Rides
A comprehensive archive of more than 20 years of rides
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 24, 2009
Rain still threatening today after torrential a.m. dump, so I played cautious and did U District/Ravenna loop. Lots of variations here but I typically dart through Lower Woodland, up N. 45th St. through Wallingford, over I-5 and then cut up Brooklyn or University Avenue to Ravenna, dink around on the bike lane back to Green [...]
Posted in Today's Ride, Transportation | Tagged Downhill Zone, LBS, local bike shop, mountain bike, Transportation
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 23, 2009
I started out today on my Ridge-to-Ridge ride. Despite the exotic name, it’s totally in town (Seattle). I go from Phinney Ridge near my house to View Ridge via the Burke-Gilman Trail and North 65th St., then back around Green Lake to home. It’s a good workout, scaling three major rises from the BGT to [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Today's Ride, Transportation | Tagged Mountain Biking, Phinney Ridge, Road Cycling, Transportation
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 22, 2009
I’m fortunate enough to live close to Green Lake and Woodland Park, so ride time is just about any time. When the weather is threatening, I stay fairly close to home and practice stuff. Lower Woodland Park, with some rollicking trails, a jump strip and log rolls, is a good place to get in a [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Tales from the Trail, Today's Ride | Tagged bike jumps, intense bicycles, lower woodland park, Mountain Biking, seattle, transition bikes
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 21, 2009
It was a gorgeous day and the tail end of a fantastic sunny week in the soggy Northwest, so I made the trek for a second time in 4 days to Black Diamond. It’s funny and ironic, but “black diamond” in this case refers to coal, which was mined heavily in this area’s past — [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Tales from the Trail, Today's Ride | Tagged black diamond, Bob Hollander, EMBA, Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance, Jim Hendricks, Lake Sawyer, Mountain Biking, Today's Ride, Turtle
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 20, 2009
Meetings at the south end of Lake Union — Paul Allen country! — and Green Lake put me on a big round-the-hub loop. Down Aurora to Dexter, then cutting across south end of Lake Union to I Love Sushi for lunch. Then north on Eastlake to University District, picking up Ravenna and winding up at [...]
Posted in Today's Ride, Transportation
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 19, 2009
I’ve been riding Tiger Mountain almost as long as I’ve been riding mountain bikes, which extends back to 1991. It always fascinates me to see how the mountain changes, with new wrinkles at every turn. I’ve been gone in California for three months, so today when the sun came out it was time to hit [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Tales from the Trail, Tiger Mountain, Today's Ride | Tagged Mountain Biking, preston railroad grade, snow biking, tiger middle trail, Tiger Mountain, tiger mountain trail
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 19, 2009
Because only slackers need the support of a whole team… Registration opens Feb. 24th for this exercise in self-punishment. Only 400 spots open, so you’d better jump on it fast. I’ve never raced this event but have a friend whose friend did it practically solo when the rest of the team disintegrated on her. That [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Racing, Road Trips | Tagged BC Bike Race, British Columbia, mountain bike racing, Mountain Biking
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 18, 2009
Seattle parks commissioners will hold a public hearing on street closures around parks for bicycling, running and pedestrians from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday (Feb. 26) at parks headquarters, 100 Dexter Ave. (at Denny) in Denny Park. This is a great deal. We lived for some time next to Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, [...]
Posted in Today's Ride
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 18, 2009
I go just about everywhere in Seattle by bike, even in the rain. So for today’s downtown meeting I’ll be riding my trusty Titus titanium hardtail down Aurora, across the Aurora Bridge, then dropping to Dexter and making my way through the trecherous one-way maze of downtown Seattle. Yes I ride Aurora (Hwy. 99) because [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Today's Ride, Transportation
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