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May 26, 2021

Bike shortage shows very few signs of easing up before 2022

COVID-19 broke global bicycle supply chains, resulting in long waits for new bikes and making bike parts harder for shops to stock. King 5 recently talked to two Lynnwood shops, Gregg’s Lynnwood Cycle and Harvy’s Bikes, about the shortage and how they’re dealing with it. The shortage is the result of a number of factors,…
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tagged: bicycle retail and industry news, chainbreaker bike book, gregg’s lynnwood cycle, harvy’s bikes, king 5
September 18, 2020

Watch: The case for a bike lane over the Fremont Bridge

The Fremont Bridge is Seattle’s busiest bike route pinch point. Routes from all over the region converge here to cross the Ship Canal, which is why the bridge’s bike counter registers the highest number of trips in the city. A record 1,187,146 bike trips crossed the bridge in 2019. It may the the region’s most…
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tagged: ballard-fremont greenways, fremont bridge, king 5
August 13, 2015

King 5: BikeMobile empowers youth and serves areas where bike shops are rare

King 5 has been doing a lot of great work recently when it comes to bikes and safe streets. I don’t know what’s gotten into them, but I hope it’s permanent! For example, a news team went out with the Bike Works BikeMobile and watched how youth enrolled in their programs help other community members…
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tagged: Ben Schultz, bike works, bikemobile, king 5
August 7, 2015

Community members paint Pan-African flag crosswalk. Rather than fight it, city makes it official

Around the time of the annual Umoja Fest Africatown Heritage Parade earlier this month, some folks including the United Hood Movement went out and painted several crosswalks in the Central District red, black and green, the colors of the Pan-African flag. The action calls attention to what many people who grew up in the Central…
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tagged: africatown, capitol hill seattle, central district, king 5, pan-african flag, pete holmes, scott kubly, sdot, umoja fest, united hood movement
July 28, 2015

King 5: Seattle should follow Vancouver’s lead on downtown bike network

King 5’s Chris Daniels recently reported from our neighbor to the north on something Vancouver, BC, has to help people get around their downtown: A comfortable and protected network of bike lanes. As Seattle finally kicks off work on a network of protected bike lanes downtown, it’s wise to look to Vancouver to get a…
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tagged: chris daniels, downtown, king 5, vancouver
May 12, 2015

Seahawks’ Michael Bennett launches charity foundation with bike ride

Michael Bennett’s bike ride seen ’round the world (or at least the United States) sparked t-shirts, Internet memes and became a symbol for winning a seemingly impossible game after the Seahawks’ remarkable comeback win in the NFC Championship game. The defensive end borrowed an SPD officer’s bike and took a joy ride around the field…
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tagged: bellevue, king 5, michael bennett, seahawks, the bennett foundation