For the first time since 2009 all five tunnels on the John Wayne Pioneer Trail in the Iron Horse State Park are open for bicycling.
You just have to leave your name at the entrance to a couple of them. Liability issues, you know.
The state closed all five tunnels on the 100-mile stretch of …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2013/07/19/all-john-wayne-pioneer-trail-tunnels-reopen/
Some 10,000 Seattle-to-Portland Bicycle Classic riders left Husky Stadium under clear skies this morning and it should stay like that all the way to Portland, whether they arrive tonight or Sunday.
Temperatures should get to the upper 70s this afternoon in Chehalis and Centralia, about the half-way point for those doing the 200-mile ride in …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2013/07/13/sunny-skies-for-stp-bike-ride/
The latest edition of Bicycling magazine has a feature article on the virtues of slow cycling — “Slow and Sweet: The Quickest Way to Start Having More Fun, Eliminate Aches and Pains, and See More of the World Around You.”
Now that slow bicycling has been identified as a trend by a major publication, I’m …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2013/07/03/slow-bicycling-discovered-now-everyone-will-start-doing-it/
If you want to ride the length of the Cedar River Trail this summer, you better do it before July 8.
More flood and erosion control work along the Cedar River this summer means another section of the Cedar River Trail near Maple Valley will be closed. This marks the fourth year in a row …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2013/07/01/half-mile-of-cedar-river-trail-closed-this-summer/
We’re saddened by the news of another bicyclist death in Snohomish County last weekend.
According to reports, endurance cyclist Jerry Shafer, 65, of Kent was struck and killed Saturday morning by an oncoming vehicle when he swerved to pass a group of cyclists.
Shafer was known in the Seattle area as a competitive cyclist who …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2013/06/24/endurance-cyclist-dies-in-head-on-collision/
Hmmm, baby. Just what I like to see — a freshly paved bike trail. Just got to wait a couple of days for it to open.
This is the Issaquah Trailhead for the East Lake Sammamish Trail that rolls out between Issaquah and Redmond.
The 11-mile trail opened as a gravel rail-trail in 2006, and …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2013/06/09/issaquah-section-of-east-lake-sammamish-trail-opens-tuesday/
Hundreds of mountain biking enthusiasts flocked to Duthie Hill Park in Issaquah on Saturday to celebrate all things having to do with knobby-tires.
Here, a pro free-styler flies through the air on one of the runs at the Go Huck Yourself Jump Jam down in the Flow Park section of Duthie Hill.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2013/06/08/evergreen-mountain-bike-festival-creates-knobby-fun/
Bicycling enthusiasts will enjoy two-wheeled bliss on knobby and skinny tires this Saturday in Redmond and Issaquah.
The widely acclaimed Duthie Hill Park in the Issaquah highlands once again will be the site for the annual Evergreen Mountain Bike Festival this coming Saturday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Also Saturday, the Cascade Bicycle Club …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2013/06/06/roadies-and-mountain-bikers-converge-on-seattles-eastside/
The Seattle Bicycle Master Plan is a work in progress.
Since the master plan was first adopted in 2007, some new best practices to make roads safer for cyclists have evolved.
Policy makers want to implement some of those changes in an updated master plan currently under review. [See the updated plan here.]
Cycle …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2013/06/05/where-to-learn-about-updating-seattles-bicycle-master-plan/
If you plan to Bike to Work on Friday, you’ll likely find a lot of encouragement at morning commute stations set up throughout the Puget Sound region.
Here’s a map created by Cascade Bicycle Club of 43 commute stations set up throughout Seattle and its suburbs where bicyclists can pick up water, snacks, maps, and free bike-related swag.
Many bike commute stations are hosted by local bicycle shops…..
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2013/05/16/lots-of-support-for-fridays-bike-to-work-day/
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