Tag: fremont
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Bike theft hero spots stranger’s ride, returns it during victim’s costumed birthday bike ride
Seattle has a new hero, and her name is Alex Cruse. Alex was in a car in Wallingford with her fiancée and soon-to-be father-in-law when she spotted an orange and white All-City Macho Man bike near an apparent homeless encampment just off Northlake Way. Amazingly, she remembered seeing the bike listed on Bike Index, an…
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2015 Fremont Bridge bike counts have broken records every month so far
The number of bicycle trips across the Fremont Bridge continues to climb year-over-year. In fact, a mild winter has helped to break all-time monthly bike count records every month so far in 2015. In fact, bike counts have increased 14 of the 17 months for which we have year-over-year data. February saw a giant, 25…
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Cue the balloon drop! One million Fremont Bridge bike trips in 2014! – UPDATED 1/1/15
@seabikeblog Hey, count made it to 645 on the 28th (7:36pm) pic.twitter.com/nSP4Fkgt45 — Jay Talbot (@JayTalbot2) December 29, 2014 We did it! One million bike trips over the Fremont Bridge in 2014! And reader Jay Talbot got a photo of magic number 645 Sunday evening — the one millionth trip of the year. How cool…
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All I want for Christmas is 1 million Fremont bike trips – UPDATED 12/28
UPDATE 12/28: It could happen today! Rider number 645 on Sunday will be number one million for 2014. However, if bike trip levels today are like Saturday, the one millionth trip will happen Monday morning. UPDATE 12/26: I have updated the numbers in the story to reflect counts as of midnight. If cycling rates are…
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Davidson Cycles and 333fab partner up to open Fremont custom bike shop
When Elliott Bay Bicycles closed in late September after 31 years, owners of Seattle-made Davidson bikes wondered what would happen to the storied bike maker’s shop. Now we know: Bill Davidson is teaming up with Maxwell Kullaway of 333fab to open a new custom bike fabrication shop in Fremont. Davidson & Kullaway Custom Bicycles is…
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Update on journey to 1 million annual Fremont bike trips: We did it! (sort of)
We did it! One million bike trips across the Fremont Bridge in one year! Actually, as commenter Doug Ollerenshaw pointed out on our previous Fremont bike counter story, we did it back on September 29. That was the first day that counts for the previous 12 months totaled one million. So between 9/29/2013 and 9/29/2014,…
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