Category: Northwest Cycling

Seattle Bike Expo weekend

If you're anywhere close to Seattle this weekend, I'd recommend the Cascade Bicycle Club's Seattle International Bike Expo on Saturday and Sunday.

I've been to this for the past couple of years, and it's definitely worth checking out. It's a celebration of everything bicycle — riding, touring, apparel, parts, gadgets, recumbents, foldables — you name it. More than 150 exhibits …

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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/02/17/seattle-bike-expo-weekend/

There's a signpost up ahead, and it's not for a bike lane

I should have gone to bed early on New Year's Eve to prepare for a long first-of-the-year bike ride instead of staying up late to watch the Twilight Zone marathon.

I probably wouldn't have been so freaked out on my ride later in the week. …

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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/07/theres-a-signpost-up-ahead-and-its-not-for-a-bike-lane/

New bicycle touring club in Seattle

Looking for a bike ride? Check out the new cycling group in town, the Seattle Bicycle Touring Club.

Even with more than a dozen cycling clubs already in the Seattle area, there's always room for one more.

About six months old and 100 members strong, the Seattle Bicycle Club sponsors at least one ride opportunity a week for beginning, social and intermediate …

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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/05/new-bicycle-touring-club-in-seattle/

Open house for Bicycle Alliance of Washington

The Bicycle Alliance of Washington is hosting an open house from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the new location of its offices.

BAW has taken over the lease at BikeStation Seattle at 311 Third Ave. South, in the Pioneer Square neighborhood. The bike advocacy and education group is moving into the building so that the 24/7 bike parking and repair services can remain. …

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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/04/open-house-for-bicycle-alliance-of-washington/

Recycled bicycle innertubes fashioned into messenger bags

What do you do with those over-patched bike innertubes. Throw them out?

Eli Reich of Seattle has started a small business — Alchemy Goods — from patching those old innertubes into bicycle messenger bags (shown at right).

The Seattle Times has featured the company, reporting that “the company struggles to build a profitable enterprise while focusing on sustainability.” …

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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/01/03/recycled-bicycle-innertubes-fashioned-into-messenger-bags/

Lexus vs. bicycle hit-and-run on my side of town

I've become a little jaded by the constant reports of hit-and-run accidents against bicyclists in my news searches; but it's startling to read one from my end of town.

Cyclist Ed Schmidt was riding his bicycle up the steep climb on the Forest Drive bike lane in Bellevue at 5:12 Tuesday evening when he was struck from behind by a …

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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/12/16/lexus-vs-bicycle-hit-and-run-on-my-side-of-town/

Ban bicycle baby carriers from Washington roads?

Washington State Sen. Jim Honeyford has prefiled a bill that restricts the use of bicycle baby carriers on roads in the state.
Labeled SB 6142, the bill states:

A person shall not operate a bicycle attached to an occupied baby carrier on a street or other public roadway, unless the bicycle is operated within a city or town that …

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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/12/16/ban-bicycle-baby-carriers-from-washington-roads/

Bicycle helmets to be required in Washington town

Port Townsend (WA) passed a mandatory bicycle helmet law Monday night, although it won't go into effect until 2007.
The City Council, on a split vote, approved the law, which would affect not just cyclists, but skateboarders and equestrians as well, according to the Peninsula Daily News.

At a public hearing before the vote, several speakers said they approved …

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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/12/06/bicycle-helmets-to-be-required-in-washington-town/

Bicycles and cars share the road on new Washington plates

If you're reading this blog, you probably believe that bicycles and motor vehicles should share the road.

And if you live in Washington state, you can share your beliefs with other cyclists and motorists by purchasing “Share the Road” license plates beginning Jan. 3, 2006. …

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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/10/31/bicycles-and-cars-share-the-road-on-new-washington-plates/

Seattle-based bike club makes endorsements

One way the Cascade Bicycle Club advocates for cyclists in the Seattle area is to issue endorsements in the local elections.
After receiving an email from the CBC, I checked the Cascade website to see the endorsements for the candidates in my own burg.
Of the three seats up for grabs on the Bellevue City Council, the club …

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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/10/28/seattle-based-bike-club-makes-endorsements/