Tag: gas works park

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 +…
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tagged: events, gas works park, ride of silence, wallingford
April 22, 2011

On the third day, He rode His cargo bike – UPDATED

Whether you celebrate the rising of Jesus from the dead, want to hold a feast in honor of the goddess Ēostre or just want to ride a bike, you are invited to join in on a slow cargo bike ride this Sunday. No cargo bike necessary. From Ride Your Bike: We will meet at the…
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tagged: cargo bike ride, easter, events, gas works park, go means go, nickerson, resurrection IV, ride your bike, zlog
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
November 3, 2010

Stretch of Burke-Gilman near Gas Works closed for most of November

SDOT started work today on repairs to the Burke-Gilman Trail to fix a drainage issue that has been causing ponding near Meridian Ave. People on bikes will be detoured onto Northlake (be careful riding over the old railroad tracks). From SDOT: Crews from the Seattle Department of Transportation are beginning work today on a drainage…
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tagged: burke-gilman, construction, gas works park, sdot, wallingford
August 2, 2010

Tour de Fat rolls through town, the Troll is not amused

As you can see, the Fremont Troll was none too pleased with all these bicycle shenanigans under his nose. Tour de Fat 2010 — a rather bizarre bicycle festival presented by the New Belgium brewery out of Fort Collins, Colo. — kicked off Saturday with a bike parade lead by Davey Oil from Bike Works.…
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tagged: bike works, gas works park, mrs degroot, seattle, tour de fat 2010, wallingford