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From our Bike Events Calendar
Jun23Satall-day 5th Annual Sunride: Summer Solst... @ Mt. Rainier National Park: Sunrise Visitor Center5th Annual Sunride: Summer Solst... @ Mt. Rainier National Park: Sunrise Visitor CenterJun 23 all-day
5th Annual 2018 Sunride Hillclimb – A Willy Nilly Summer Solstice Road Bicycle Ride Join us for a solstice-welcoming spin up to the gorgeous high-alpine Sunrise Visitor Center at Mt. Rainier. “We” could be 5 riders or 150, with varied … Continue readingall-day Spoked To Ride @ Remlinger FarmsSpoked To Ride @ Remlinger FarmsJun 23 all-day
Are you Spoked to Ride for a Great Cause? Take part in our unique fundraising event that provides education and opportunities to young kids. This summer, set in the picturesque Snoqualmie Valley, you can take part in a family bike … Continue reading10:00 am Improve Beacon Hill’s Gateway wi...Improve Beacon Hill’s Gateway wi...Jun 23 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pmDo you travel through S. Charles St & Golf Dr. S.? Most Beacon Hill residents do — being the closest intersection to the Jose Rizal Bridge (on the Beacon Hill Side) means almost all of us will travel through it. … Continue readingJun24Sun9:00 am 14th Annual Body Pride Ride @ Capitol Hill, Downtown, Seattle Center14th Annual Body Pride Ride @ Capitol Hill, Downtown, Seattle CenterJun 24 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
BPR welcomes the diversity of the rainbow from every cycling tribe to be a Bare-What-You-Dare cyclist! Demonstrate your body pride! Beautiful as we are, all shapes and sizes, shades and statures. “Pride for Every Body ’cause Everybody is Beautiful” Historically, … Continue reading10:00 am Bike Works Volunteer Repair Party @ Bike Works ClassroomsBike Works Volunteer Repair Party @ Bike Works ClassroomsJun 24 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pmDetails: Volunteer Repair Parties (VRP) are drop-in, weekly bike repair parties for adults (age 18 and up). You do not need to be a skilled bike mechanic to help out. This is how most volunteers with Bike Works get their … Continue reading Be a Seattle Bike Blog Supporter!
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Tag Archives: georgetown
Support budgets for a Georgetown/South Park trail, SDOT Equity Program, Summer Parkways + more
It is long past time to build a comfortable and safe biking and walking connection between Georgetown and South Park. These communities are so close, yet the most direct way to walk between them involves a dirt path running behind … Continue reading
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Tagged 2018 budget, bruce harrell, cascade bicycle club, georgetown, mike o'brien, sdot, seattle neighborhood greenways, south park
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Options for a redesigned E Marginal Way + Regional leadership needed to connect to S King County
Today is the last day to comment on SDOT’s E Marginal Way online open house. The city is working on a major reconstruction and redesign of the industrial street that also serves as one of the most vital bike connections … Continue reading
Two people driving strike kids on bikes in Georgetown
Two different people driving struck two boys who were biking near Georgetown Playfield Monday afternoon, according to police. An eight-year-old was struck while crossing Airport Way at Corson Ave and the Lucile Street overpass around 3:30 p.m. His 12-year-old friend … Continue reading
Georgetown’s Cyclefab makes bikes do more
Down a back hallway in the Equinox Studios industrial building in Georgetown lies a very special shop that makes bicycles do more. As featured over the weekend in the Seattle Times, Cyclefab is a partnership between Garth L’Esperance, Colin Stevens … Continue reading
Bike Master Plan Draft 2: West Seattle, Duwamish Valley, Queen Anne, Interbay and Magnolia
The last day to comment on the second draft of the Bicycle Master Plan is Friday (today!). Email your comments to bmpupdate@seattle.gov. This post is a continuation of a series investigating some of changes in the newest draft of the … Continue reading
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Tagged 2013 bike master plan update, georgetown, gilman ave w, interbay, magnolia, queen anne, south park
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Memorial walk in Georgetown today for Surinderpaul Basra
There will be a memorial walk in honor of Surinderpaul Basra and in support of her friends and family. Basra, an employee at Essential Baking Company, was struck and killed one week ago at First Ave S and S Findlay … Continue reading
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Tagged essential baking company, georgetown, memorial, seattle neighborhood greenways, surinderpaul basra
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Airport Way Bridge grand opening is Friday
The terrible detour around the Airport Way Bridge at the north end of Georgetown is almost at an end. The city will celebrate the grand opening of the reconstructed bridge at 3:30 p.m. Friday. There are no bike lanes included … Continue reading
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Tagged airport way, airport way south viaduct, construction, georgetown, sodo
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Bike Master Plan: West Seattle, Sodo and South Park
This is the fourth post in a series analyzing Seattle’s draft Bicycle Master Plan update, which is currently taking public comments. This post will focus on West Seattle, Sodo, Georgetown and South Park. Stay tuned for future posts looking at … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 bicycle master plan update, georgetown, sodo, south park, west seattle
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Different Office: In the shop with Georgetown’s utility bike master Haulin’ Colin
Haulin’ Colin Fabrication and Machine Shop creates and modifies bikes that expand the power and abilities of bicycles in Seattle. From the iconic heavy-duty trailers to an inventive (industry-shaking?) no-weld cycle truck conversion kit and beyond, Haulin’ Colin’s shop is … Continue reading
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Tagged cargo bikes, different office, georgetown, haulin colin, utility bikes
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Airport Way bridge set to close for a year or more
Biking (and driving and walking) to Georgetown from the north is about to get a little more difficult as the Airport Way viaduct just north of the neighborhood goes under construction for 12-14 months. People biking will be detoured all … Continue reading
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Tagged airport way, airport way south viaduct, construction, georgetown, sodo
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Dead Baby Downhill 2011 recap (with video!)
The 2011 Dead Baby Downhill was a raucous bash that some claim to be the biggest bicycle party on the west coast. What began with a road-rash-prone, sometimes legal downhill race (though most who ride do not race at all) … Continue reading
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Tagged anne-marije rook, dead baby bike club, dead baby downhill 2011, events, georgetown, photos, riding reporter, video, west seattle, west seattle blog
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Driver flees after striking a person cycling near Georgetown
The driver of a truck that struck a 25-year-old person cycling on E Marginal Way near S Dawson St near Georgetown around 2 a.m. this morning fled the scene. The victim went to the hospital, but none of the injuries … Continue reading
Weekend guide: Dead Baby Downhill + More naked biking
The fifteenth annual Dead Baby Downhill takes off from West Seattle Friday evening. The DBD is an annual bicycle bash hosted by the Dead Baby Bike Club. Tall bike jousting, freak bikes, pedal-powered mania from Cyclecide, music… basically a huge … Continue reading
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Tagged cyclecide, cyclonudista luminata, dead baby bike club, dead baby downhill 2011, events, georgetown, naked bikers, nsfw, races, west seattle, world naked bike ride
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Freight group upset that city cares about bike safety
There are these wonderful moments where opponents to bicycle projects just come right out and say what they mean. It’s refreshing to hear a group’s arguments against lanes without them being distorted into, say, an Orwellian desire to “protect” cyclists … Continue reading
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Tagged 2011 paving, airport way, bike lanes, georgetown, industry, manufacturing Industry council, marginal way, mic, publicola, sharrows
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Help load bikes for the Village Bicycle project Saturday
The Village Bicycle Project is packing a shipping container full of bicycles destined for Ghana, but they need your help. The load-in will be Saturday, Dec. 4 at Total Reclaim (AKA Ecolights NW) in Georgetown from 9 a.m. until the … Continue reading
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Help load a shipping container full of donated bikes for the Village Bicycle Saturday
The Village Bicycle Project sends bikes to villages in Ghana and Sierra Leone where people often do not have an easy means of getting around. The organization also trains locals in bike repair skills and sends them tools. They focus … Continue reading
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Tagged georgetown, ghana, sierra leone, village bicycle, volunteer
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Open house in Georgetown tonight to present Ellis/Albro changes
View Larger Map SDOT is holding an open house this evening to show their plans to “complete” a stretch in Georgetown that (nearly) connects Marginal Way and Airport Way. The open house, held from 5-7 at the Old Georgetown City … Continue reading
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Tagged airport, ellis, georgetown, marginal way, parking, road diets, sdot
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