Tag: winter biking

November 8, 2024

A guide to biking in the rain and darkness

As darkness once again descends around us, your bicycle is a torch to illuminate the path and keep the monsters away. It’s brutal to end daylight savings time the same week as we hold an election with foreboding implications. Nightfall has suddenly jumped an hour earlier, matching my emotional state. Though it is not the…
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tagged: autumn biking, daylight savings time, rain, winter biking
September 28, 2023

The joy of biking in the rain

We’ve published guides to biking in the rain in the past, and the advice in those posts still holds true (especially this one with lots of advice from readers). Finding proper rain gear that works for you is vital, but it’s about so much more than defense from the elements. For people who want to…
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tagged: autumn biking, rain, winter biking
November 29, 2022

How to prepare for biking during the first big freeze of the season

Obvious challenges aside, biking in freezing weather can be a lot of fun. It’s also an excellent cure for cabin fever. Today’s flurries mostly failed to stick to roadways and paths, and people in Seattle have reported clear routes during their morning bike rides and commutes. But with below-freezing temperatures in the forecast, this is…
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tagged: snow, winter biking
December 11, 2018

Ahead of January’s traffic crunch downtown, here’s some advice for first-time winter bike commuters

Is it the Period of Maximum Constraint or the Seattle Squeeze or the Jenny Jam? Doesn’t really matter what you call it (well, Mayor Jenny Durkan would really like you to call it the Seattle Squeeze), you should be figuring out right now how you are going to avoid driving to or through downtown Seattle.…
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tagged: jenny durkan, jenny jam, mike o’brien, period of maximum constraint, rain, seattle squeeze, winter biking
October 14, 2013

Fremont Bridge bike counter records 900,985 bike trips in first year

In its first full year of operation, the Fremont Bridge bike counter recorded 900,985 trips across the bridge. As might be expected, July was the bikiest month of the year with 117,974 trips, but May, June and August all clocked in around the 100,000 mark. October, September and April all clocked in between 70,000 and…
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tagged: bike counter, fremont, winter biking
November 5, 2012

Time change means darker evening commutes ahead

I hope you enjoyed the extra glimmers of light during your morning commute today, because you traded some light on the way home to get it. Due to the end of daylight savings time over the weekend, sunset Monday will come at 5:44 p.m. But do not despair! November comes with some small challenges for…
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tagged: daylight savings time, november, winter biking