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Cascade will host an August (not so) Chilly Hilly

With iconic images of dozens of people biking off the ferry together, Cascade Bicycle Club’s Chilly Hilly ride has signaled the start of the bike events season for nearly half a century. As the name suggests, the February ride around … Continue reading

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The 45th Chilly Hilly is Sunday on Bainbridge

Cascade Bicycle Club’s major event season kicks off Sunday with the 45th annual Chilly Hilly. Thousands of people will meet up at Colman Dock to catch the ferry to Bainbridge. Numbers swell when weather is sunny and warm, but that’s … Continue reading

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Chilly Hilly is Sunday

Cascade Bicycle Club’s first major ride of the year is Sunday. If you’re starting on the Seattle side of Elliott Bay, your ride starts with a ferry ride absolutely packed with people on bikes. Then you’re in for 33 miles … Continue reading

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Cascade’s annual Chilly Hilly ride around Bainbridge is Sunday

If forecasts hold out, it may not be so chilly for Sunday’s Chilly Hilly. Cascade Bicycle Club’s first big ride of the year, this ride around hilly Bainbridge Island starts with an iconic ferry ride filled with bikes. It’s also … Continue reading

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Bainbridge Fire Dept. honors four who saved life of man who had heart attack during Chilly Hilly

The Bainbridge Island Fire Department honored four people for their swift, life-saving action to help a man who had a heart attack after summiting a big Bainbridge Island hill during this year’s Chilly Hilly bike ride. Brian Moran and his … Continue reading

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Man who had heart attack during Chilly Hilly doing well, quick action by riders may have saved his life

As though you needed another reason to get certified in CPR, here’s a big one. A man participating in the annual Chilly Hilly collapsed while biking up one of the route’s namesake hills, but fast action by nearby riders trained … Continue reading

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Sunday’s Chilly Hilly ride likely to be ‘chilly,’ guaranteed to be ‘hilly’

Cascade Bicycle Club’s first big ride event of the year is Sunday. Every year, tons of people pack the Seattle-to-Bainbridge ferry for the Chilly Hilly. The route is a loop around Bainbridge Island, so the “hilly” part is guaranteed. And … Continue reading

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Chilly Hilly storms Bainbridge + STP sells out in record time

The biking season is officially underway as Cascade Bicycle Club’s 40th Annual Chilly Hilly took over Bainbridge Island Sunday. For the club’s first ride of the year, hundreds or people packed the ferries for a cruise around Bainbridge Island’s relentless … Continue reading

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Thousands ride up and down hills in freezing rain and slush

3,700 riders rode 33 miles of long climbs on Bainbridge Island in near-freezing weather with rain and slush yesterday. The crowd was a couple thousand people short of last year’s record-breaking 6,029 people who showed up in great weather for … Continue reading

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