Tag: bainbridge island

April 25, 2017

Bikepacking to Dosewallips State Park (and some rainy ‘type II’ fun)

Editor’s Note: There are few places on earth as well-suited for bikepacking trips than Washington State. If you bike regularly and your standard trip includes at least one hill, then you are more than ready to load your bike with camping gear and set out on an amazing adventure. Below is one somewhat ambitious trip…
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tagged: bainbridge island, bike camping, bikepacking, brinnon, dosewallips state park, hood canal, hood canal bridge, port gamble, quilcene, suquamish
February 21, 2017

The 45th Chilly Hilly is Sunday on Bainbridge

Cascade Bicycle Club’s major event season kicks off Sunday with the 45th annual Chilly Hilly. Thousands of people will meet up at Colman Dock to catch the ferry to Bainbridge. Numbers swell when weather is sunny and warm, but that’s not the point of this ride. It’s still fun to bike when it’s rainy and…
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tagged: bainbridge island, cascade bicycle club, chilly hilly
February 26, 2016

Chilly Hilly is Sunday

Cascade Bicycle Club’s first major ride of the year is Sunday. If you’re starting on the Seattle side of Elliott Bay, your ride starts with a ferry ride absolutely packed with people on bikes. Then you’re in for 33 miles of long, beautiful hills and usually some rain. At this point, your only option is…
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tagged: b.i. cycle shop, bainbridge island, cascade bicycle club, chilly hilly
June 23, 2015

FamilyRide: 20 families bike together to go camping on Bainbridge

EDITOR’S NOTE: Madi Carlson is Seattle Bike Blog’s Family Bike Expert and author of FamilyRide.us. Keep an eye out for her book, “Urban Cycling: How to get to work, save money, and use your bike for city living” available from Mountaineers Books in November. We took part in a huge, fun bike event this past…
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tagged: bainbridge island, familybike seattle, familyride, fay bainbridge park, madeleine carlson, swift campout
March 28, 2014

Bainbridge Fire Dept. honors four who saved life of man who had heart attack during Chilly Hilly

The Bainbridge Island Fire Department honored four people for their swift, life-saving action to help a man who had a heart attack after summiting a big Bainbridge Island hill during this year’s Chilly Hilly bike ride. Brian Moran and his family were in attendance Thursday evening to thank Patrick Rugh, Joe Kimzey, Roger Chan and…
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tagged: bainbridge island, brian moran, chilly hilly, inside bainbridge, joe kimzey, johnny walker, patrick rugh, roger chan
February 25, 2014

Man who had heart attack during Chilly Hilly doing well, quick action by riders may have saved his life

As though you needed another reason to get certified in CPR, here’s a big one. A man participating in the annual Chilly Hilly collapsed while biking up one of the route’s namesake hills, but fast action by nearby riders trained in CPR, the Cascade Bicycle Club emergency communication system, Bainbridge Island first responders and Washington…
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tagged: bainbridge island, cascade bicycle club, chilly hilly, inside bainbridge, joe kimzey, partick rugh