I read online that the Maple Street underpass at Swamp Creek would reopen the evening of October 31 (after eight months of construction) and I thought I’d take a look the morning of November first. The first thing I came to was the Interurban Trail crossing at 212th street. This was the first time I’d …
When we got back from Tibet I emailed Jack Trumbull at Franklin to say that the trip went well and asking again about the manufacture date of the frame. No reply. I’ll try once more before I leave for Spain. Meanwhile, here’s is the as-built configuration: Touring bike built on a custom frame built in …
From the 14th of August to the 5th of September Jerry and Will (together with a friend of Will’s) biked from Golmud in China to Lhasa in Tibet – about 1,200 KM and mainly at about 5,000 meters of elevation. We flew from Seattle to Bejing with three bikes and two big duffles full of …
As we were starting up the hill on Market in Kirkland I went to shift down into granny and thought that the chain had broken. Instead it was the crank! On this same bike (the Ibis tandem) I had a chain ring bend a little when I wedged the chain between two rings, and on …
So I got an email from Will saying that He and Chris had realized that Mika’s bike was too small for Chris and that there was a coupled frame for sale on the Seattle Craigslist. I looked at the listing and it seemed legit – I agreed that I’d build it out in time for …
Bikes are supposed to detour to the west side of Montlake, cross 520, cross back across Montlake, and cross back across 520 again – for three weeks. Sidewalk repair and detour along Montlake Blvd E begin as soon as Monday, June 18 The Seattle Department of Transportation is moving forward with another local project as …
This year Odette and Jerry travelled in France from May 22 through June 2. They packed the tandem and flew to Paris, took the TGV to Avignon, spent six days biking a loop starting and ending in Avignon and passing through Arles. They worried about the train strike interfering with the trip back to Paris …
Yesterday I rode the East Lake Sammamish trail again – the first time since the South Sammamish Segment A opened on January 17. They did a good job on the trail, it is wide and smooth and attractively landscaped. Now the only unpaved segment is the South Sammamish Segment B which is 3.6 miles long. …
Cycling from Chengdu to Lhasa by the national highway G318, the total distance is about 2154km. And there are two mountains over 5000 meters and ten mountains with altitude of over 4000 meters to cross over by highway. The bike ride on this route will take over 20 days to finish, and need to climb …
(other years) 12/31 – Fremont to Burke Gilman to 520 trail to 84th to Lake Washington blvd. Through Bellevue on 102nd and 104th to I-90 trail to Lake Washington loop through the arboretum to the Burke Gilman to the Ravenna bypass to Greenlake. Winona to 73rd and home on 1st NW after a stop at Ken’s. here’s the map. 30 miles on my Fuji …
