Category: Northwest Cycling
With the sunny weather and temperatures in the 60s, Saturday had to be one of the best days for a bicycle ride in western Washington this year.
These guys in red team kit would have to agree. This had to be one of the few times this year they could train on dry pavement and not have to rinse the wet, sticky road grit off their bikes once they returned home.
I shot this from an overpass along the Cedar River Trail between Maple Valley and Renton on Saturday. The river is running high, flowering trees are blossoming and the first leaves are just starting to sprout …
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Riding my Rockhopper out some rural roads recently, I spotted one of those blue King County Natural Area signs out of the corner of my eye and decided to have a stop.
I used to blow past these. Now, if I'm just doodling along on my bicycle, I've found them to be friendly places to get off the road and explore or to go find a rock, sit and have a snack.
This one is located on Cedar Ridge Road near the intersection of Issaquah-Hobart Road. There is no identification sign at the entrance, just a space for a couple of cars and a locked gate. The blue sign lists the rules. There's no mention of bicycles, so I scooted around the gate and pedaled down the welcome double-track ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/04/22/bicycle-ride-to-a-natural-area-makes-any-day-an-earth-day/
Seattle's Bicycle Sundays returns to the shoreline road along Lake Washington for 12 Sundays this summer beginning May 8.
The 2-1/2 mile scenic stretch of Lake Washington Boulevard will be closed to motor vehicle traffic from Mount Baker Beach to Seward Park between the hours of 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Unfortunately, the number of dates offered by the Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation has been cut back from 19 the previous two years. ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/04/20/2011-bicycle-sundays-and-summer-streets-begin-in-may-in-seattle/
This old railroad trestle on the Cedar River Trail in Renton will be closed for approximately the next 10 days for repairs.
The sign says that a detour around the bridge over the Cedar River will be marked.
The detour takes bicyclists and other trail users through Riverview Park, out along Maple Valley Highway, and back to the trail about 150 yards east of Maplewood Roadside Park. ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/04/18/cedar-river-trail-detour-in-renton-wa/
Since taking up bicycling, I've become knowledgeable — though by no means expert — in quite a few fields. Among these are bicycle parts and maintenance, physical fitness and conditioning, highway design, fabrics, aerodynamics, weather prediction (quite easy in the Pacific NW) and road kill.
One of the unexpected low points of riding a bicycle along rural roads is witnessing the carnage of the wild kingdom. I've seen many species of mammals, reptiles and amphibians. But this little fella was a first for me. Can anyone identify it?
An estimated 1 million vertebrates are killed on the road by motor vehicles every day. At that rate, it's no surprise that we bicyclists would see a lot of them.
Although I haven't done any statistical analysis, the possum …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/04/11/unidentified-road-kill-in-western-washington-update-its-a-long-tailed-weasel/
William Least Heat Moon admonished motorists to get off the interstate highways to explore the nation's back roads in his book “Blue Highways.”
He said that we get so locked into getting to a destination, we miss the surrounding countryside.
The same can be said of bicycling along a rail-to-trail, like the Cedar River Trail that runs between Renton and Maple Valley southeast of Seattle. I've used this trail as a thoroughfare to the rural bicycle routes in the area, but I rarely explore the trail surroundings.
This past month I rolled down there on my Rockhopper and followed some of the dirt paths that veer off the paved 17-mile trail. I stumbled across a wetland natural area that's a winter home for waterfowl and debris left over from an old brick plant …..
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/04/03/off-the-beaten-bike-path-of-the-cedar-river-trail-march-tale-of-the-tape/
Crews are dodging the recent rainy weather to complete the second phase of the Lake Washington Trail – South Lake Connector, also known as the Sam Chastain Trail, in Renton.
The trail runs for less than a mile just west of Logan Avenue North and will complete a connection between a bike lane that runs along road to Coulon Park on the north and the Cedar River Trail in the south (see map below).
As they near completion, workers are installing castings in the bike path that will call attention to the proximity of the local airfield and Boeing's history in the area, as well as the connection between flight and bicycling.
At left, you can make out the message embedded across the trail …..
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/03/29/history-of-flight-remembered-in-new-renton-bike-trail/
Pedal-Driven: Duthie Hill from Howell at the Moon Productions on Vimeo.
“Pedal-Driven: A Bike-umentary” will get its first showing at the Sea Otter Classic in April, but it features plenty of scenes familiar to mountain bikers in the Pacific Northwest.
The film examines the confrontations between mountain bikers and other users of public lands in Washington state and elsewhere, and tells how the “freeriders” and the government policy-makers are finding ways to accommodate both sides of the issue.
The film features the alliances that were forged to create mountain biking trails at Duthie Hill park …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/03/23/pedal-driven-mountain-biking-film-debuts-at-sea-otter-classic/
Today is the deadline to vote for up to 9 candidates to the Cascade Bicycle Club board of directors.
If you're unsure about your choices or have questions, you can meet the 13 at a candidates forum from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Tuesday night (tonight) at The Brig (Building 406) at Magnuson Park.
You can fill out and drop off your ballot there, or send you ballot to Cascade Bicycle Club, 7400 Sand Point Way NE, Suite 101S, Seattle, WA 98115. The envelope must be postmarked by March 22 (that's today).
The election results will be certified by March 31 …..
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/03/22/cascade-bicycle-club-vote-deadline-is-today/
If you haven't signed up yet for the Seattle to Portland (STP) Bicycle Classic, it's too late.
The Cascade Bicycle Club reported that the ride sold out as of Monday morning. That's the earliest that the 10,000 spots have sold out.
If you're still hankering to go, check the Cascade Event and Ride page in the future to see how they're re-distributing registrations for people who are seeking refunds. There's usually some kind of late registration within 29 days of the event….
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/03/22/stp-is-sold-out-some-spots-may-reopen-in-june/
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