The League of American Bicyclists opened Bike to Work Week on Monday by announcing its 17 new additions to the list Bicycle Friendly Communities.
Kudos to bicycle advocates and city staff and officials in those communities who worked together to achieve recognition for making the streets safer for bicyclists. The list now comprises 259 communities …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2013/05/13/17-communities-join-bicycle-friendly-club/
The U.S. Bicycle Route System continues to get longer.
The addition of three new routes in Minnesota, Missouri and Kentucky means the bicycle network now covers 5,612 miles in 10 states.
A special committee of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials has approved the numbering of US Bicycle Route 45 in Minnesota, …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2013/05/10/more-miles-added-to-u-s-bicycle-route-system/
Surly Bikes is recalling about 975 Pugsley bicycle forks because they can bend right above the mount for the disc brake.
There has been one report of a faulty tubular cromoly steel fork bending above the brake mount; no injuries were reported.
Users should stop riding bicycles with those forks installed and contact a Surly …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2013/05/08/surly-recalls-faulty-pugsley-forks/
The sprawling Mountains-to-Sound Greenway that stretches from Ellensburg to the Puget Sound shoreline is seeking status as a National Heritage Area.
We know the 1.5 million acre area as the location of hundreds of miles of regional bicycling and hiking trails that link communities and landmarks from Seattle, throughout the Cascades, to Central Washington.
The …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2013/05/06/mountains-to-sound-greenway-seeks-federal-status/
A 1.7-mile stretch of the Snoqualmie Valley Trail between the Mount Si Golf Course and North Bend will be closed for bridge replacement until mid-August.
There is no off-road detour. To get from one side to the other, bicyclists have to ride on Boalch Avenue (there’s an adjacent trail through the old Meadowbrook farm) and …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2013/05/04/snoqualmie-valley-trail-closed-near-north-bend-until-august/
Update: A 54-year-old male bicyclist died in a collision with a semi-truck Wednesday morning in Seattle at the intersection of South Hanford Street and East Marginal Way South.
The cyclist was identified as Lance David of Federal Way, an avid cyclist. Reports say he regularly pedaled more than 5,000 miles a year and rode from …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2013/05/01/bicyclist-killed-in-south-seattle-collision-with-a-semi-truck/
Congratulations to the state of Washington for once again ranking No. 1 on the list of Bicycle Friendly States compiled by the League of American Bicyclists.
This marks the sixth year in the row that Washington has led the list compiled by the bicycle advocacy group.
The list is released every year on the …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2013/05/01/washington-leads-bicycle-friendly-state-list-again-in-2013-north-dakota-is-the-least-friendly/
There’s something about historical highway plaques and markers that are extremely distracting when I’m bicycling through new territory.
When we started our cross-country bike ride in Virginia, for instance, my poor friend Bruce probably thought we’d never get to Kentucky as I was constantly stopping to read the signs.
There were lots of Civil War …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2013/04/29/signs-of-the-old-times-appearing-washington-and-pennsylvania-bicycle-trails/
What better day to start your bicycle travels than a sparkling clear spring day in April.
That’s how it worked out for Wendell Poole III, whom I happened upon while completing a Green River Trail-Interurban Trail loop in Kent on Thursday.
As I headed north and the temperature pushed toward 70 degrees early in the …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2013/04/26/choosing-a-glorious-day-to-launch-a-bicycle-tour/
Tuesday’s announcement by Puget Sound Bike Share that it has chosen an operating partner and plans to roll out in about 12 months makes Seattle just the latest in a recent string of cities embracing bike share.
It seems like only a couple of years ago that the major U.S. cities with bike share systems …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2013/04/23/bike-sharing-is-steamrolling-in-cities-across-north-america/
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