Tag: events

May 17, 2012

Bike to Work Day preview + Map of Commute Stations

Friday is Bike to Work (and School!) Day, which is pretty much a holiday for folks on two wheels. There will be Commute Stations all over the region, many of which will be armed with snacks and coffee. In a change from recent years, the main station will be outside KEXP studios at Dexter and…
(read more…)

tagged: ballard, bike to work day 2012, cascade bicycle club, downtown, events, kexp, mike mcginn
May 11, 2012

Saturday: 4th annual Tour de Pints will cruise to local breweries + Roller racing at Hale’s

To celebrate Seattle Beer Week — and, of course, bicycles! — the Ballard-based Flying Bike Cooperative Brewery is hosting a local brewery pub crawl on bikes Saturday. The Tour de Pints starts promptly at 11 a.m. at Pike Brewing Company in Pike Place Market. From there it will hit Hillard’s Beer, Naked City Brewery, Ravenna…
(read more…)

tagged: events, flying bike cooperative brewery, marymoor velodrome, tour de pints
May 11, 2012

2012 Ride of Silence meets May 16 at Gas Works Parks

The annual Ride of Silence group bike rides take place in cities all over the world as a way to remember people who have been killed or injured while biking. Seattle’s 8th Ride of Silence will meet at Gas Works Park May 16. Here’s the schedule: 6:30pm Arrive at Gas Works Park 6:45pm Dedications +…
(read more…)

tagged: events, gas works park, ride of silence, wallingford
May 10, 2012

Celebrate Mother’s Day with a women-only ride: Critical Lass

Forget free waterfront parking and treat your mother to some real fun: Critical Lass. The first ever Seattle Critical Lass ride leaves the Ballard Library Sunday at 2 p.m. for an easy, welcoming cruise for women of all biking abilities. Also, I hear there will be Cyclo Femme temporary tattoos. Critical Lass joins Seattle’s growing…
(read more…)

tagged: critical lass, cyclo femme, events, menstrual monday, real active women, women
May 4, 2012

First Bicycle Sunday of the year is May 6

The first Bicycle Sunday of the year is this weekend (May 6). They city plans 12 of the ciclovia-style events this year on Lake Washington Boulevard from Mount Baker Beach to Seward Park. If you’ve never been, make it a goal. Tons of kids learning to bike and smiling folks on every kind of wheeled…
(read more…)

tagged: bicycle sunday, events
May 2, 2012

Thursday: Wonky Neighborhood Greenways meeting on Capitol Hill + Bike party in Pioneer Square

Lots of bike stuff going down Thursday, including a wonky safe streets design meeting at Capitol Hill Library and a Bike Month kickoff party during the Pioneer Square First Thursday Art Walk. First, if you like discussing the nitty gritty details of safe street designs, Seattle Neighborhood Greenways has got the perfect meeting for you.…
(read more…)

tagged: bicycle alliance of washington, capitol hill, central seattle greenways, events, neighborhood greenways, pioneer square