This photo I shot on the Foothills Trail in Pierce County, Washington, makes me feel warm all over.
It's a hot June day and that's the volcano Mount Rainier soaring in the background.
I just posted this rail-to-trail photo, and a couple of others, to the Rail-to-Trails Conservancy group on flickr.com
There already are more than 300 photos in the group of people riding their bicycles on rail-trails all across the US…
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/01/09/rails-to-trails-conservancy-photo-group-on-flickr/
Here's a photo I shot of cycling personality Bob Roll when he last appeared at the Seattle International Bicycle Expo in 2005.
Not exactly the clean-cut Versus TV commentator that appears on cable, but his humor and stories were just as good, if not better, in person.
Bobke is returning to Seattle to speak at the Cascade Bicycle Club's Friday evening, March 13, special presentation that precedes the bike expo on March 14 and 15. He won't be appearing during the expo like he did four years ago …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2009/01/07/bob-roll-returns-to-seattle-international-bicycle-expo/
King County (WA) is getting closer to filling some missing links in its countywide bicycle route network.
The latest proposal is a 17-mile trail that links four other bike paths as it rolls between the Puget Sound and Lake Washington south of Seattle.
Dubbed the Lake-to-Sound Trail, the bike path is designed to intersect the Cedar River Trail, the Green River Trail, the Westside Trail and the Des Moines Creek Trail. It will pass through Renton, Tukwila, Burien, SeaTac, Normandy Park and Des Moines. The trail also visits the Tukwila light-rail station …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/12/22/plans-for-lake-to-sound-bicycle-trail-in-south-king-county/
A Seattle bicycle rider was killed about 6:30 a.m. Thursday in Renton when a motorist made a left turn in front of him, according to Sheriff's deputies.
The 56-year-old cyclist has not been identified; neither has the 79-year-old Renton man who was driving the car.
No charges have been filed against the driver of the 1997 Lincoln Town Car, although the investigation is continuing …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/12/13/seattle-bicyclist-struck-and-killed-in-renton-is-identified/
Probably the first bicycling resource I used when I moved here 8 years ago was the King County (WA) Bicycling Guidemap.
I downloaded sections of the online version that directed me to regional trails and lightly traveled rural roads over here on the Eastside. For the most part it helped me spend my cycling time riding …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/12/12/take-the-survey-for-king-county-wa-bicycling-guidemap/
The picture pretty much says it all.
These lovely ladies are featured in a calendar that benefits Bike Works and its earn-a-bike program.
Entitled “Lovely Ladies on Beautiful Bikes,” the calendar features some of the Emerald City's many female cyclists riding their mountain and road bikes around town.
You can order the calendar online at Bike Calendar Girls 2009, or show up at the release party at 8 p.m., Dec. 12, at Conor Byrne Pub, 5140 Ballard Ave., NW, Seattle …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/12/12/seattle-bike-calendar-release-party-is-friday/
That tired old proposal about bicycle license fees has been broached again, this time from James F. Vesely, editorial page editor at the Seattle Times.
He proposes that bicyclists pay a $25 annual fee for owning a bike. It would make us members of the world of transportation, he writes, “rather than free riders on the tax rolls.”
Like so many of the previously misinformed, he writes about the benefits of bicycle pathways and bicycle lanes that are bestowed upon bicyclists by “the remarkable generosity of Puget Sound taxpayers.” …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/12/09/another-call-for-bicycle-license-fees-in-seattle-and-king-county/
Even though I still take frequent bike rides, this is the time of year that I'm not so interested in laying down a lot of mileage. This is when I slow down to explore and poke around, maybe learn some roadside or trailside history.
Cougar Mountain, which lies a few miles east of my house, is a good destination for this. I've written about the old coal mining industry that thrived there at the turn of the century; this past week I've been learning about its role in the Cold War defense of Seattle.
Today the mountain is a mix of flashy, big box homes and golf courses and the 3,000-acre Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park. Although the park's trails are closed to bicycling, the two Cold War-era military bases are accessible by short dirt roads from residential streets …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/12/07/bicycling-back-into-the-cold-war-on-cougar-mountainnovember-stats/
The loss of the Tour de Georgia for next year was sad news. But the Oregon Pro Cycling Classic is setting out to prove that there's good news for the sport of cycling as well.
Known for the past six years as the Mt. Hood Cycling Classic, the race is undergoing a makeover that will expand it to seven days and raise its difficulty in an attempt to rival the Amgen Tour of California.
The $50,000 event is listed on the USA Cycling National Racing Calendar from May 11 – 17, 2009 …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/12/03/oregon-pro-cycling-classic-is-the-old-mt-hood-classic/
Officials who want to build a commuter railway and bicycle trail on the abandoned BNSF railroad in Seattle's Eastside suburbs might be suffering sticker shock today.
A report estimates the cost for the 42-mile corridor at between $1 billion to $1.2 billion for the railway alone between Renton and Woodinville.
The cost of the 34.4-mile parallel bicycle / pedestrian trail is put at between $245 million to $359 million, or $7.1 million to $10.4 million per mile.
That's too much, says the Cascadia Center in its response, pointing out that the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy estimates rail-trail conversions cost between $227,000 and $1 million per mile. Cascadia says the commuter railway could be built for one-third the cost …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2008/11/20/high-cost-of-seattle-area-commuter-railway-and-bike-trail/
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