Category: Northwest Cycling

Improvements for bicyclists due on Hood Canal Bridge

Three years after the state completed renovation of the Hood Canal Bridge linking the Kitsap and Olympic peninsulas, the Department of Transportation is returning to improve bridge deck safety for bicyclists.

The Bicycle Alliance of Washington announced that the WSDOT has agreed to get started soon on the project that should reduce the number of bike crashes on the grated bridge deck.

The current problems include uneven surfaces between bridge sections, slick metal plates, raised rivets and gaps that trap bicycle tires and cause falls.

Using a $1.3 million federal grant, the state will widen …

Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/08/07/improvements-for-bicyclists-due-on-hood-canal-bridge/

Gas Works Park vantage for Blue Angels


Although the main stage of the Blue Angels performance at SeaFair in Seattle this weekend is Lake Washington, this group of cyclists knew they could see Friday’s practice runs from Gas Works Park overlooking Lake Union.

While lots of folks get in the car and drive to vantage points for the Blue Angels shows on Saturday and Sunday, the best way is simply to ride a bike …

Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/08/04/14097/

Cyclist dies from injuries at RAMROD bike ride

A Tacoma cyclist has died from injuries he suffered when he crashed on a downhill stretch of the 152-mile Ride Around Mount Rainier in One Day (RAMROD) bike ride last week.

The cyclist, Steve Albers, 60, owned an insurance company and was active in many civic organizations, such as Tacoma Goodwill, the Tacoma Library Association, …

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Charges filed for law student in bike trailer hit-and-run

A Gonzaga University law student is getting a lesson that hit and run is illegal.

The motorist is charged with running over a bike trailer carrying a 2-year-old girl in the Millwood suburb of Spokane (WA) on Saturday. She remains in intensive care with a fractured skull.

Timmy Nguyen, 22, appeared in court on Monday …

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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/07/25/charges-filed-for-law-student-in-bike-trailer-hit-and-run/

Tandem trike for disabled bicycling

When I showed up at the Foothills Trail in Pierce County (WA) last week, I was surprised to see this rig rolling off the end of the trail.

Never having seen such a trike-trailer-bike-tandem self-propelled vehicle before (I really didn’t know how to describe what I was seeing), I briefly talked to the owner and …

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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/07/18/tandem-trike-for-disabled-bicycling/

Driver in last year’s hit-and-run Seattle bicyclist fatality pleads guilty

The motorist charged with killing Seattle bicycle rider Michael Wang last summer faces up to three years and five months in prison after pleading guilty to felony hit-and-run on Tuesday.

The man, Erlin Garcia-Reyes, 28, of Normandy Park was arrested last month in connection with a car crash into a service station on Greenwood Avenue …

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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/07/18/driver-in-last-years-hit-and-run-seattle-bicyclist-fatality-pleads-guilty/

Two new road bicycling route guides for Washington and Oregon

Some of you who have just finished up the Seattle-to-Portland Bicycle Classic this weekend might be looking for new road biking routes to tackle in the Pacific Northwest.

You’ll find them in spades in two new bicycle route guides published this summer by Mountaineer Books.

“75 Classic Rides Washington: The Best Road Biking Routes” and …

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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/07/16/two-new-road-bicycling-route-guides-for-washington-and-oregon/

2012 STP cyclists roll out of Seattle for Portland

There are 10,000 fewer bicyclists on the streets of Seattle today; they left this morning for Portland.

They’re celebrating their love of the bicycle and self-propelled motion by participating in the 33rd annual Seattle to Portland Bicycle Classic, the most awesome bicycle spectacle in the Northwest.

Those who aren’t doing the 202.5-mile ride to Portland in one-day are doing it in two. ….

Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/07/14/2012-stp-cyclists-roll-out-of-seattle-for-portland/

Good weather for weekend STP; avoiding congestion at the start

With pleasant weather forecast for this weekend’s Seattle to Portland Bicycle Classic, the gnarliest part of the ride just might be getting to the starting line.

An official 10,000 cyclists could be leaving the University of Washington parking lot early Saturday morning for the 202.5-mile one-, or two-day bike ride to Portland’s Holladay Park.

Factor in the closure of the Route 520 bridge from Friday night through Monday morning, and you have a stressful start to the ride …

Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/07/12/good-weather-for-weekend-st/

Mountains to Sound bike ride through Snoqualmie Tunnel is Saturday

Don’t be surprised if you see rush-hour conditions on the John Wayne Pioneer Trail between Rattlesnake Lake and Hyak on Saturday.

The Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust is hosting a Snoqualmie Tunnel Bike Ride and BBQ that day. Registration is still open if you’re interested in joining.

The nonprofit is arranging for transportation from the Cedar Falls Trailhead at Rattlesnake Lake to Hyak, meaning that participants will essentially get a 22-mile downhill ride through the tunnel and all the way to the parking lot. …

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