Tag: swift industries
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Cranksgiving Seattle 2017 is November 18
A food drive scavenger hunt by bike, Cranksgiving riders bike to a secret list of unique food sellers around Seattle buying food to donate to Rainier Valley Food Bank. For the eighth year, Seattle’s Cranksgiving is hosted by Seattle Bike Blog. The 2017 ride is Saturday, November 18, starting behind Swift Industries (Occidental Ave near the…
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Girls of Summer All-Girl Alleycat is Saturday + More women/trans/femme bike events this week
For the seventh year, the folks behind the monthly Menstrual Monday rides will host the Girls of Summer All-Girl Alleycat Saturday. The women/trans/femme ride will have all new stops this year and boasts a serious list of prize sponsors. It’s the kind of race that attracts fast riders as well as people just in it for a…
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Announcing FREE BIKE: A people’s festival pouring into the streets early July
Hop on a bike, and your city opens in front of you. No stop-and-go crawl down the highway, no watching your hard-earned money tick away a dollar-per-second at the gas pump, no stressing about the time left on your paid parking sticker. A bike is nearly free to ride, a bike lane frees you from…
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Swift Industries wants you (yes, you) to lead a bike camping overnight
Seattle is blessed with several bike camping destinations within a day’s ride. Throw your bike on a train, and you can reach even more places without using a car. That’s what inspired Seattle-based Swift Industries (a longtime Seattle Bike Blog sponsor) to launch Swift Campout, a website and campaign to encourage people all over the…
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126 Cranksgiving riders haul 1,443 lbs of food to Rainier Valley Food Bank
2013 was the year that Cranksgiving broke. Seattle’s Fourth Cranksgiving exploded in size, with a stunning 126 people biking to grocery stores and food stands all across the city, buying food for Rainier Valley Food Bank. Folks at the food bank report that Cranksgiving riders biked them 1,443 pounds of food Saturday, dwarfing last year’s…
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Tonight: Adventure Cycling, BikeWA holding bike touring event at Swift Industries
You’ve read Swift’s thoughts on bike tourism right here on Seattle Bike Blog. Now, you have a chance to meet with Swift, the Adventure Cycling Association and the Bicycle Alliance of Washington to talk about bicycle touring. It will also be a chance to check out some brews from Peddler’s Brewing, based just down the…
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