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From our Bike Events Calendar
Aug20Tue6:30 pm Duwamish Valley Safe Streets Mee...Duwamish Valley Safe Streets Mee...Aug 20 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pmThis month, as always, we will be meeting on the 3rd Tuesday of the month, Tuesday August 20th at 6:30 pm at the Duwamish Waterway Park As summer is winding down this will be an informal gathering of neighbors from … Continue readingAug21Wed6:00 pm GET SPOKED! WOMXN, TRANS, GENDER... @ Bike Works WarehouseGET SPOKED! WOMXN, TRANS, GENDER... @ Bike Works WarehouseAug 21 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Every THIRD Wednesday of the month from 6 – 9 PM, we’re hosting a Volunteer Repair Party (VRP)/Open Shop specifically for folks who identify as women, trans, or gender non-binary to come together in an inclusive space to repair bikes … Continue readingAug22Thu6:00 pm Beacon Hill Safe Streets Monthly...Beacon Hill Safe Streets Monthly...Aug 22 @ 6:00 pm – 7:45 pmformerly Beacon B.I.K.E.S. We will be having our August meeting at a different location so that we can all enjoy a potluck! This Thursday, August 22, we will be meeting at Jefferson Park at 6:00 pm near the north end … Continue reading6:30 pm Bike Works Volunteer Repair Party @ Bike Works ClassroomsBike Works Volunteer Repair Party @ Bike Works ClassroomsAug 22 @ 6:30 pm – 9:30 pmDetails: Volunteer Repair Parties (VRP) are drop-in, weekly bike repair parties for adults (age 18 and up). You do not need to be a skilled bike mechanic to help out. This is how most volunteers with Bike Works get their … Continue reading Be a Seattle Bike Blog Supporter!
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Tag Archives: bike touring
Study: Recreation cycling in Washington generates $3.1 billion for state’s economy
Biking is good for the state’s economy. It’s one of those ideas that seems fairly obvious, but we haven’t really had much solid data to know exactly how much cycling helps. Until now. It turns out, it helps maybe even … Continue reading
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Tagged bike touring, bikenomics, bikepacking, washington bikes, washington recreation and conservation office
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Middle Fork Road project could be boon to bike camping outside North Bend
Last summer, my partner Kelli and I loaded our bikes and camping stuff onto a bus to Fall City. Our goal was to have a nice 25-mile ride down the Snoqualmie Valley Trail through North Bend and up Middle Fork … Continue reading
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Tagged bike camping, bike touring, bikepacking, bus-bike camping, fall city, middle fork, north bend, snoqualmie valley trail
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In Seattle, you can now go to bike touring school. Really.
Have I ever told you all that I love Seattle? Because in Seattle, you can actually go to bike touring school. That’s a real thing here. How beautiful is that? Sarah Burch will be teaching the three-hour class in late … Continue reading
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Tagged ASUW, basics of bicycle touring, bike touring, experimental college, sarah burch, uw
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Swift Travels: Some bike camping destinations from your doorway
Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of posts written by Martina Brimmer, a friend and owner of Ballard-based Swift Industries. Swift is a Seattle Bike Blog advertiser, but this post is not paid for. Martina has passion … Continue reading
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Tagged bike touring, bikepacking, martina brimmer, swift industries, swift travels
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