Year: 2013

July 31, 2013

A wild bike weekend is ahead: 17th Annual Dead Baby Downhill + Bike Smut 7

PLEASE NOTE: This story is from 2013. For information about the 2014 event, see this listing. Are you ready to hop on your bike for a wild weekend in Seattle? The 17th Annual Dead Baby Downhill is Friday. One of the wildest bike parties you’ll find anywhere, the event starts with a ride from Beacon…
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tagged: bike smut, dead baby downhill 2013, events
July 30, 2013

Biking and walking funds at risk in Federal transpo budget

As of a December 2012 report there had been ZERO collisions reported at any of Washington State’s Safe Routes to School project areas since the program began half a decade ago. I repeat: Zero collisions. Zero. Zip. Nada. It may be impossible to find a government program — especially a transportation program — that is…
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tagged: bicycle alliance of washington, federal government, league of american bicyclists
July 30, 2013

Recovery fund started for man seriously injured biking home on Dexter

Brandon Blake was biking home on Dexter Ave Thursday when a person driving an SUV made a left turn in front of him at Harrison St. Unable to stop in time, he collided with the passenger door and window of the vehicle. His head went through the window, and he was transported to the hospital…
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tagged: brandon blake, dexter, injuries
July 30, 2013

Spoke & Food: Where to bike to dinner tonight

It’s time for the annual Spoke & Food bike to dinner fundraiser! Cancel your dinner plans and bike to a nearby (or far away) restaurant tonight. Bike and dine at participating restaurants between 5:30 and 9 tonight (Tuesday) and 20 percent of your dinner bill will be donated to Bike Works. Try a bike-supporting restaurant…
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tagged: bike works, events, fundraisers, spoke & food
July 29, 2013

August meeting will discuss scope of yet another Burke-Gilman Missing Link study

It has officially been a full decade since the City Council adopted plans to complete the Burke-Gilman Trail’s notorious Missing Link in Ballard (so notorious that is now a proper noun). The city is now starting it’s next attempt to break a legal logjam that has blocked its construction for years. But don’t get too…
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tagged: ballard, burke-gilman trail, missing link
July 29, 2013

Councilmember Conlin left with broken shoulder blade after collision with car while biking – UPDATED

City Councilmember Richard Conlin is recovering from a painful broken shoulder blade after he collided with a car while biking in Madrona Sunday. The details of the collision are not yet known, but the Seattle Times reports that CM Conlin is texting with staff and is expected to make it to work late today. We’ll…
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tagged: injuries, richard conlin