Tag: cascade bicycle club

November 20, 2023

Cranksgiving 2023 riders break the donation record by biking 3,699 lbs to food banks

I am still riding high on the happy and caring vibes from Seattle’s 14th Annual Cranksgiving. 168 people biked all over our beautiful city Saturday to buy items the U District, Rainier Valley and Byrd Barr Place Food Banks requested. Pannier by backpack by trailer load, the riders all pitched in to deliver an all-time…
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tagged: byrd barr place, cascade bicycle club, cranksgiving, cranksgiving 2023, maxwell burton, rainier valley food bank, seattle pedaling relief project, u district food bank
November 14, 2023

Watch: Talking about Cranksgiving on Q13

Paul Tolmé from Cascade and I were on Q13’s Studio 13 Live show this morning. I just love talking about Cranksgiving. It such a positive day, and all you make it that way one bike bag full of food at a time. Cranksgiving is Saturday, and all the details are coming together nicely. For the…
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tagged: cascade bicycle club, cranksgiving 2023, q13
November 10, 2023

Tuesday: Cascade is screening The Street Project

Cascade Bicycle Club is hosting a screening of The Street Project 6 p.m. Tuesday (Nov. 14) at their office in Magnuson Park. The 50-minute documentary “is an inspiring story about the global, citizen-led fight to make our streets safer,” according to the trailer: There will be a Q&A with Cascade advocacy staff after the film.
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tagged: cascade bicycle club, events, the street project
October 31, 2023

November 18: Seattle’s 14th Annual Cranksgiving food drive scavenger hunt by bike

Sniff. Can you smell that? There’s a crisp coldness in the air, and is that a hint of cranberry sauce? That can mean only one thing: It’s almost time for Cranksgiving. For the 14th year, Seattle Bike Blog is presenting a joyful day of bike adventures and good will to celebrate winter riding and support…
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tagged: bike works, byrd barr place, cascade bicycle club, central cinema, cranksgiving, cranksgiving 2023, events, rainier valley food bank, seattle pedaling relief project, u district food bank
October 16, 2023

Wednesday: Catch my all-new book presentation at Cascade’s HQ

If you have already attended one of my Biking Uphill in the Rain presentations, then you’ve heard about the early history of biking in Seattle. I’m excited to debut an all-new presentation at Cascade Bicycle Club’s Magnuson Park headquarters 6 p.m. Wednesday (October 18). Register on the Cascade website. The new talk picks up where…
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tagged: biking uphill in the rain, cascade bicycle club, events
July 20, 2023

Cascade, Appellants issue dueling press statements as Missing Link continues to be tied in legal knots

Josh Brower, attorney for the appellant group fighting the Ballard Missing Link of the Burke-Gilman Trail in court, put out a lengthy press release claiming victory (see full statement below). Cascade responded, likening the statement to “a baseball team quitting before the 9th inning.” My main squabble with the Cascade statement is that we are…
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tagged: ballard, burke-gilman trail, cascade bicycle club, josh brower, missing link, sdot