keeping the family happy, summer seems like a more difficult season to find reading time.
Here are four bicycling books that I should make some time to read. They're suggestions from the Seattle Public Library in the Shelf Talk blog. Honestly, I've never heard of any of them, but they all sound worth pulling off the shelf …..
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/07/08/4-recommendations-for-the-summer-bicycle-reading-list/
Bicyclists riding in this year's RAGBRAI won't find any route changes because of last month's severe flooding, organizers report.
The roads are high and dry for the bike tour across Iowa that rolls out July 20-26; host cities missed the worst of the flood damage although some pass-through towns are still cleaning up.
The 9,000 bicyclists in the Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa will be riding past some higher than normal creeks and many fields are still under water. Some towns will be spraying for mosquitoes around the campgrounds for this year's ride…
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/07/07/iowa-flooding-wont-create-ragbrai-detours/
In January last year I announced my intention to ride 4,000 miles in 2007. I can blame some medical problems in the late summer and fall for keeping me off the bike for about two months, but honestly, at this time last year I was seriously off pace.
I announced the same goal for 2008, and now I'm actually slightly ahead of the game.
What's the difference? I'm motivated this year by training for the Seattle-to-Portland bike ride that rolls out of the University of Washington parking lot in just nine days. My son, pictured carbo-loading above, is joining me.
I love bicycling, but I loathe suffering on a bicycle. And I've done plenty of suffering.
There are vivid memories of saddle sores, aching legs, sore back and neck, numb hands. When I first started riding longer miles as an adult about 30 years ago, hitting the wall was just part of the ride. ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/07/03/an-upcoming-big-bike-ride-motivates-june-stats/
A life-long stuggle with type one diabetes that encouraged a Quebec man and his children to ride their bicycles across Canada ended tragically in Manitoba on Sunday.
Canadian authorities report that two bicyclists were struck and killed on the Trans-Canada Highway as they participated in the Ride of a Lifetime fund-raiser for the Junior Diabetes Research Foundation of Canada. Two others were injured.
Dead are Daniel Hurtubise, 50, the bike trip's organizer, and a 45-year-old friend. Daniel's son, Alexandre, 19, and daughter, Sophia, 16, (at left and right above) were injured. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/06/30/2-killed-on-trans-canada-charity-bicycle-ride/
Hundreds of cyclists took to the roads of Pierce County on Sunday for the annual Tour de Pierce bike ride, sponsored by the county parks and recreation department.
New for this year's ride was a section of the Foothills Trail, which meanders for about 17 or 18 miles from Meeker, near Puyallup, to South Prarie Creek and beyond to Buckley. Although the bike ride didn't follow the entire route, cyclists did get a taste of the 12-foot-wide trail that boasts stunning views of Mount Rainier, above.
More photos inside…
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/06/29/tour-de-pierce-bike-ride/
This cyclist appears to be riding toward the base of Mt. Rainier from Renton on an unusually clear day on Saturday. From this point on Lake Washington Boulevard, however, the dormant volcanco is about 50 miles away.
Many bicycle riders took to the streets around the Puget Sound on Saturday as the weekend weather turned …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/06/28/on-a-clear-day-you-can-bicycle-forever/
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