Tag: bike touring

January 12, 2015

Study: Recreation cycling in Washington generates $3.1 billion for state’s economy

Biking is good for the state’s economy. It’s one of those ideas that seems fairly obvious, but we haven’t really had much solid data to know exactly how much cycling helps. Until now. It turns out, it helps maybe even more than many thought. According to a report commissioned by the Washington Recreation and Conservation Office,…
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tagged: bike touring, bikenomics, bikepacking, washington bikes, washington recreation and conservation office
March 20, 2014

Middle Fork Road project could be boon to bike camping outside North Bend

Last summer, my partner Kelli and I loaded our bikes and camping stuff onto a bus to Fall City. Our goal was to have a nice 25-mile ride down the Snoqualmie Valley Trail through North Bend and up Middle Fork Road to the Middle Fork Campground. It was a mostly great ride, but it is…
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tagged: bike camping, bike touring, bikepacking, bus-bike camping, fall city, middle fork, north bend, snoqualmie valley trail
January 10, 2014

In Seattle, you can now go to bike touring school. Really.

Have I ever told you all that I love Seattle? Because in Seattle, you can actually go to bike touring school. That’s a real thing here. How beautiful is that? Sarah Burch will be teaching the three-hour class in late January and early February as part of the Experimental College of the Associated Students of…
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tagged: ASUW, basics of bicycle touring, bike touring, experimental college, sarah burch, uw
July 20, 2012

Swift Travels: Some bike camping destinations from your doorway

Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of posts written by Martina Brimmer, a friend and owner of Ballard-based Swift Industries. Swift is a Seattle Bike Blog advertiser, but this post is not paid for. Martina has passion to bicycle travel that is reflected in both her business and her personal life. I…
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tagged: bike touring, bikepacking, martina brimmer, swift industries, swift travels