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Family Ride: Hauling Christmas trees and cruising Candy Cane Lane by bike
EDITOR’S NOTE: Critical Lass will be biking to and through Candy Cane Lane Sunday. This family-friendly ride for women and their friends meets up 4 p.m. at Fix Coffeehouse in Green Lake. You can find more details on the event … Continue reading
Carlson: Biking Seattle with Summer by Rail’s Elena Studier
EDITOR’S NOTE: Thanks to Madi Carlson for this post. It comes on the heels of several great posts she’s been writing recently on her blog FamilyRide.us. I especially like her post about family bike camping at Illahee State Park. Forget … Continue reading
FamilyRide: 20 families bike together to go camping on Bainbridge
EDITOR’S NOTE: Madi Carlson is Seattle Bike Blog’s Family Bike Expert and author of FamilyRide.us. Keep an eye out for her book, “Urban Cycling: How to get to work, save money, and use your bike for city living” available from … Continue reading
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FamilyRide: Kidical Mass swings by the under-construction Missing Link, Ballard Greenway bike counter
Sunday’s Kidical Mass ride took us to Ballard for our first look at the new two-way bikeway for part of the Burke-Gilman Trail Missing Link. The paint isn’t down yet and I hope they’ll put more dividers in to make … Continue reading
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Tagged ballard, ballard neighborhood greenways, familyride, kidical mass, missing link, nw 58th st
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Happy Halloween from the Family Ride kids!
Quite unintentionally, my kids’ Halloween costumes have mirrored improvements to Seattle bike infrastructure over the last few years: 2010: Old style man-in-a-house sharrow (and mail carrier)
FamilyRide: Seattle welcomes regular Kidical Mass rides
Kidical Mass is a fun, safe, easy going, and law-abiding family bike ride for kids of all ages. It started in Eugene, OR in 2008 and Seattle’s first ride took place May 15, 2009. Seattle has seen periods of monthly … Continue reading
FamilyRide: Save the date for disaster
What would happen if a major earthquake hit the Seattle Fault, causing roads to collapse and public transit to shut down? Portland explored how bicycles could help in just such a scenario during last year’s Disaster Relief Trials and more … Continue reading
Sound Transit’s new bike + bus ad
This is totally us! Right now! Except we don’t have a cat with us. And our biceps are way bigger. Bike+bus=<3 twitter.com/familyride/sta… — familyride (@familyride) April 8, 2013
FamilyRide: Mapping our bike corrals
I love bike corrals! My big bike doesn’t really fit in the artsy ones, but I still love them. Riding through Ballard the other day, I passed one I’d never seen before. It’s not new, I’d just never biked on … Continue reading
FamilyRide: Are you a fair-weather biker? Three fun rides to get back on the saddle
Fair-weather riders, take note: the seasons are changing! Three wonderful, easy-paced rides are coming up next month so dust off your bike, find your helmet, and get ready to roll. (Hard-core, year-round cyclists are welcome, too, of course.) We’ve got … Continue reading
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FamilyRide: Gotta haul something that won’t fit in your car? Call your friend with a family bike!
While my misery is loving the company my least favorite intersection post generated last week, I’m in the mood for something lighter this week. The kids and I hauled a big (empty) box from Green Lake to Lower Queen Anne … Continue reading
FamilyRide: My least favorite intersection
The Bicycle Master Plan public comment period is over so now we just sit back and wait for the magic to happen. But while we’re waiting, who’s to say we can’t complain about our least-favorite intersections? The bulk of my … Continue reading
FamilyRide: S.U.P.E.R. B.O.W.L. themed (sort of) kids’ bike event Sunday
Editor’s Note: Expect more posts from Madi at FamilyRide to appear on this blog going forward. We’re still working on a title for her new column. Staff Family Cycling Expert? Family Cycling Correspondent? Vote or suggest your own title in … Continue reading
Spotted on Dexter: What do you think of these bike racks with maps?
Madi with Family Ride spotted this bike rack at the under-construction Union apartment building at Dexter and Aloha (yes, the one that sometimes closes the bike lane or puts fences in it). I can’t think of another public bike map … Continue reading
Weekend Guide: Kids bike parade in Wallingford + World Naked Bike Ride
Kids biking down the center of the typically car-filled N 45th Street through Wallingford? Sounds like a good time to me. Details from Family Ride: Kids on kid bikes (with parents riding or walking along separately) Kids on balance bikes … Continue reading
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Tagged capitol hill, downtown, events, familyride, wallingford, world naked bike ride
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Wallingford neighborhood greenway opening celebration Saturday
The Wallingford neighborhood greenway is complete, and there will be a two-block community street party to mark the opening Saturday starting at 4 p.m. Details: Join us as we celebrate the opening of Seattle’s first neighborhood Greenway! We will be … Continue reading
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Tagged events, familyride, gelato bike, green lake, kidical mass, n 44th st, neighborhood greenways, totcycle, wallingford
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‘NW Folklife’s bikiest band’
From Family Ride via Twitter: NW Folklife’s bikiest band: The Hoot Hoots! #SEAbikes twitter.com/familyride/sta… — familyride (@familyride) May 28, 2012 My friends The Hoot Hoots have made bikes an integral part of their traveling show. And I didn’t even have … Continue reading
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Cyclefest and Bikemania July 22 + Adorable U District kiddie crit video
Cascade’s Cyclefest and BikeMania events will take over Magnuson Park Friday, July 22. The event includes several kids events followed by a screening of Stage 19 of le Tour complete with a beer garden and BMX show. Here’s how Cascade … Continue reading
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Tagged bikemania 2011, cascade bicycle club, cyclefest 2011, familyride, kiddie crit, madeleine carlson, recycled cycles
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