Category Archive: Northwest Cycling

Lots of support for Friday’s Bike to Work Day

If you plan to Bike to Work on Friday, you’ll likely find a lot of encouragement at morning commute stations set up throughout the Puget Sound region.

Here’s a map created by Cascade Bicycle Club of 43 commute stations set up throughout Seattle and its suburbs where bicyclists can pick up water, snacks, maps, and free bike-related swag.

Many bike commute stations are hosted by local bicycle shops…..

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Snoqualmie Valley Trail closed near North Bend until August

Snoqualmie Valley Trail closed between Mt. Si Golf Course and North Bend

A 1.7-mile stretch of the Snoqualmie Valley Trail between the Mount Si Golf Course and North Bend will be closed for bridge replacement until mid-August.

There is no off-road detour. To get from one side to the other, bicyclists have to ride on Boalch Avenue (there’s an adjacent trail through the old Meadowbrook farm) and …

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Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2013/05/04/snoqualmie-valley-trail-closed-near-north-bend-until-august/

Bicyclist killed in south Seattle collision with a semi-truck

Location of Wednesday morning fatality

Update: A 54-year-old male bicyclist died in a collision with a semi-truck Wednesday morning in Seattle at the intersection of South Hanford Street and East Marginal Way South.

The cyclist was identified as Lance David of Federal Way, an avid cyclist. Reports say he regularly pedaled more than 5,000 miles a year and rode from …

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Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2013/05/01/bicyclist-killed-in-south-seattle-collision-with-a-semi-truck/

Signs of the (old) times appearing on Washington and Pennsylvania bicycle trails

Historical marker for Pittsburgh's early bicycle explorer

There’s something about historical highway plaques and markers that are extremely distracting when I’m bicycling through new territory.

When we started our cross-country bike ride in Virginia, for instance, my poor friend Bruce probably thought we’d never get to Kentucky as I was constantly stopping to read the signs.

There were lots of Civil War …

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Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2013/04/29/signs-of-the-old-times-appearing-washington-and-pennsylvania-bicycle-trails/

Choosing a glorious day to launch a bicycle tour

Wendell Poole III

What better day to start your bicycle travels than a sparkling clear spring day in April.

That’s how it worked out for Wendell Poole III, whom I happened upon while completing a Green River Trail-Interurban Trail loop in Kent on Thursday.

As I headed north and the temperature pushed toward 70 degrees early in the …

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Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2013/04/26/choosing-a-glorious-day-to-launch-a-bicycle-tour/

Bike sharing is steamrolling in cities across North America

Capital Bike Share

Tuesday’s announcement by Puget Sound Bike Share that it has chosen an operating partner and plans to roll out in about 12 months makes Seattle just the latest in a recent string of cities embracing bike share.

It seems like only a couple of years ago that the major U.S. cities with bike share systems …

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Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2013/04/23/bike-sharing-is-steamrolling-in-cities-across-north-america/

Bike share is now on tap for Seattle in Spring 2014

Puget Sound Bike Share has chosen Portland-based Alta Bicycle Share to operate a system that will be on the ground here by the spring of 2014 with 500 bicycles at 50 stations.

The announcement, made in the Seattle Times this morning, is expected later Tuesday afternoon.

Alta Bicycle Share is related to ….

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Centennial Trail ‘missing link’ construction begins in Arlington; bicycling detours available

Arlington Trailhead

Work has finally begun in Arlington on the last 1-mile interruption of the Centennial Trail as it rolls for some 30 miles from downtown Snohomish to the Skagit County line.

The construction on 67th Avenue Northeast should run off and on throughout the year and into early 2014. Crews started installing fencing and opening parts …

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Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2013/04/16/centennial-trail-missing-link-construction-begins-in-arlington-bicycling-detours-available/

North Cascades Highway due to open this week; slated for future US Bicycle Route

An annual rite of spring is the reopening of the North Cascades Highway in April or early May after snow plow crews complete the task of scraping the road to bare pavement.

That not only opens a 40-mile stretch of Highway 20 in northern Washington state to car traffic, but it also marks the reopening of a remarkably scenic link of Adventure Cycling Association’s Northern Tier and Washington State Parks bicycle routes to touring bicyclists.

The Washington State Department of Transportation is shooting for a 1 p.m. Tuesday reopening of the highway, unless this past weekend’s spring snows …

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Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2013/04/15/north-cascades-highway-due-to-open-this-week-slated-for-future-us-bicycle-route/

Mountain bike trails on Tiger reopen today

Mountain bikers bombing down Preston Railroad Trail in 2012

It may not always look like it, but the Seattle area has had below average rainfall so far this year.

One result is today’s early reopening of mountain biking trails at  Tiger Mountain State Forest.

When I was out there last month to ride out to Poo Poo Point on forest roads, the trails were …

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Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2013/04/04/mountain-bike-trails-on-tiger-reopen-today/

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