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Bicyclists leave Seattle for Big Ride Across America

Gene Bisbee — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:45:18 +0000

A cross-country charity bike ride for the American Lung Association rolled out of Seattle on Monday for a 7-week journey.

I just happened to run into the Big Ride Across America at one of the day’s rest stops at Marymoor Park in Redmond.

If all went as planned, they’re left Lake Easton State Park on …

Tragedy strikes charity ride in Snohomish County

Gene Bisbee — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:17:32 +0000

A teen-age bicycle rider was struck by a car and killed as he participated in a Canada-based charity bicycle ride bypassing Arlington in Snohomish County this weekend.

Police reported that the 16-year-old from Victoria, BC, tried to pass cyclists riding in a pack on a narrow road with no shoulder, lost control of his bike …

State repairing 2 more tunnels on John Wayne Pioneer rail-trail; 2 others remain closed

Gene Bisbee — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:10:33 +0000

Contractors are working to repair two tunnels on the John Wayne Pioneer Trail that have been closed since 2009 when inspectors found falling debris hazards inside of them.

The two former railroad tunnels — Numbers 48 and 49 on the old Chicago-Milwaukee-St. Paul-Pacific Railroad, commonly known as the Milwaukee Road — are located east of …

Salsa recalling faulty bike forks

Gene Bisbee — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 22:43:49 +0000

Salsa Cycles issued a recall for 1,700 black La Cruz bicycle forks because they have a history of bending above the disc brake mount.

The bike forks were sold individually and on Salsa Vaya brand bicycles and framesets.

The company and the Consumer Protection Safety Commission recommends that owners stop riding the bicycles immediately and …

Bicyclists follow Waterfront Trail across Ontario; spending as they go

Gene Bisbee — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 14:30:43 +0000

This surely isn’t the first time you’ve heard this, but it certainly bears repeating: Creating long-distance bicycle routes and trails draws travelers on two wheels who spend money.

Twenty-seven Canadian communities will learn that this summer when a new, 370-mile section Ontario’s Waterfront Trail will be opened along the north shore of Lake Erie.

Coming in the …

Issaquah section of East Lake Sammamish Trail opens Tuesday

Gene Bisbee — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 23:40:59 +0000

Hmmm, baby. Just what I like to see — a freshly paved bike trail. Just got to wait a couple of days for it to open.

This is the Issaquah Trailhead for the East Lake Sammamish Trail that rolls out between Issaquah and Redmond.

The 11-mile trail opened as a gravel rail-trail in 2006, and …

Evergreen Mountain Bike Festival creates knobby fun

Gene Bisbee — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 00:23:01 +0000

Hundreds of mountain biking enthusiasts flocked to Duthie Hill Park in Issaquah on Saturday to celebrate all things having to do with knobby-tires. Here, a pro free-styler flies through the air on one of the runs at the Go Huck Yourself Jump Jam down in the Flow Park section of Duthie Hill.

Roadies and mountain bikers converge on Seattle’s Eastside

Gene Bisbee — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 14:42:44 +0000

Bicycling enthusiasts will enjoy two-wheeled bliss on knobby and skinny tires this Saturday in Redmond and Issaquah.

The widely acclaimed Duthie Hill Park in the Issaquah highlands once again will be the site for the annual Evergreen Mountain Bike Festival this coming Saturday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Also Saturday, the Cascade Bicycle Club …

Where to learn about updating Seattle’s Bicycle Master Plan

Gene Bisbee — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 15:51:20 +0000

The Seattle Bicycle Master Plan is a work in progress.

Since the master plan was first adopted in 2007, some new best practices to make roads safer for cyclists have evolved.

Policy makers want to implement some of those changes in an updated master plan currently under review. [See the updated plan here.]

Cycle …

Editorial attack against New York City’s bike-sharing program

Gene Bisbee — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 16:37:15 +0000

Apparently not everyone in New York City is in love with Citi Bike, the bike-sharing program that launched with 6,000 blue bikes at 300 stations over Memorial Day weekend. Rupert Murdoch's The Wall Street Journal produced a video opinion piece, curiously entitled "Death by Bicycle," in which editorial board member Dorothy Rabinowitz blasted the new program. ...