The goal of connecting Port Townsend with the rest of the Olympic Discovery Trail got a major boost last month when Jefferson County leaders voted to study the feasibility of possible trail routes linking the city to the rest of the trail.
The Olympic Discovery Trail is envisioned as a 126-mile-long bicycle trail along the …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2015/12/06/plans-moving-ahead-to-close-gap-on-olympic-peninsula-trail/
Eight years after a destructive storm washed out two major bridges on southwestern Washington’s Willapa Hills Trail, Lewis County says those two bridges have been replaced and opened this week. [See map below]
Discover Lewis County reports:
“A major milestone in construction on the Willapa Hills Trail will connect more than a dozen miles of …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2015/12/04/replacement-bridges-opened-on-willapa-hills-trail-in-southwest-wa-state/
The Rails to Trails Conservancy is expanding its once-a-year “sojourn” bicycle tour program to a series of four bicycle tours in 2016.
Every year since about 2001, the nonprofit trail-builder has introduced bicyclists to one of its scenic trails on a multi-day bicycle tour in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York among others. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2015/11/30/rails-to-trails-expands-annual-sojourn-bike-tours-program/
Four Eastern Washington towns have issued proclamations supporting the John Wayne Pioneer Trail, as the third and final public hearing on the fate of the rail-trail takes place in Ellensburg tonight.
The meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. at the Hal Holmes Center, 209 N. Ruby St., Ellensburg. [More details at the Tekoa Trail & …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2015/11/23/eastern-wa-towns-line-up-behind-john-wayne-pioneer-trail-final-meeting-tonight/
Kona is recalling 530 Wo brand mountain bikes after a report that the front fork can break at the junction with the crown.
The Ferndale, WA-bike distributor and the Consumer Product Safety Commission are urging owners to stop riding the bicycles until they return them to the dealer for free replacement and installation of the …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2015/11/20/kona-recalls-wo-mountain-bikes/
Next year is shaping up to be a big one for Adventure Cycling Association as it observes the 40th anniversary of Bikecentennial, the bicentennial event in 1976 that spurred interest in long-distance bicycle travel. More than 4,000 people rode their bikes coast to coast on the TransAmerica Trail that year.
The Missoula, MT-based nonprofit is …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2015/11/18/inaugural-national-bike-travel-weekend-in-2016/
After driving 400 miles through the night, Davide Martello hauled his grand piano behind his bicycle through the streets of Paris on Saturday to perform at the site of the Bataclan theater massacre.
You may have heard his impromptu rendition of Jon Lennon’s “Imagine” on newscasts over the weekend.
The German musician is known for …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2015/11/16/pianist-who-played-at-parisian-massacre-site-arrived-by-bicycle/
World Bicycle Relief has been going strong for the past 10 years to donate sturdy bicycles to people in developing countries.
The Chicago-based nonprofit recently posted a series of videos explaining how bicycles can make a difference, allowing people access to markets, healthcare and education.
Here’s a film about how a bicycle helped an …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2015/11/15/how-bicycles-help-an-african-village/
About 100 people last week argued the pros and cons of closing about 130 miles of the John Wayne Pioneer Trail east of the Columbia River.
That first public meeting in Rosalia will be followed up by two others:
Lind — Noon, Monday, Nov. 16th Union Elevator Conference Room (201 S street)
Ellensburg — 6 …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2015/11/14/support-builds-for-saving-and-improving-john-wayne-pioneer-trail/
Maybe I’m just getting cranky in my old age, but a lot of things aggravate me when I’m bicycling. Near the top of the list are the abrupt dead-ends of perfectly good bike lanes at intersections where the road continues, sans bike lane, on the other side.
Call them “gaps” or “missing links”, but they’re …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2015/11/09/3-washington-cities-to-link-disconnected-bike-lanes/
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