No high-tech rain repellent clothing system for this guy. A simple umbrella will do.
I passed him on the way back from a bike ride up the Cedar River Trail to enjoy the fall colors, look out for sockeye salmon in the river, and check out the new Cedar to Green River Trail extension.
A guy on Biking Across Kansas …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/10/28/the-umbrella-elemental-rain-protection-on-a-bicycle/
A bicycle club's plot to get people off their butts and onto their bike saddles next year became clear as the Cascade Bicycle Club announced its slate of rides and events for 2012.
To avoid a repeat of this year's online server meltdown at registration time, Cascade is instituting a lottery for RSVP and RSVP2 (Ride from Seattle to Vancouver and Party) and staggered registration for other rides.
That should make club members, as well as their employers, happy. People waited online 2 to 4 hours on registration day only to be kicked out of the system. Cascade says it doesn't want a repeat of that experience …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/10/26/cascade-bicycle-club-announces-major-2012-rides-and-events-new-registration-policies/
Although I'm often the first to complain about the weather, I'll have to admit this was a good day to be a bicycle rider in the Pacific Northwest.
I came upon more than the usual number of cyclists enjoying the sunny skies and temperatures in the mid to upper 60s.
The main conversation was the “great weather” and how we …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/10/18/good-day-to-be-a-bicyclist-in-pacific-northwest/
Police are seeking the public's help in finding the driver of a gray or silver Kia Forte (an example at left) who hit a 65-year-old bicyclist on Friday and left her at the side of the road.
Barbara Jimenez was riding her bicycle on the shoulder of SE 288th St. near Black Diamond, Washington, on Friday afternoon when she was struck from behind by a motorist who sped away.
Authorities reported they found a silver-colored passenger-side mirror at the scene belonging to a 2010 to 2012 Kia Forte. Also, there are tire tracks in the gravel at the side of the road.
Jimenez, who turned 66 on Saturday, is recovering at home. Her husband says she's suffering from cuts, bruises, a fractured nose, and concussion. Her whole body …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/10/18/car-identified-in-black-diamond-wash-hit-run-against-bicyclist/
The driver of a pickup truck who struck and killed a bicyclist in Kirkland in July will be fined $42 for improperly changing lanes.
Kirkland police told KIRO.TV news that they determined there was no reason to charge the 18-year-old driver with vehicular homicide, even though the teen apparently swerved onto the shoulder when he hit the man on the bicycle.
“Unfortunately, unless a person's driving recklessly, they're intoxicated, (on) drugs or alcohol, then there's really no criminal charge to this,” …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/10/14/wheels-of-justice-42-fine-in-kirkland-bicyclist-death/
As the John Wayne Pioneer Trail leaves the high Cascades and heads southeast from Cle Elum, it enters the Upper Yakima River Canyon.
It was an unexpected scenic treasure on my explorations by bicycle between trail heads in the Iron Horse State Park this fall.
I expected a dusty, exposed route across flat prairie on this segment between Cle Elum and Thorp. Instead, the rail-trail follows the meandering Yakima River as it cuts through ancient volcanic rock on its way to the Columbia River.
My 41-mile bicycling loop started at South Cle Elum …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/10/13/cle-elum-to-thorp-bicycling-the-upper-yakima-river-canyon-on-john-wayne-pioneer-trail/
Three months ago, Wendell Hultman was riding his bicycle with a friend on the Interurban Trail near Everett.
Rounding a hairpin turn with a bad sightline, the cyclists dodged two teen-agers then suddenly came upon a couple walking their dog. The meeting ended very badly.
Hultman, 73, either struck the dog or the leash and went over the handlebars. His helmet cracked, and he died about two weeks later of his injuries.
Because the crash didn't occur on city streets, it didn't come to the attention of city officials until weeks later when the dog walkers, whose pooch recovered, contacted their city councilman.
Now, the city staff is making looking for ways to make trails safer…
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/10/11/trail-safety-considered-for-bikers-and-hikers-in-everett/
Although the John Wayne Pioneer Trail is a rail-trail well-suited for bicycling, the trail head at South Cle Elum is certainly a draw for railroad enthusiasts.
The large rail yard built by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad in the early 1900s is preserved there, and a few buildings remain intact. Pedaling into town on the rail-trail gave me a slow-motion idea of the scene witnessed by locomotive engineers.
Lately I've been bicycling different sections of the John Wayne Pioneer Trail east of the Snoqualmie Tunnel. While I don't have the opportunity for a nice through-trip …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/10/03/easton-to-cle-elum-bicycling-the-john-wayne-pioneer-trail-where-railroading-is-remembered/
A long section of the 19-mile Green River Trail south of I-405 will remain closed to bicycling as flood protection remains in place for the time-being.
Workers installed the 3- to 4-foot high wall of sandbags along the levee-top trail in the fall of 2009. That's when the Army Corps of Engineers reported the Howard Hanson Dam upstream could no longer handle high water, and they'd have to flood the Green River Valley in the event of heavy rains.
Two weeks ago, however, the Corps announced that repairs have been made and they could operate the dam at full capacity this fall and winter.
It looks like the sandbags are going to remain in place for another rainy season ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/09/29/closed-to-bicycling-no-plans-to-remove-sandbags-on-green-river-trail/
The US Census Bureau has released the bicycle commuting rates for 2010. See “Bicycle commuting down slightly, but big cities make gains” for more information about the American Community Survey.
Washington
Seattle — 3.6%
Bellingham — 3.0%
Spokane — 1.8%
Bellevue — 1.4%
Vancouver — 1.1%
Tacoma — 0.8%
Kent — 0.6%
Everett — 0.4%
Spokane Valley — 0.3%
Oregon…
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/09/27/bicycle-commuting-rates-in-washington-oregon-and-idaho/
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