Tag: events

March 17, 2011

Biking Bis: 2011 Tour de Fat skipping Seattle and Portland

Gene at Biking Bis dropped this terrible news this morning: New Belgium’s popular free touring bike festival Tour de Fat, which has come to Seattle for the past eleven years, will be skipping both Seattle and Portland this year. The Tour cited the active biking scenes in both cities as reasons for skipping the cities…
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tagged: events, gas works park, tour de fat, tour de fat 2011, wallingford
March 16, 2011

Alleycat Acres ride raises over $15,000

People who signed up for Alleycat Acres’ Ride Hard Grow Forth fundraiser two weekends ago raised a staggering $15,142.36 for the urban farming collective. That’s 252 percent of their $6,000 goal, said Alleycat Acres‘ Sean Conroe in an email to participants. I am excited to see what the group, which currently operated farms on Beacon…
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tagged: alleycat acres, events, fundraisers, ride hard grow forth
March 9, 2011

Seattle Bike Expo this weekend

King 5 is tickled by world-class artistic bike riding, and you can be too if you make it to the Seattle Bike Expo this weekend. They ride at 3 p.m. Saturday. It’s $10 for one day at the Expo or $12 for both Saturday and Sunday. The event will be held at the Smith Cove…
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tagged: cascade bicycle club, events, seattle bike expo 2011
March 7, 2011

Incredible weather graces Alleycat Acres 60-mile ride

I’m sure I am not the only “Ride Hard Grow Forth” rider who started gnawing on their fingernails after seeing photos and hearing stories of sludge and near-freezing temperatures during the Chilly Hilly. But fate was kind to riders who signed up for the 60-mile ride to raise funds for urban farming collective Alleycat Acres…
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tagged: alleycat acres, events, ride hard grow forth, rides
March 1, 2011

Bikes for Books starts today

One of the few things as healthy and fun for kids as getting a bike is reading a book. Well, Seattle Public Library is launching their Bikes for Books program today. So kids, get reading. You have until May 21 to read at least ten books. With a bike on the line, I’m sure you…
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tagged: bikes for books, events, seattle public library
February 28, 2011

Thousands ride up and down hills in freezing rain and slush

3,700 riders rode 33 miles of long climbs on Bainbridge Island in near-freezing weather with rain and slush yesterday. The crowd was a couple thousand people short of last year’s record-breaking 6,029 people who showed up in great weather for the ride. So how much climbing is involved on this ride? Rider kmwoley posted the…
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tagged: cascade bicycle club, chilly hilly, events, gps