Category Archive: Northwest Cycling
Saturday is Opening Day for Trails, a good time to go out and celebrate the arrival of spring with a bicycle ride on a local trail.
I’ve never heard of Opening Day for Trails until the Rails to Trails Conservancy sent me a reminder about a free T-shirt offer for telling them about my favorite trail.
The event is obviously ceremonial — like the first pitch at a baseball game — because there is no end to the trail season. Most are open year-round.
Here in my neck of the Pacific Northwest, the rail-trails …
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Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2013/03/28/take-your-bike-to-opening-day-for-trails-on-saturday/
Growing up in Ohio and spending lots of time bicycling country roads, I’ve certainly seen my share of barns. Red barns. White barns. Weathered wooden barns. Barns with Mail Pouch Tobacco signs on them.
But I’ve never seen a blue barn.
Bicyclists who ride the roads of the Snoqualmie Valley undoubtedly know this location. The King County Historic and Scenic Corridors Project tells us …
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Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2013/03/26/blue-barns-blue-skies-and-old-school-house-as-seen-from-a-black-bicycle/
While the sun shone on Saturday, I paid a visit to the tangled hodge-podge of mountain biking trails under the power lines near Philip Arnold Park in Renton.
Some of these trails at the so-called “Towers of Power” site date back more than 20 years. Among all the volunteers who have helped maintain them over …
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Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2013/03/24/spring-is-here-wildflower-themed-bike-rides-coming-up/
Detours on southbound West Lake Sammamish Parkway went into effect this week as the city of Bellevue began work on road upgrades and the first segment of a multi-use paved trail that eventually will run between Redmond city limits and Interstate 90.
The city is upgrading the road and building the bicycle-pedestrian trail one mile …
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Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2013/03/21/bellevue-begins-work-on-trail-along-west-lake-sammamish-parkway/
It’s always sunny in Seattle on Bicycle Sundays.
Or at least that’s how I remember my regular rides over to Lake Washington Boulevard to enjoy some scenic bicycling without the worry of motor vehicle traffic.
The Seattle Parks and Recreation Department, in conjunction with Cascade Bicycle Club, is continuing its tradition of closing a …
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Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2013/03/18/12-bicycle-sundays-return-in-2013-for-seattle-bike-lovers/
The executive director of the nation’s largest “local” bicycle club is stepping down after more than 15 years at the helm.
Chuck Ayers made the announcement on Thursday at the Cascade Bicycle Club’s website.
Citing the achievements of reaching 15,000 members, selling out many annual rides months in advance, and successful lobbying on many issues …
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Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2013/03/14/chuck-ayers-is-retiring-from-cascade-bicycle-club-leadership/
Rail-to-trail enthusiasts might enjoy an open house and tour on the Eastside Rail Corridor coming up in Renton on March 30.
King County government officials want to call attention to the acquisition of nearly 20 miles of the abandoned BNSF right-of-way, part of the corridor that runs between Renton and the King County line. Redmond, Kirkland and Sound Transit own other parts of the old railroad corridor.
The open house is scheduled from 12 to 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 30, at the Seahawks Headquarters and Training Facility at 12 Seahawks Way, Renton. To get there …
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Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2013/03/14/open-house-for-trails-and-transit-on-eastside-rail-corridor-is-march-30/
Someone asked me recently if I was going to do any bicycle touring this summer, and I realized that I hadn’t really thought about it.
Too often my bike tours are last-minute decisions, and I end up filling my panniers with anything within reach and roll down the driveway toward the John Wayne Pioneer rail-trail.
Visiting the Seattle Bicycle Expo this weekend, however, I got the lowdown on the ever-growing Olympic Discovery Trail on the Olympic Peninsula. …
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Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2013/03/11/olympic-discovery-and-olympic-adventure-trails-keep-growing-improving/
If you chose to ride your bike on Saturday instead of going to the Seattle Bicycle Expo — and who could blame you considering the nice weather — well, there’s always Sunday.
This is one of the first times that I can remember showing up to the Smith Cove Terminal 91 expo site without full-on …
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Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2013/03/10/seattle-bicycle-expo-ends-sunday-with-bike-stunts-and-advocacy/
If you’re like me, you can’t believe that it’s already time for the Seattle Bike Expo to roll around.
The big event sponsored by the local Cascade Bicycle Club is returning to the Smith Cove Cruise Terminal from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday.
What I like about this show is that it offers something for every type of bicyclist. Speedy triathletes to pokey recreational cyclists to urban commuters to dirt lovers will all find something of interest among the 250 vendor booths and hours of presentations. …
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Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2013/03/07/seattle-bicycle-expo-is-saturday-and-sunday/
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