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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: seattle public library
Librarian who powers Seattle Library’s now-famous Books-on-Bikes program has bike stolen
@gabrielspitzer Unfair on so many levels. And Jared has places to go, books to deliver! #Booksonbikes — Seattle Library (@SPLBuzz) August 15, 2013 Not cool, bike thief! Shortly after Jared Mills helped pedal Seattle Public Library to national acclaim for … Continue reading
Thursday: Downtown Library hosts bicycle historian and recovered 1890s bike touring photos
In the 1890s, Thomas Allen and William Sachtleben set out on a tour of the world with two brand new inventions: The “safety” bicycle to carry them and a Kodak film camera. Thursday, Seattle Public Library hosts bicycle historian David … Continue reading
Video of Seattle Public Library’s new book bike
Remember that awesome book bike that Haulin’ Colin built for Seattle Public Library? Here’s a Seattle Channel video of its inaugural journey:
Check out Seattle Public Library’s new book bike
Our city’s library is cooler than yours. Ssshhh! We’re working on a pedal-powered way to bring you books. Sneak peek at the Haulin’ Colin custom-built trailer twitter.com/SPLBuzz/status… — Seattle Library (@SPLBuzz) May 9, 2013
Seattle Libraries hosting free bike repair classes in October
In Seattle, our public libraries host free bike repair classes. How cool is that? The classes — Ballard Oct. 6, Rainier Beach Oct. 13 and Douglass-Truth Oct. 14 — will be taught by the Bikery, a volunteer-run bike co-op located … Continue reading
Lake City Library hosting Bikes for Books until May 24
Lake City fourth and fifth graders can read books for a chance to win a bike from Lake City Public Library. The branch’s “Bikes for Books” program runs from now until May 24. From Seattle Public Libraries: Children are invited … Continue reading
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Bikes for Books starts today
One of the few things as healthy and fun for kids as getting a bike is reading a book. Well, Seattle Public Library is launching their Bikes for Books program today. So kids, get reading. You have until May 21 … Continue reading
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You know what’s even cooler than kids reading books?
… kids reading books and then GETTING A BIKE!!!!!!!! Seattle Public Library is hosting Bikes for Books again starting October 16. Basically, kids read books, then go to their library and give the librarian an oral book report. They are … Continue reading
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