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North Cascades Highway Ciclovia
Open streets, a.k.a. ciclovias, are events that temporarily close streets to vehicle traffic so people can use them for biking, walking, playing and socializing. These events are gaining traction...
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Biking for Baseball
Meet Steve Lunn, Chase Higgins and Adam Kremers. These three friends, along with pals Rex Roberts and Tim Sherman, are the Biking for Baseball team. Biking for Baseball combines three interests that...
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Friday Fun: Maryhill Freeride
I was traveling through the Columbia Gorge recently and encountered this adrenaline event: the Maryhill Freeride! This two-day event near Goldendale offers downhill skaters, boarders and gravity...
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Friday Fun: Way Back Home
Danny MacAskill is an amazing bike handler and I never tire of watching of this video. All that Scottish landscape is bonus. Happy Friday! Share WA bike stuff! The post Friday Fun: Way Back Home...
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Friday Fun: Zoobomb!
If you happen to be in Portland on a Sunday evening and in need of an adrenaline rush, grab your bike, helmet, lights and other protective gear, and hop the light rail to Washington Park Zoo, then...
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From Dusk ’til Dawn: Good Times at the 2012 Nine to Five All-Night Bicycle...
photos by the author except as noted. James Grindle photoThe fourth annual Nine To Five All-Night Bicycle Scavenger Hunt had an auspicious beginning as declared by a...
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Island Tour: Eating our Way through the San Juan and Gulf Islands August...
photos by the author except as noted Gratitudes In this week’s spirit of sharing gratitude, I bring you this vacation journal from our late summer bike tour through the San Juan and Gulf Islands. Now...
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How Being a Working Mom is Like Riding a Bicycle
A future Bicycle Alliance member! Reflections from the saddle. Just like riding a bicycle takes balance and practice, so does being a working Mom (or Dad). Life is a balance no matter what stage you...
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Riding RAPSody for the First Time
I began my new job as Development and Membership Manager at Bicycle Alliance of Washington in March 2012. I’d never heard of RAPSody (Ride Around Puget Sound) until I overheard my co-worker, Louise...
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Bicycle Urbanism Symposium at the University of Washington June 19-22
In late January I wrote a post inviting your participation in the University of Washington’s Bicycle Urbanism Symposium. Several months have passed and now we are just two weeks from the event. We have...
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Exploring the Methow Valley on two wheels
When you think of outdoor recreation in the Methow Valley, it likely brings to mind miles of groomed cross-country ski trails in the winter or some epic mountain bike adventure in the summer. Few folks...
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Washington State Bicycle Travel Photo Sampling: Researching a Bike Tour Guide...
Ellee Thalheimer, author of the Cycling Sojourner Washington bicycle tour book we’ll be bringing out next spring, is hard at work. That is to say, she and husband Joe Partridge are riding their bikes...
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In India, the Bicycle Rises Above the Din
Earlier this year I took a much-anticipated trip to India, a place I’d never visited but dreamed of experiencing since seeing the film Passage to India in college. I boarded Air India with seven other...
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Conquering cattle guards
Cyclist meets cow near cattle guard crossing. Riding rural roads that travel through national forests and over range country managed by the Bureau of Land Management has its pluses: low vehicle...
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Bridges: Portals to Somewhere
Guest blogger Bill Thorness is the author of Biking Puget Sound: 50 Rides from Olympia to the San Juans. This story and accompanying images originally appeared on his blog, Biking Puget Sound. The...
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8 Lakes Leg Aches: Great name, great ride
This post was written by our board member Sarah Gelineau of Tonasket. When she and husband Paul are not traveling to bike rides, Sarah keeps busy with home and garden projects, and her involvement with...
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Riding RAPSody for the First Time
I began my new job as Development and Membership Manager at Washington Bikes in March 2012. I’d never heard of RAPSody (Ride Around Puget Sound) until I overheard my co-worker, Louise McGrody, describe...
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Bicycle Urbanism Symposium at the University of Washington June 19-22
In late January I wrote a post inviting your participation in the University of Washington’s Bicycle Urbanism Symposium. Several months have passed and now we are just two weeks from the event. We have...
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Exploring the Methow Valley on two wheels
When you think of outdoor recreation in the Methow Valley, it likely brings to mind miles of groomed cross-country ski trails in the winter or some epic mountain bike adventure in the summer. Few folks...
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Washington State Bicycle Travel Photo Sampling: Researching a Bike Tour Guide...
Ellee Thalheimer, author of the Cycling Sojourner Washington bicycle tour book we’ll be bringing out next spring, is hard at work. That is to say, she and husband Joe Partridge are riding their bikes...
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