Tag: white center

February 12, 2013

How I got my friend’s stolen bike back

When I glanced the flat-head screwdriver in his hand, time stopped. The shouting stopped. The shellack-coated handlebars gripped in my fingers stopped shaking and pulling away from me. For just one second, I focused so hard on that screwdriver that time froze. And for that second, only one thought was on my mind: I am…
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tagged: bike thefts, king county sheriff, spd, white center
April 18, 2012

DubSea Bikes continues to grow in White Center + West Seattle Greenways meeting April 22

Biking continues to get more popular west of the Duwamish. White Center’s DubSea Bikes has been holding monthly community bike repair parties, and April’s was the largest yet. For a neighborhood without a bike shop or much bicycle infrastructure, DubSea Bikes utilizes the support of volunteers and a growing list of supportive businesses to try…
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tagged: dubsea bikes, west seattle, west seattle greenways, white center
December 21, 2011

Handmade guerilla bike rack installed outside White Center Sheriff’s office

When Deputy BJ Myers saw a hand-made bike rack with a sheriff’s star sitting on the sidewalk outside the King County Sheriff’s storefront deputy’s office, he went looking for the scoundrels who did it. He interrogated people at some local businesses until he learned the truth: It was part of a local business conspiracy —…
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tagged: caffe delia, dubsea bikes, full tilt ice cream, matt weiner, matthew tilton, proletariat pizza, white center
November 11, 2011

DubSea Bikes holding monthly bike tune-up event Sat. in White Center

DubSea Bikes is a relatively new group that is looking to encourage more bicycle riding in White Center and southern West Seattle. One of the major challenges people encounter in White Center is the lack of a bike shop and the simple ability to fix a broken bike to get it back on the roads.…
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tagged: dubsea bikes, west seattle, white center