Tag: davey oil

September 13, 2021

Publicola: What the e-bike boom means for Seattle

E-bike sales are outpacing electric car sales two-to-one in the United States, and e-bikes now make up 20% or more of bikes sold in Seattle bike shops. And as Josh Feit (with Maryam Noor) wrote for Publicola, all signs point to a continued increase in e-bike use. Feit recently bought an e-bike after a friend…
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tagged: anna zivarts, davey oil, josh feit, maryam noor, publicola
March 3, 2017

One year after the Greenwood explosion, G&O Family Cyclery opens its new home

It’s been a very long and hard year for many Greenwood businesses damaged or destroyed by the March 9, 2016, natural gas explosion. Many are still struggling to hang on while insurance companies and Puget Sound Energy delay and haggle over who needs to pay out for the immense damage that has so far mostly…
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tagged: #greenwoodexplosion, davey oil, g&o family cyclery, greenwood, tyler gillies
August 4, 2016

Thursday is SAM’s Bike Night at the Olympic Sculpture Park

The Seattle Art Museum is hosting a free Bike Night at the Olympic Sculpture Park Thursday (tonight!), featuring music, talks, workshops, food, a kids zone and more. Want to learn about independent publishing? Learn to make your own zine with Microcosm Publishing’s Elly Blue and Joe Biel. Take a tour of the sculpture park with…
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tagged: boyfriends, chastity belt, davey oil, elly blue, events, janet fagan, joe biel, olympic sculpture park, seattle art museum
May 31, 2016

Watch: City Inside/Out takes on Seattle’s slashed bike plans

Seattle Channel’s City Inside/Out produced a quality segment on the city’s recent bike plan cuts and the public protest against them. The episode begins with a five-minute intro report outlining how the cuts came about and what people protesting the changes think about them (Spoiler: They don’t like ’em). The intro features interviews with Davey…
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tagged: bicycle master plan implementation plan, cathy tuttle, city inside/out, darby watson, davey oil, kelli refer, mike o’brien, phyllis porter, sally bagshaw, seattle channel, shirley savel
April 1, 2016

G&O Family Cyclery finds new temporary Greenwood home

Great news from G&O Family Cyclery today: They found a new temporary home just a block north from their old spot that was severely damaged in the Greenwood gas explosion last month. Not sure if they were going to be able to weather the storm, people rallied around the shop and raised tens of thousands…
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tagged: #greenwoodexplosion, davey oil, g&o family cyclery, greenwood
March 11, 2016

A big effort is underway to save G&O Family Cyclery after the Greenwood explosion

NOTE: G&O Family Cyclery is not only a Seattle Bike Blog advertiser, but co-owner Davey Oil is a close friend. He even officiated my wedding (and was amazing). I note this for disclosure, but also to emphasize that this shop is very special. I can’t wait to see it back open better than ever. G&O…
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tagged: #greenwoodexplosion, cargo bikes, davey oil, family biking, g&o family cyclery, greenwood, tyler gillies