Tag: bike works

February 23, 2015

What can bike advocates learn from the Youth Bike Summit?

Thanks to a lot of hard work by the folks from Bike Works, Seattle hosted the Youth Bike Summit this month. An annual gathering of youth-focused bike organizers, the fifth summit was the first one outside of New York. I had planned to have lots of live coverage, but I woke up the summit morning…
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tagged: bike works, brook negussie, ed murray, kahlil brewer, oboi reed, youth bike summit, youth bike summit 2015
February 11, 2015

Bike Works hosts the Youth Bike Summit this weekend

Young people from all over the country are heading to Seattle this weekend to talk bikes. The annual Youth Bike Summit has been held in New York City for the past four years, so Seattle is the second-ever host city for the summit. Bike Works has been working hard as hosts of the three-day event,…
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tagged: bike works, youth bike summit, youth bike summit 2015
November 20, 2014

After break-ins, Boeing employees donate big to Bike Works

After hearing about a string of break-ins at Bike Works a couple months ago, Boeing Employees reached out and offered some big bucks to help the Columbia City organization. The Employees Community Fund of Boeing Puget Sound, which is made up of donations from employees, donated $10,000 to help Bike Works better secure used bike donations…
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tagged: bike works, boeing, employees community fund of boeing puget sound
November 18, 2014

Listen: KUOW on Rainier Ave’s speeding problem + Meeting tonight

Rainier Ave has a serious speeding problem. But, of course, that speeding problem is actually a symptom caused by the street’s dangerous, highway-style design problem. Four lanes of traffic splitting through bustling neighborhood centers and business districts is inherently dangerous. In fact, it’s the most dangerous city-owned street in Seattle. You can help change that…
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tagged: bike works, columbia city, kuow, meetings, phyllis porter, rainier ave, rainier valley, rainier valley greenways, sdot
September 25, 2014

Someone keeps stealing from Bike Works, so now they’re low on BMX bikes

Bike theft sucks, but stealing from Bike Works? That’s seriously messed up. Unfortunately, some person (or persons) missing a moral compass has been hitting Bike Works hard this past week, stealing as many as 20 bikes that young bike repair students had put their hearts into fixing to get them ready to be given to…
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tagged: bike thefts, bike works
September 8, 2014

Bike Works one of 4 Seattle shops among ‘America’s best bike shops’

Seattle has four of the best bike shops in the country, according to the 2014 list from the National Bicycle Dealers Association. Bike Works, Gregg’s Cycle, The Bicycle Repair Shop and Montlake Bicycle Shop all made the list, which is based in part on the experience of a “mystery shopper” and part on the shop’s…
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tagged: bike works, classic cycle, gregg’s cycle, montlake bicycle shop, national bicycle dealers association, the bicycle repair shop