An annual early season bicycle ride in Snohomish County has been renamed the McClinchy Mile Oso Strong Ride as a memorial to people and communities affected by last year’s tragic Oso landslide.
The bike ride is Sunday, March 15, 2015, and comprises 34- or 56-mile options from Arlington to Darrington and back along the Stillaguamish River.
More information: …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2015/01/28/mcclinchy-mile-bike-ride-to-memorialize-victims-of-oso-landslide-on-march-15/
The song says Route 66 “winds from Chicago to LA, more than two thousand miles all the way. …”
The Adventure Cycling Association’s bicycle route version of that famous highway corridor, however, doesn’t make it to LA. It’s stalled at Needles, California.
That’s because Caltrans won’t give bicycles legal access to use a 144-mile stretch of Interstate …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2015/01/27/proposed-route-66-bike-route-stalls-at-california-border/
It’s official. Organizers of Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa (RAGBRAI) announced on Saturday that this year’s route would start in Sioux City and end in Davenport.
It’s the first time those cities have been the bookends for the grand-daddy of all across-state bicycle tours since the first RAGBRAI in 1973.
The expected 10,000-plus cyclists in …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2015/01/24/2015-ragbrai-sioux-city-to-davenport-and-optional-gravel/
If you ever, heaven forbid, get injured in a traffic collision while riding your bike in Fort Collins, Colorado, at least you won’t have to leave your bicycle behind.
That’s because a hospital in the platinum-level bicycle-friendly community has equipped 14 ambulances with front-mounted bicycle racks.
Steve Main, director of emergency medical services for Poudre Valley …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2015/01/24/essential-ambulance-equipment-in-fort-collins-co-bicycle-racks/
State legislatures in Indiana, Wyoming and South Dakota are considering bills this year that would require that motorists give bicyclists a 3-foot gap when passing.
(March 19, 2015 — Other states considering passing laws — Alabama (SB 4 — 5 foot passing law passed Senate, goes to House; Massachusetts Bill H.3073 names bicyclists as vulnerable users and requires …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2015/01/22/2-states-consider-bicycle-bills-requiring-3-foot-passing/
A mountain biking destination near the crossroads town of Hobart just got bigger with a property acquisition and plans to build more trails.
King County says it has acquired a 40-acre “inholding” at Taylor Mountain Forest, located just south of the intersection of Issaquah-Hobart Road and Route 18.
The $692,000 acquisition, located right in the middle of …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2015/01/21/king-county-expands-taylor-mountain-forest-more-trails-planned/
A newly released economic study of outdoor recreation in Washington state finds that bicycling contributes $3.1 billion a year to the state’s economy.
That’s the fourth highest economic impact among the major outdoor pursuits listed in the study, following only Sightseeing and Nature (1), all types of Boating (2), and Hiking, Climbing, Camping (3).
And participation in …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2015/01/20/bicycling-means-big-bucks-in-washington-state-ranks-3rd-in-outdoor-recreation-spending/
There’s a new bike route way-finding sign at the corner of Northrup Way and Lake Washington Boulevard in Bellevue.
It reads “Seattle – 7” and points toward a bike path that heads into a tunnel and follows State Route 520.
The bike path is newly opened, but it doesn’t make it all the way to …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2015/01/16/new-sr-520-eastside-bike-path-links-lake-washington-blvd-and-evergreen-point-rd/
A trail in Oregon is the newest addition to the list of Top 10 longest rail-trails for bicycling.
The 110-mile-long OC&E Woods State Line Trail — which follows the abandoned corridor of the Oregon, California, and Eastern Railroad — is listed at No. 10 on the Rails to Trails Conservancy’s latest listing of longest rail-trails. Most of the trail …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2015/01/15/oregon-trail-makes-top-10-list-of-longest-rail-trails/
If you can earn a scholarship to attend college, why not for other types of higher learning — such as bicycle touring?
The Adventure Cycling Association is offering two scholarships for young adults aged 18-25 to attend one of its educational courses this year.
The recipients will receive the costs of traveling to the course …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2015/01/14/bike-touring-scholarships-offered-by-adventure-cycling-association/
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