While the sun shone on Saturday, I paid a visit to the tangled hodge-podge of mountain biking trails under the power lines near Philip Arnold Park in Renton.
Some of these trails at the so-called “Towers of Power” site date back more than 20 years. Among all the volunteers who have helped maintain them over …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2013/03/24/spring-is-here-wildflower-themed-bike-rides-coming-up/
Detours on southbound West Lake Sammamish Parkway went into effect this week as the city of Bellevue began work on road upgrades and the first segment of a multi-use paved trail that eventually will run between Redmond city limits and Interstate 90.
The city is upgrading the road and building the bicycle-pedestrian trail one mile …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2013/03/21/bellevue-begins-work-on-trail-along-west-lake-sammamish-parkway/
Sausalito, California-based Yuba Bicycles is recalling about 1,000 Mundo brand cargo bikes because passengers’ feet can get caught in the rear wheel.
The company and the US Consumer Product Safety Commission are urging owners to stop using the bicycle and to get them fitted with free wheel covers or wheel skirts installed at no charge.
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2013/03/21/yuba-mundo-cargo-bikes-recalled/
The Tour de Fat celebration of bikes and beer will roll into 12 cities this year, including one in Idaho and two in California. The bike-friendly event is in its 14th year.
Unfortunately, New Belgium Brewery’s traveling bicycle-beer fest is detouring past Seattle for the third straight year.
The bicycle-friendly city hosted the event for 11 years until 2011, raising funds for the Bicycle Alliance of Washington and Bike Works. ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2013/03/20/2013-tour-de-fat-celebrates-car-free-culture-in-12-cities/
If you’ve ever dreamed of taking an extended bicycle tour on your own through Europe — and who hasn’t — there’s a website now that can show you the way.
The EuroVelo.com website maps out 14 long-distance bicycle routes that link up cities in more than 40 countries in Europe.
When complete, the network will …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2013/03/19/eurovelo-network-links-european-countries-with-bicycle-routes/
It’s always sunny in Seattle on Bicycle Sundays.
Or at least that’s how I remember my regular rides over to Lake Washington Boulevard to enjoy some scenic bicycling without the worry of motor vehicle traffic.
The Seattle Parks and Recreation Department, in conjunction with Cascade Bicycle Club, is continuing its tradition of closing a …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2013/03/18/12-bicycle-sundays-return-in-2013-for-seattle-bike-lovers/
Police in India say they’ve arrested six men who confessed to raping a Swiss woman who was touring the country by bicycle with her husband.
The horrific news of the rape surfaced over the weekend from a country where sexual attacks against women have been described as a “national problem” by the UN’s chief of …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2013/03/18/arrests-in-rape-of-swiss-bicycle-tourist-in-india-traveler-warnings-for-women/
The executive director of the nation’s largest “local” bicycle club is stepping down after more than 15 years at the helm.
Chuck Ayers made the announcement on Thursday at the Cascade Bicycle Club’s website.
Citing the achievements of reaching 15,000 members, selling out many annual rides months in advance, and successful lobbying on many issues …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2013/03/14/chuck-ayers-is-retiring-from-cascade-bicycle-club-leadership/
Rail-to-trail enthusiasts might enjoy an open house and tour on the Eastside Rail Corridor coming up in Renton on March 30.
King County government officials want to call attention to the acquisition of nearly 20 miles of the abandoned BNSF right-of-way, part of the corridor that runs between Renton and the King County line. Redmond, Kirkland and Sound Transit own other parts of the old railroad corridor.
The open house is scheduled from 12 to 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 30, at the Seahawks Headquarters and Training Facility at 12 Seahawks Way, Renton. To get there …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2013/03/14/open-house-for-trails-and-transit-on-eastside-rail-corridor-is-march-30/
Someone asked me recently if I was going to do any bicycle touring this summer, and I realized that I hadn’t really thought about it.
Too often my bike tours are last-minute decisions, and I end up filling my panniers with anything within reach and roll down the driveway toward the John Wayne Pioneer rail-trail.
Visiting the Seattle Bicycle Expo this weekend, however, I got the lowdown on the ever-growing Olympic Discovery Trail on the Olympic Peninsula. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2013/03/11/olympic-discovery-and-olympic-adventure-trails-keep-growing-improving/
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