This can be a busy weekend for two-wheeled, human-powered adventurers in Washington state.
At least six recreational bike rides (four in Puget Sound region), a couple of bike races in Seattle and clear weather Saturday and only 40% chance of rain on Sunday.
A new bike ride launching Saturday is the LifeCycle Bremerton, a fund-raiser for the American Red Cross. The West Sound Cycling Club, which has plenty of experience putting on first-rate bike rides …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/06/04/big-weekend-of-bicycling-coming-up-in-seattle-area/
Six bicyclists injured a few years ago on the newly laid South Lake Union Trolley (S.L.U.T.) tracks are suing Seattle.
The Seattle Times reports that the lawsuit claims that the city was warned about the unsafe conditions before the December 2007 opening of the trolley line, but it went ahead with its plans anyway.
The tracks were installed in a groove in the pavement that can catch narrow road-bike tires and flip a bike. Dozens of cyclists fell victim to the tracks.
Since the opening of the 1.3-mile trolley line, the city has installed warning signs …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/06/02/bicyclists-sue-seattle-for-slut-injuries/
Started talking to this guy about the weather and his RSVP jersey along the Burke-Gilman on Tuesday and discovered that he was taking a very special bike ride.
His name is Bill Glaeser and his 70th birthday is Wednesday. Thanks to Tuesday's break in the chilly “liquid sunshine” that's been inundating the Seattle area the past week or so, he chose to celebrate his birthday with a 70-mile ride a day early. He's been taking such a ride for the past four years.
I've read about people doing this over the years, so I started my own tradition by riding 60 miles on my birthday back in January. An old college friend who lives in Portland saw what I did, and so knocked out his own birthday ride this spring.
It's a ride that's just going to get longer every year, and I hope I'm up to it at Bill's age.
That jersey, by the way, is from the 2005 …..
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/06/02/hats-off-to-cyclist-on-his-70-miles-at-70-years-bicycle-ride/
With rain threatening and temperatures hovering in the low 40s, the 2010 Bike to Work Day in the Seattle area on Friday was a real test of road warrior commitment for bike commuters.
The tally at the Bellevue Commuter Station, one of 44 set up by the Cascade Bicycle Club throughout the Puget Sound region, was off compared to previous years. Early indications show numbers were down throughout the region.
Still, a steady stream of good-natured bicyclists making the commute over the Lake Washington bridges between Bellevue and Seattle stopped to pick up water bottles, energy bars and other hand-outs. For many, rain and cold mean nothing when bicycling to work.
Based on the rate of cyclists passing through early on…
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/05/21/weather-dampens-turn-out-for-bike-to-work-day/
The Seattle-to-Portland Bicycle Classic sold out earlier than ever this year — on April 16 — catching off guard some folks who wanted to make the 200-mile ride.
The Cascade Bicycle Club has announced two ways that interested bicyclists can earn a spot in the July 17-18 event. One takes extra money. The other takes some extra time.
The club announced Wednesday that it's putting 10 registrations up for auction on eBay ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/05/20/two-ways-to-get-into-the-sold-out-2010-stp-bike-ride/
For the third year in a row, the League of American Bicyclists has ranked Washington state at the top of its list of Bicycle Friendly States.
That's quite an honor for bicycle advocates and state officials in the Emerald State, which has led the list ever since it was conceived in 2008.
Wisconsin and Maine follow in 2nd and 3rd place, according to the rankings announced Wednesday. Oregon dropped for the first time from 4th to 5th, supplanted by Minnesota.
Alabama held a firm grip on last place for the second year in a row. Other bottom feeders were New Mexico (46), West Virginia (47), Montana (48) and North Dakota (49). ……
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/05/19/washington-is-the-no-1-bicycle-friendly-state-in-2010/
A couple of question and answer sessions regarding Seattle bicycling in general and a bike lane project in Bellevue are on tap this week.
The Stranger online website is hosting a Bike Q&A at Questionland in response to Bike to Work Week. The panel of experts includes reps from Mobius Cycle, Cascade Bicycle Club (David Hiller), and Bike Works (Qamuuqin Maxwell) and bike advocate Bryan McClellan.
Some of the questions they've tackled so far …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/05/17/questions-about-bicycling-answers-in-seattle-and-bellevue/
In spite of objections from some users, a east-west street in Seattle will be undergoing a road diet this summer.
Seattle's bike-riding mayor, Michael McGinn, said the re-striping of West Nickerson Street should encourage bicycling and walking and slow down speeding motorists.
Currently the mile-long section of Nickerson between Warren Avenue and 13th Avenue West is a four-lane street with on-street parking. It will be reduced to two traffic lanes in each direction with a center turn lane. A bicycle lane will be added on up uphill portions, and sharrows on the downhill portions. The on-street curb parking will remain.
It's similar to street rechannelizations ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/05/12/arterial-street-in-seattle-to-become-more-bicycle-friendly/
A section of the Sammamish River Trail in Redmond will be closed until Friday, May 14, while work crews repair a 200-foot section.
Access by bicycle riders and walkers will be shut down between Northeast Marymoor Way (the western access to the park) and Leary Way.
King County suggests that bicyclists find alternate access to the section of trail north of Leary Way as there's no detour through the work area…..
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/05/09/sammamish-river-trail-in-redmond-closed-for-repairs/
As I paused at this quiet spot to shoot this red brick road near Redmond the other day, I had a hard time believing that this was a section of the transcontinental Yellowstone Trail highway back in the early 1900s.
At one-time it buzzed with automobiles heading back and forth across the Northern Tier states. People traveled it for business and pleasure.
Today it's a 1-mile-long connector between the busy Redmond-Fall City Road (Route 202) and Union Hill Road on the outskirts of Redmond. A historical marker notes that it's the longest remaining brick road in King County.
Now renamed 196th Avenue NE, the present alignment of Mattson Road ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/04/29/following-the-red-brick-road-the-yellowstone-trail/
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