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 …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2013/04/29/signs-of-the-old-times-appearing-washington-and-pennsylvania-bicycle-trails/
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 …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2013/04/26/choosing-a-glorious-day-to-launch-a-bicycle-tour/
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 …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2013/04/23/bike-sharing-is-steamrolling-in-cities-across-north-america/
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 ….
Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2013/04/23/bike-share-is-now-on-tap-for-seattle-in-spring-2014/
The father of LSD says he was riding his bicycle the first time he felt the hallucinogenic effects of acid.
Could Albert Hofmann, who died at age 102 in 2008, have been the first cyclist to be accused of doping? You could certainly say took the first bike trip.
Hofmann told the International Herald Tribune …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2013/04/19/worlds-first-lsd-trip-happened-on-a-bike-ride/
It looks like Pittsburgh’s last leg of the Great Allegheny Passage (GAP) will open soon, finally completing a 335-mile off-road bicycle route from Washington DC to Pittsburgh. [See the interactive map below.]
Crews are working on the “final mile” to link the Steel Valley Trail to the Three Rivers Heritage Trail that will deposit GAP …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2013/04/18/closing-the-gap-for-bicycle-touring-the-great-allegheny-passage/
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 …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2013/04/16/centennial-trail-missing-link-construction-begins-in-arlington-bicycling-detours-available/
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 …
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/
After being impressed with the winning images in the Adventure Cycling Association’s bike touring photography contests in recent years, I was really looking forward to the results of its Bike Travel Video Contest.
The winning videos announced recently in each of three categories did not disappoint. Each one is entertaining, brief, and should leave viewers with one common thought — traveling by bicycle is fun.
In my opinion, the succinctly named “Northern Europe by Bike” is the best of the best. The film by Stefan Böhm of Germany …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2013/04/07/adventure-cycling-awards-oscars-for-bike-touring-videos/
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 …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2013/04/04/mountain-bike-trails-on-tiger-reopen-today/
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