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Watch: Biking Seattle to Spokane

Posted on December 12, 2022 by Tom Fucoloro

Mike Mike Motorbike (Michael Valeri) released this wonderful video last week documenting a bike trip he and his friend Nick took from Seattle to Spokane over the summer. Our state is really something. They stuck mostly to the Palouse to … Continue reading →

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Watch: Touring the now-complete Green Lake bike lane loop

Posted on November 7, 2022 by Tom Fucoloro

Seattle just built a bike lane on Aurora, and it’s amazing. Even though I knew in my head that a complete Green Lake Outer Loop bike lane would be great, riding it was even better than I expected. For decades, … Continue reading →

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Watch: My bike

Posted on May 17, 2022 by Tom Fucoloro

Seattle Bike Blog is not a bike reviews site, but that doesn’t mean I don’t have opinions. Many people are searching for a bike right now, which can be both exciting and daunting. There are so many options, and it’s … Continue reading →

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Watch: Trading my bike for a seaplane

Posted on March 11, 2022 by Tom Fucoloro

I ride a bike around Seattle all the time, but can I fly a seaplane? Let’s find out! Join me for an air tour of Seattle from behind the yoke of a seaplane in Microsoft Flight Simulator. Do I know … Continue reading →

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Watching an early 90s Seattle bicycle promo VHS

Posted on March 8, 2022 by Tom Fucoloro

Complete with colorful digital filters and titles that fly in and spin, this Seattle Engineering Department promotional video is a wonderful time capsule of early 1990s Seattle bicycle policy. The video is mostly aimed at agencies from other cities looking … Continue reading →

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Watch: Biking to Pike Place Market via the U Bridge in 360 and hyperlapse

Posted on January 19, 2022 by Tom Fucoloro

I’m trying something new on the blog today. I’ve got two videos for you. Well, really they are two very different versions of the same video, which I shot while heading downtown to pick up my daughter from preschool. The … Continue reading →

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Watch: Biking from Gas Works to Pike Place using only trails, protected bike lanes and very slow streets

Posted on December 8, 2021 by Tom Fucoloro

In the middle of the 2020 COVID shutdown, Seattle missed an opportunity to celebrate a remarkable achievement. With completion of the Bell Street protected bike lane and implementation of the Stay Healthy Street through the Bell Street Park, Seattle had … Continue reading →

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Watch: Fixing a flat the lazy way

Posted on November 29, 2021 by Tom Fucoloro

Seattle Bike Blog does not usually do bike tutorial stuff. There are many other excellent YouTube channels and online resources if you want to learn about bike maintenance and such. However, the vast majority of YouTube fix-a-flat tutorials start by … Continue reading →

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Watch: Searching for the 125-year-old Interlaken bike path

Posted on August 5, 2021 by Tom Fucoloro

In 1896, Seattle city crews and a group of volunteers worked together to build a bike path from downtown to Lake Washington. They made it quickly, following the terrain around the north end of Capitol Hill to find the easiest … Continue reading →

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Watch: Riding the new Green Lake bike lanes

Posted on June 25, 2021 by Tom Fucoloro

Crews are nearly finished upgrading one of the most important bike routes in Seattle. East Green Lake Way N may have a terribly confusing name, but it forms a hub of sorts for north end bike routes. The Interurban North … Continue reading →

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Watch: Touring the refreshed S Kenyon St neighborhood greenway with bobco85

Posted on April 15, 2021 by Tom Fucoloro

SDOT recently refreshed the S Kenyon Street neighborhood greenway, adding proper wayfinding and making other improvements to the 1.1-mile route. The greenway runs from Beacon Ave S to Seward Park Ave S, connecting to the Chief Sealth Trail, Renton Ave … Continue reading →

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Watch: Talking with Ryan Packer about being Editor for the winter

Posted on April 6, 2021 by Tom Fucoloro

Ryan Packer did a fantastic job taking the helm of Seattle Bike Blog over the winter, writing 64 posts December through March. Ryan was the Temporary Editor of Seattle Bike Blog while I focused on writing the first draft of … Continue reading →

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A video letter from a Peddler Brewing owner about the dangerous Ballard Bridge

Posted on February 17, 2015 by Tom Fucoloro

This video letter from Peddler Brewing co-owner Haley Woods to city leaders about the terrible state of walking and biking on the Ballard Bridge is funny, strange and yet very serious. The tiny sidewalks further encroached by concrete pillars, the … Continue reading →

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West Seattle traffic light is so long, bike commuter cooks breakfast burrito while waiting for it to change

Posted on November 7, 2014 by Tom Fucoloro

I would have at least added some cheese. This video features Don Brubeck of West Seattle Bike Connections. Clearly, people walking and biking are far from the priority at this terrible intersection where the Alki Trail, Chelan Ave, W Marginal, … Continue reading →

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Video from the 2014 Bicycle Pie Jousting Tournament

Posted on April 4, 2014 by Tom Fucoloro

Happy Friday, everyone! Enjoy this great video by Andrius Simutis of the 2014 April 1 Bicycle Pie Jousting Tournament at Sully’s Snowgoose Saloon in Phinney Ridge:

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West Seattle video series compares bike lights from the driver’s seat

Posted on January 20, 2014 by Tom Fucoloro

The good folks at West Seattle Bike Connections read our October post about bike lights (and how some are too bright to put on strobe mode on a bike trail) and noticed something missing: Demonstrations of how different lights actually … Continue reading →

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A quick look at the new bike lane on Roosevelt Way (VIDEO)

Posted on October 10, 2013 by Tom Fucoloro

The city this week is finally installing an uphill bike on Roosevelt Way between NE 75th Street and NE 85th Street. This closes a missing link in a popular bike route stretching from NE 125th Street to the University Bridge. … Continue reading →

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SDOT on how to use two-stage left turn boxes

Posted on August 1, 2013 by Tom Fucoloro

As part of the much-heralded Cherry Street protected bike lane project (you know, the one prompted by a now-famously polite crew of guerrilla bike advocates), the city also installed its first modern-style left turn box at the intersection of Cherry … Continue reading →

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Spokane’s Barb Chamberlain picked as new Bicycle Alliance Director

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Tom Fucoloro

Barb Chamberlain has been named as the new Executive Director of the Bicycle Alliance of Washington. She will take the helm of the statewide advocacy group as longtime director Barb Culp retires. I first saw Chamberlain in a 2010 talk … Continue reading →

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Seattle Bike Polo doc part of NY Bicycle Film Fest + Newbie Sundays at Cal Anderson

Posted on June 25, 2012 by Tom Fucoloro

One of the films featured in this weekend’s New York Bicycle Film Festival is a documentary about Seattle’s Bike Polo scene (h/t Biking Bis). We stake a claim to being the founding city for modern hardcourt bike polo, which is … Continue reading →

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