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From our Bike Events Calendar
Jul21Sunall-day Sunday FUNDay @ Eleven Winery @ Eleven WinerySunday FUNDay @ Eleven Winery @ Eleven WineryJul 21 all-day
Drink wine for Bike Works! Eleven Winery will donate 100% of glass pours and tasting fees and 10% of all bottle purchases to Bike Works. This event will be held at the Winery location only, where we’ll also be accepting … Continue reading10:00 am Bike Works Volunteer Repair Party @ Bike Works ClassroomsBike Works Volunteer Repair Party @ Bike Works ClassroomsJul 21 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 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 reading12:00 pm REDMOND CYCLING CLUB BIKE DRIVE ... @ Element CyclesREDMOND CYCLING CLUB BIKE DRIVE ... @ Element CyclesJul 21 @ 12:00 pm – 4:00 pmFor the second year in a row, the Redmond Cycling Club is partnering with Bike Works to hold a bike drive at this year’s RAMROD Packet Pick up Day on Sunday, July 21st from noon until 4pm at Element Cycles, located … Continue readingJul23Tue6:30 pm Queen Anne Greenways monthly mee...Queen Anne Greenways monthly mee...Jul 23 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pmQACC Room #1 ALWAYS CHECK THE FACEBOOK PAGE (https://www.facebook.com/QueenAnneGreenways) FOR POSSIBLE CHANGES FacebookTwitterRedditPocketEmailJul24Wed6:00 pm Ballard-Fremont Greenways MeetingBallard-Fremont Greenways MeetingJul 24 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pmBallard-Fremont Greenways meets monthly on the 4th Wednesday of the month. FacebookTwitterRedditPocketEmail Be a Seattle Bike Blog Supporter!
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Tag Archives: bikepacking
Bikepacking to Dosewallips State Park (and some rainy ‘type II’ fun)
Editor’s Note: There are few places on earth as well-suited for bikepacking trips than Washington State. If you bike regularly and your standard trip includes at least one hill, then you are more than ready to load your bike with … Continue reading
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Tagged bainbridge island, bike camping, bikepacking, brinnon, dosewallips state park, hood canal, hood canal bridge, port gamble, quilcene, suquamish
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Blonsky: A non-definitive guide to bike overnighters within an hour(ish) of Seattle
EDITOR’S NOTE: Marley originally posted this great beginner’s guide to bike camping trips near Seattle on her blog. Bike camping season started early this year thanks to a very warm winter. Adventure is closer to home than you think. A … Continue reading
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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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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