Tag: events

November 18, 2010

Riding bikes to support urban farming

What’s cooler than growing food in vacant urban space? Riding bikes around Lake Washington to support urban farming! Alleycat Acres is in the begining stages of planning a fantastic-sounding fundraiser bike ride. Registration will start in early December, and the ride will be in early March.
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tagged: alleycat acres, events, farming, rides
September 10, 2010

Bicycle Music Festival Is Tomorrow

Local music, local engineering, local pedal power. The Seattle Bicycle Music Festival is a moving music festival entirely powered by bikes (see our previous stories here and here). The festival starts at 9 a.m. in Ballard at Bergen Place (that triangle space at Leary Market). It will go from there to Denny Park, then finally…
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tagged: events, pedal power, seattle bicycle music festival
August 14, 2010

Some don’t-miss weekend bike events

This weekend has some interesting bike events: Bikestravaganza (see our previous post) is tonight (Saturday) at 7 pm at Ada’s Technical Books at 713 Broadway E. Then, Sunday is Fiets of Parenthood in Wallingford. In addition to some wonderful parent/kid biking events, there will also be this awesome gelato bike. The event is from 3-6…
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tagged: events, fiets of parenthood
July 23, 2010

A moving, pedal-powered music festival is coming to a park near you

Instruments powered by bicycle generators, gear hauled by bike trailers. For one day, the Seattle Bicycle Music Festival will tour Seattle’s parks, featuring local artists playing music literally powered by people.
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tagged: bike generators, events, music, seattle bicycle music festival
July 22, 2010

Emerald Sprints tonight in Ballard

If you have never been to a roller racing event (I haven’t), Emerald Sprints planner Ryan from Go Means Go described it to me. Basically it’s a race between two people on bikes set up on stationary bike stands hooked up to computers. The racers sprint a simulated 500 meters, and the event is a…
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tagged: ballard, emerald sprints, events, go means go, roller racing
July 22, 2010

Two places to watch the Tour outdoors on a big screen today

You have two opportunities to watch the Tour de France outdoors with other bike fans today. The International Sustainability Institute will show a rebroadcast of the race from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in Nord Alley, Pioneer Square. Then, at 7 p.m., Cascade Bicycle Club will show stage 17 of the Tour on a blow-up…
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tagged: cascade bicycle club, events, nord alley, pioneer square, tour de france