Year: 2013

July 10, 2013

Cascade’s Seattle-to-Portland Classic leaves Husky Stadium Saturday

The Seattle-to-Portland Classic is Cascade Bicycle Club’s biggest and most famous annual ride. 10,000 people will bike the entire 200-mile distance in either one or two days starting Saturday. The ride attracts a wide swath of people, from dedicated cyclists to folks who have never done anything like that before in their lives. If you…
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tagged: cascade bicycle club, stp 2013
July 10, 2013

KOMO Video: Woman visiting her sister victim of hit and run at Dexter/Nickerson – UPDATED

Jake Vanderplas’ story of a road rage hit and run in West Seattle we published yesterday drudged up a lot of scary stories from readers, who left their tales in the comments. One of those comments was from a friend of mine: Maile Martinez. Her sister is in town visiting and has been biking around…
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tagged: alana martinez, dexter, hit and run, injuries, maile martinez, nickerson
July 9, 2013

CDNews: To thank US for 2011 tsunami relief, Japanese man is biking up West Coast cleaning up trash

Ryo Ambe is in Seattle, nearing the end of his bicycle tour up the West Coast from San Diego to Vancouver, BC. But Ambe’s tour isn’t just any bike tour. He wants to express his thanks to the US for its disaster relief support following the devastating 2011 tsunami that struck Japan. To further show…
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tagged: central district, central district news, japanese cultural & community center, ryo ambe
July 9, 2013

Bicycle Benefits Highlight: Peaks Frozen Custard

Bicycle Benefits is a national program that encourages bicycling and supports local businesses through deals that you can only get if you bike there and show your Bicycle Benefits helmet sticker ($5, available at most BB businesses). Ian Klepetar, founder of Bicycle Benefits and a legend on wheels, is currently in town working to get…
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tagged: bicycle benefits, peaks frozen custard
July 9, 2013

Open house will discuss planned Highland Park/Delridge neighborhood greenway

The city is continuing it’s outreach on new neighborhood greenway projects around the city. Next up: Highland Park/Delridge in West Seattle connecting from White Center to the West Seattle Bridge. For this project, the city is pursuing a new strategy, teaming up with Seattle Public Utilities on a project that will both make the streets…
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tagged: delridge, highland park, neighborhood greenways, sdot, west seattle
July 9, 2013

Subscriber Drive Progress

UPDATE: Woohoo!!! We made it to 100 as of 10:30 the morning of August 7, one day before our deadline. Huge thanks to everyone who made this happen. You all power this pedal-powered news site. Seattle Bike Blog is supported by advertisers and monthly contributions from readers like you. To celebrate the site’s 3rd birthday,…
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tagged: site updates