Category: Northwest Cycling

A summer's worth of cycling in Washington

Starting in early April, bicyclists in Washington State can find an organized cycling event to ride in just about every weekend through October.

The list I compiled over this past weekend starts with a colorful ride through the tulips and ends …

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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/03/20/a-summers-worth-of-cycling-in-washington/

No bicycle lanes planned for busy West Lake Sammamish Parkway in Bellevue, Washington

Bicycling advocates are fighting for the addition of bike lanes to proposed improvements to the dangerous West Lake Sammamish Parkway in Bellevue. Currently, the city's staff is proposing a multi-use trail on the southbound shoulder that forces northbound and southbound bicycle riders and pedestrians to share the same 8- to 10-foot space. Bellevue City Council meetings on the issue are coming up.

Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/03/17/no-bicycle-lanes-planned-for-busy-west-lake-sammamish-parkway-in-bellevue-washington/

McClinchy Mile bicycle ride this Saturday in Arlington, Wash.

The weather gods are beaming on Puget Sound area cyclists who will ride in Saturday's McClinchy Mile bicycle tour.

Sponsored by BIKES of Everett, the forecast promises sunny warm weather for riding through the rural hills and valleys of Snohomish County.

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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/03/11/mcclinchy-mile-bicycle-ride-this-saturday-in-arlington-wash/

Cyclists on your left… right… in between

I don't want to sound like an anal retentive bicycle killjoy, but this picture scares the heck out of me.

The photo, taken by Karen Ducey, appeared in Monday's Seattle Post-Intelligencer story about the annual Chilly Hilly ride. Because of unseasonably decent weather, some 5,000 bicyclists showed up to pedal the 33-mile ride on Bainbridge …

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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/03/01/cyclists-on-your-left-right-in-between/

New link in Seattle area bicycle paths

I'm greeted with a happy discovery on a warmish winter day bicycle ride.

Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/01/26/new-link-in-seattle-area-bicycle-paths/