Tag: chilly hilly

June 21, 2021

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 Bainbridge Island is often cold and rainy, though riders warm up quickly pedaling up the…
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February 21, 2017

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 not the point of this ride. It’s still fun to bike when it’s rainy and…
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February 26, 2016

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 of long, beautiful hills and usually some rain. At this point, your only option is…
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February 20, 2015

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 one of the few Cascade rides where you can register at the start line. Although…
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March 28, 2014

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 family were in attendance Thursday evening to thank Patrick Rugh, Joe Kimzey, Roger Chan and…
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February 25, 2014

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 in CPR, the Cascade Bicycle Club emergency communication system, Bainbridge Island first responders and Washington…
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