Tag: video

April 6, 2012

Seattle’s Bill Nye the Science Guy: The city of the future will be built around bikes

I love this. So much awesome stuff from Seattle’s greatest youth science entertainer. Bill Nye the Science Guy envisions bicycle arterials all over the city, with showers in workplaces and lots of places to lock your bike securely. Hey, Seattle’s already got some of those! And in his dream world, those bike arterials would be…
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tagged: bill nye, video
January 27, 2012

How far has Seattle’s cycling efforts come since 1982? Ask Sprocket Man

Today, the city is investing in 11 miles of neighborhood greenways per year, working to update the city-wide Bicycle Master Plan, painting miles of bike lanes and arguing extensively in court to complete a biking and walking trail in Ballard. Seattle has the second-highest rate of bicycle commuting among large American cities, and is undeniably…
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tagged: sdot, sprocket man, video
January 25, 2012

Wednesday Morning Theater: Youth Bike Summit in New York

From StreetFilms: Gaining Momentum: Youth Bike Summit 2012 from Streetfilms on Vimeo. Here’s a mini-game: Can you spot all the Bike Works people in the video? Also, Seattle would be a great place to host a West Coast Youth Bike Summit…
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tagged: bike works, streetfilms, video, youth bike summit
January 19, 2012

Snow won’t stop the Riding Reporter (and many others) + VIDEO

The Riding Reporter‘s Anne-Marije Rook made this video yesterday in the Phinney Ridge neighborhood: With powdery snow on the ground and most cars staying in driveways or buried under snow in the streets, many of the adventurous souls who ventured out on two wheels yesterday described the experience as a biking paradise. OK, maybe “paradise”…
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tagged: anne-marije rook, mike lindblom, phinney ridge, riding reporter, seattle times, snow, video, west seattle
January 12, 2012

Russ from Path Less Pedaled punched in New Zealand road rage attack

Russ and Laura are no strangers to Seattle. Then again, they aren’t strangers to many places, considering they travel the world with their bicycles, documenting their inspiring trips with beautiful video at their blog the Path Less Pedaled. The Portland-based couple are currently in New Zealand, where they have been highlighting the country’s stunning bicycle…
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tagged: new zealand, path less pedaled, video
November 21, 2011

Over 50 ride in Seattle’s second Cranksgiving

Over 50 people set out to explore some of Seattle’s many interesting and unique independent food sellers for Seattle’s Second Cranksgiving. Riders were given a list of items they were required to buy and a map of places to buy them from. At the end, all the items were donated to Rainier Valley Food Bank.…
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tagged: alleycat acres, caffe delia, capitol hill, columbia city, cranksgiving 2011, DetoursUS, rainier bike law, rainier valley food bank, seattle sports co, swift industries, video