Recent Rides 2012

  (OTHER YEARS)   12/31 – Bike to work. Out and back on Dexter. here’s the map. 25 miles on my touring bike.  (2012 total = 6,443 with 2,686 on the tandem.  60 months straight with at least one ride.) 12/28 – Bike to work. Out and back on Dexter. here’s the map back. 25 miles on the fixie …

2011 RSVP

  On August 5 and 6, 2011 Odette and Jerry rode the Cascade Bike Club RSVP with Alex and Carrie and Virginia and David. We had a rough time signing up because Cascade took their registration system in-house this year and did a bad job of it.  In the end we all got on the …

The New Tandem

Before we went on our Vancouver Island tour, Odette and I agreed that if she felt okay after the ride I’d buy a new tandem instead of a new road bike. The genesis of this deal was that she wanted me to trade in my 4Runner before the cash for clunkers program went away.  I …

2011 Chilly Hilly

Seattle Times 2/28/2011 ‘Chilly Hilly’ bicyclists brave unusually cold weather on Bainbridge Island this year Bicyclists may have found Sunday’s annual “Chilly Hilly” ride a tad chillier than most years. By Rami Grunbaum Seattle Times deputy business editor The annual “Chilly Hilly” bicycle ride around Bainbridge Island was no hillier than usual. But the rally …

Recent Rides 2011

(OTHER YEARS) 12/24/11 – Interurban trail to Aurora Village Transit Center – here’s the map – 16 miles on touring bike with Odette. (3,316 miles for the year, 2,538 on the tandem with 1,267 on the new tandem. 48 months straight with at least one ride logged.) 12/17/11 – Interurban trail to Aurora Village Transit Center – here’s the map – 16 miles …

2010 problems

Seattle Times Originally published May 20, 2010 at 10:01 PM | Page modified May 21, 2010 at 12:09 PM Bike to work with care: Key danger zones Friday is the annual National Bike to Work Day, and we’ve highlighted some of the hazardous places in the Seattle area for bike riders. By Mike Lindblom Seattle …

2010-2-14

Everett Herald Published: Sunday, February 14, 2010 Centennial Trail plans are afoot in Arlington and Snohomish The county hears ideas to make a 1.2-mile gap in Arlington safer and Snohomish works on a link to its Riverfront Trail. By Gale Fiege and Andy Rathbun Herald Writers ARLINGTON — If there isn’t any money to close …

02-04-2010 article

Bellevue Blog  February 4, 2010 at 2:32 PM Eastside commuter rail and bike trail could be built fast, some say Posted by Katherine Long Three members of the Bellevue City Council were all ears Wednesday night when a California rails-and-trails advocacy group told how they mustered voter support for a 70-mile commuter rail line through …

Recent Rides 2010

2010 (OTHER YEARS) 12/25  – Interurban trail to Aurora Village Transit Center – 16 miles with Odette on new fixie!  (year-end totals: 1,796 miles ridden in 2010, 536 on the tandem – 36 months in a row with at least one ride logged.) 11/28 – Interurban trail to Lowell Rd. in Everett.  Lowell-Larimer to Broadway to …