Tag: fremont
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So, you’re thinking about biking naked in the Fremont Solstice Parade…
Perhaps one of the most famous bike rides in the world, the Fremont Solstice naked bike ride is Saturday. Hundreds (many hundreds if it’s nice) of people will apply a variable amount of paint to their bodies and bike the parade route in an extraordinary display of creativity, happiness and skin. Some people do the…
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Want to find a date who rides a bike? Hub & Bespoke is hosting another Slow Ride Speed Date
“As he slipped the u-lock around the rust-red frame of his bike and started peeling the soaked-through DayGlo jacket from the skin of his forearm, I knew it was love…” The above quote is from the trashy bike romance novel “As My Heart Cranks,” which I haven’t written yet. But it could be your reality…
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Fremont bike counter, school bike train plans unveiled at City Hall Bike to Work Day rally
Cascade is pretty sure that Fremont’s bike counter will be the first such counter in the nation when it is unveiled this summer. The 7.5-foot-tall counter by Eco-Totem will tick away counting the number of people biking on either side of the Fremont Bridge, keeping daily and annual tallies updated live for everyone to see.…
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A couple weeks after getting doored, thief steals Riding Reporter’s bike
It’s been a month of outrageously bad luck for Anne-Marije Rook (AKA the Riding Reporter and editor of the Ballard News Tribune). Weeks after getting doored, someone stole her bike and several belonging to her neighbors. First, she got doored on Roosevelt while riding in the bike lane. The wreck hurt her shoulder and trashed…
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In speech, McGinn praises neighborhood greenways and Fremont’s bicycle economy (sorta)
In a speech very much focused on big economic investments, public safety, social justice and education, Mayor McGinn took a few moments to acknowledge the important role of safe streets both for public safety and economic development. Though he doesn’t use the phrase “bicycle economy” like we did in a post about Fremont’s bike-powered boom…
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Seattle’s bicycle economy is booming: Back Alley, Recycled Cycles and Cascade Bicycle Studio open doors
I can’t think of another week this big for Seattle bike shops. Back Alley Bike Repair opened yesterday in Pioneer Square, Recycled Cycles opens it’s Fremont location today and Fremont’s Cascade Bicycle Studio is transitions to regular retail open hours tomorrow. Meanwhile, Bike Works is undergoing a major renovation to their shop, which should provide…
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