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Weekend recap: Bicycle Sunday and garden tours by bike
Bicycle Sunday on Lake Washington Blvd June 5 By my best estimate, about 90 percent of Seattle was out riding a bike this weekend. At least it seemed that way. There are tons of shiny new rides on the...
View Article‘NW Folklife’s bikiest band’
From Family Ride via Twitter: NW Folklife’s bikiest band: The Hoot Hoots! #SEAbikes twitter.com/familyride/sta… — familyride (@familyride) May 28, 2012 My friends The Hoot Hoots have made bikes an...
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The Bicycle Story: Adonia Lugo talks transportation equity
Good company. From left: Adonia Lugo, me and Davey Oil. Photo by Anne-Marije Rook Josh Cohen at The Bicycle Story recently interviewed Adonia Lugo, a friend, bicycle anthropologist and all-around bad...
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Super Cool Job Alert: Recycling and Reuse Manager at Bike Works + Godspeed,...
Photo from Bike Works Donald Villarreal made his first appearance on Seattle Bike Blog in one of our first ever stories, which was about Bike Works’ volunteer repair parties. Also featured in that...
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Seattle just elected a bike-friendly Council and invested $400M into safe...
In an odd-year election, Seattle invested at least $400 million into safe streets, and every City Council candidate endorsed by Seattle Bike Blog, Seattle Transit Blog, Seattle Subway or Cascade...
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A big effort is underway to save G&O Family Cyclery after the Greenwood...
NOTE: G&O Family Cyclery is not only a Seattle Bike Blog advertiser, but co-owner Davey Oil is a close friend. He even officiated my wedding (and was amazing). I note this for disclosure, but also...
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G&O Family Cyclery finds new temporary Greenwood home
Photo from the Party to Save (& Grow) G&O by Taylor Kendall. Great news from G&O Family Cyclery today: They found a new temporary home just a block north from their old spot that was...
View ArticleWatch: City Inside/Out takes on Seattle’s slashed bike plans
Seattle Channel’s City Inside/Out produced a quality segment on the city’s recent bike plan cuts and the public protest against them. The episode begins with a five-minute intro report outlining how...
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Thursday is SAM’s Bike Night at the Olympic Sculpture Park
The Seattle Art Museum is hosting a free Bike Night at the Olympic Sculpture Park Thursday (tonight!), featuring music, talks, workshops, food, a kids zone and more. Want to learn about independent...
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One year after the Greenwood explosion, G&O Family Cyclery opens its new home
It’s been a very long and hard year for many Greenwood businesses damaged or destroyed by the March 9, 2016, natural gas explosion. Many are still struggling to hang on while insurance companies and...
View ArticlePublicola: What the e-bike boom means for Seattle
E-bike sales are outpacing electric car sales two-to-one in the United States, and e-bikes now make up 20% or more of bikes sold in Seattle bike shops. And as Josh Feit (with Maryam Noor) wrote for...
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G&O Family Cyclery is closing after ten years
From a March 2017 community celebration of G&O moving to its latest location one year after the Greenwood gas explosion. Founders Tyler Gillies and Davey Oil are in the grey caps. Gillies left a...
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