The motorist charged with killing Seattle bicycle rider Michael Wang last summer faces up to three years and five months in prison after pleading guilty to felony hit-and-run on Tuesday.
The man, Erlin Garcia-Reyes, 28, of Normandy Park was arrested last month in connection with a car crash into a service station on Greenwood Avenue …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/07/18/driver-in-last-years-hit-and-run-seattle-bicyclist-fatality-pleads-guilty/
There are 10,000 fewer bicyclists on the streets of Seattle today; they left this morning for Portland.
They’re celebrating their love of the bicycle and self-propelled motion by participating in the 33rd annual Seattle to Portland Bicycle Classic, the most awesome bicycle spectacle in the Northwest.
Those who aren’t doing the 202.5-mile ride to Portland in one-day are doing it in two. ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/07/14/2012-stp-cyclists-roll-out-of-seattle-for-portland/
With pleasant weather forecast for this weekend’s Seattle to Portland Bicycle Classic, the gnarliest part of the ride just might be getting to the starting line.
An official 10,000 cyclists could be leaving the University of Washington parking lot early Saturday morning for the 202.5-mile one-, or two-day bike ride to Portland’s Holladay Park.
Factor in the closure of the Route 520 bridge from Friday night through Monday morning, and you have a stressful start to the ride …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/07/12/good-weather-for-weekend-st/
Don’t be left out this year. The Cascade Bicycle Club is reopening online registration for the Seattle to Portland Bicycle Classic at 12:01 a.m. (that’s one minute after midnight) on Monday.
The popular 200-mile bike ride from Seattle to Portland sold out on Feb. 21 this year when the last of 10,000 registrations were snatched up.
Enough of those early birds have requested refunds, however, that Cascade is reopening registration ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/06/13/seattle-to-portland-stp-registration-reopens-on-monday/
It always does my heart good to see youths outside getting some exercise. I like it even better if they’re riding bicycles.
With obesity rates among adolescents increasing from 5% to 18% in just the past 20 years, it’s critical that parents get their kids outdoors.
Here’s one way to do it.
When I saw …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/06/10/boy-scouts-keeping-fit-and-learning-about-bicycling/
It might not feel like summer yet, but a couple of summer bicycling events are on tap this weekend in the Seattle area.
The 3-day Evergreen Mountain Bike Festival gets underway this evening with its volunteer recognition celebration at Duthie Hill Park. The mountain bike event continues all-day Saturday at Duthie and Sunday at Black Diamond.
Then on Saturday, the Flying Wheels Century takes a flying start in Redmond. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/06/08/bicycling-on-road-and-dirt-on-tap-in-seattle-area-this-weekend/
Seattle police have arrested a suspect in last July’s hit-and-run death of bicyclist Michael Wang on Dexter Avenue North.
Charged on Thursday with felony hit and run is Erlin Garcia-Reyes, 28, of Normandy Park. The judge set bail at $500,000. (The suspect vehicle is at right.)
“Our message is that we take these crimes very, …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/06/07/arrest-in-hit-and-run-death-of-seattle-bicyclist-michael-wang/
I’m sure a lot of people will be asking themselves — “Why didn’t I think of that?” — after they read this.
A Seattle-based company called Biking Billboards has earned a $5,000 finalist prize from the University of Washington Business Plan Competition.
The Seattle company mounts billboards on bike trailers and hires people to pedal …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/06/05/advertising-on-wheels-biking-billboards/
All month we’ve been celebrating that coolest of all forms of transportation — the bicycle. The recognition slips into high gear this Monday through Friday for National Bicycle Week, culminating in Bike to Work Day.
You might be aware of bike-related promotions this week.
In the Seattle area, for instance, anyone who loads a bicycle on a King County Metro bus or Sound Transit express bus this week will ride for free …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/05/14/ride-of-silence-and-bike-to-work-day-this-week/
A unusual sunny Sunday in Seattle made the first Bicycle Sunday along the shores of Lake Washington a rousing success.
As it has done so for years, the city closed down a 2 1/2-mile stretch of Lake Washington Boulevard — between Seward and Mount Baker parks — to vehicular traffic and turned the street over to bicyclists. Eleven more Bicycle Sundays are planned this summer.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/05/06/cyclists-turn-out-for-sunny-bicycle-sunday/
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