Tag: video

October 17, 2011

W Seattle bike commuter explains danger posed near Terminal 46 (VIDEO)

Remember the scary tale by Kit Newman, who says he was nearly struck by a truck on S Alaskan Way near Atlantic? Well, West Seattle bike commuter Tom Furtwangler (from Bikejuju) made a video clearly outlining the problem:
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tagged: alaskan way, alaskan way viaduct, freight, kit newman, tom furtwangler, video
August 8, 2011

Dead Baby Downhill 2011 recap (with video!)

The 2011 Dead Baby Downhill was a raucous bash that some claim to be the biggest bicycle party on the west coast. What began with a road-rash-prone, sometimes legal downhill race (though most who ride do not race at all) ended with a huge bash, featuring beer, music, dancing, tall bike jousting, a pedal-powered carnival…
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tagged: anne-marije rook, dead baby bike club, dead baby downhill 2011, events, georgetown, photos, riding reporter, video, west seattle, west seattle blog
June 1, 2011

Beyond Naked explores the ‘creative courage’ needed to ride naked in the Solstice Parade

Are you going to bare it all with hundreds of other people and ride your bicycle naked in the legendary Fremont Solstice Parade this year? Among those hundreds will be many people who have never done anything quite like that before. Beyond Naked is a documentary about four of them. “Any act of creativity requires…
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tagged: beyond naked, dan mccomb, events, film, fremont, fremont solstice parade 2011, lisa cooper, nick licata, video
May 23, 2011

Incredible video: Person biking hit by car near SLU Park lands on his feet

Jeff Word was crossing Valley St at the crosswalk from Terry Ave N into South Lake Union Park the evening of May 18 when a driver ran a red light and struck him and his bicycle. Word reacted quickly and was able to put his foot onto the car’s approaching hood and push off. The…
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tagged: construction, david behroozi, jeff word, mercer mess, south lake union, south lake union park, terry, valley st, video, wrecks
May 23, 2011

Bike to Work Day 2011 – Peace on Wheels (VIDEO)

“Rather than ‘war on bikes’, I’m suggesting ‘peace on wheels,’” said Councilmember Sally Bagshaw during the Bike to Work Day rally at City Hall. Wonderful weather helped put the number of people biking this year an estimated 43 percent higher than in 2010, with 22,704 people counted at commute stations around the city.
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tagged: bike to work day 2011, mike mcginn, sally bagshaw, video
March 15, 2011

Notes from the 2011 Seattle Bike Expo (with video)

With two floors packed with vendor booths, speakers and performers, the 2011 Seattle Bike Expo probably had something for everyone. I am not much of a gearhead, but there was plenty of stuff to keep me entertained, from awesome bamboo bicycles to Dutch-style bakfiets to children riding on unicycles. I definitely over-snacked on strange performance…
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tagged: artistic bike riding, cascade bicycle club, seattle bike expo 2011, unicycles, video