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Jul19Tue6:00 pm Rainier Valley Greenways monthly... @ Virtual via ZoomRainier Valley Greenways monthly... @ Virtual via ZoomJul 19 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pmFacebookTwitterRedditPocketEmailJul21Thu5:30 pm Seattle Redistricting: District ...Seattle Redistricting: District ...Jul 21 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pmSeattle Redistricting Commission and the Department of Neighborhoods:Attend a Public Forum Register in advance at https://seattle.surveymonkey.com/r/VXM2PGW. If you are unable to attend a public forum, you can also participate in the process by viewing draft maps and submitting public comment at https://www.seattle.gov/redistricting/how-to-participate. District 7 Public … Continue reading7:15 pm Point83 @ Westlake ParkPoint83 @ Westlake ParkJul 21 @ 7:15 pm
Meet up in the center of the park at 7ish. Leave at 730. Every Thursday from now until forever rain or shine. Bikes, beers, illegal firepits, nachos, bottlerockets, timetraveling, lollygagging, mechanicals, good times.FacebookTwitterRedditPocketEmailJul24Sun11:30 am CSG Sky (Cherry Hill) to Sea (La... @ Meet at Firehouse Mini ParkCSG Sky (Cherry Hill) to Sea (La... @ Meet at Firehouse Mini ParkJul 24 @ 11:30 am – 1:30 pmCSG Sky (Cherry Hill) to Sea (Lake Washington) Ride!(P.S. it’s mostly downhill)What: Join us for an all-ages-and-abilities, slow, social bike ride led by Central Seattle Greenways to celebrate our beautiful (but far too short) summer! Picnic/hangout to follow.Where: (Start) Meet … Continue reading11:30 am CSG Sky (Cherry Hill) to Sea (La... @ Firehouse Mini ParkCSG Sky (Cherry Hill) to Sea (La... @ Firehouse Mini ParkJul 24 @ 11:30 am
CSG Sky (Cherry Hill) to Sea (Lake Washington) Ride! (P.S. it’s mostly downhill) What: Join us for an all-ages-and-abilities, slow, social bike ride led by Central Seattle Greenways to celebrate our beautiful (but far too short) summer! Picnic/hangout to follow. … Continue reading
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For some reason, we are still adjusting our clocks so that evening commutes are in the dark
Washington, Oregon and California have all passed laws saying that they are ready to switch to permanent Daylight Saving Time, but we still need to meaninglessly and abruptly plunge the evening commute into darkness next week because Congress has not … Continue reading
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Obligatory end of Daylight Saving Time bike lights post
Sunset is at 4:45 today. 4:45! That means the typical evening commute will happen in the dark and twilight hours for the next several months. So lets talk about bike lights. Longtime readers may remember previous posts about bike lights … Continue reading
It’s getting dark earlier, so let’s talk about bike lights
Biking at night is one of my favorite things to do. As we wrote in our 2013 bike light story, “a nighttime bike ride can turn a simple errand into an existential experience.” It’s true. The pace of the city … Continue reading
Rain?!? Pshhh, whatever. Seattle’s a year-round bike town
One of Seattle Bike Blog’s all-time most read stories has a simple title: How to bike in the Seattle rain. Some people thought the post was a cop-out since, in a way, it contains little real advice about what to … Continue reading
West Seattle video series compares bike lights from the driver’s seat
The good folks at West Seattle Bike Connections read our October post about bike lights (and how some are too bright to put on strobe mode on a bike trail) and noticed something missing: Demonstrations of how different lights actually … Continue reading
Is there really a bike light arms race, or are we all just confused about what’s safe?
I absolutely love biking around Seattle at night. Our city is simply stunning, and a nighttime bike ride can turn a simple errand into an existential experience. People who have biked through Interlaken Park alone at night probably know how … Continue reading
Commute Seattle and city hosting bike light event Thursday
Bike lights are not optional. Aside from being required by law (technically, only front light and rear reflector are required), lights are vital if you are going to be visible to folks driving, biking and walking at night and sun-in-the-eyes … Continue reading
Why giving away bike lights makes sense
Having a front-facing bike light can greatly reduce a rider’s chances of being struck in many of the most common types of car-bike collisions. The rate of collisions goes up significantly at night, and a common response from drivers who … Continue reading
Tell your ninja friends: Free lights this afternoon!
This bears repeating: Tell your cash-strapped, unlit or underlit bike rider friends to stop by any of these three locations this afternoon to get free bike lights from Cascade. I say, “Tell your friends,” because clearly not a single upstanding … Continue reading
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Free bike light giveaway Dec. 9
Cascade Bicycle Club and SDOT are giving away 420 bike lights at three Seattle locations December 9. Now that it is dark for so much of the day, having lights is one of the best things you can do to … Continue reading
