Today’s Ride
Where I’m riding as you’re reading this, favorite mountain bike and bicycle commuting rides
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on March 19, 2009
Today’s ride took me all around north Seattle, but the highlight was riding through the University of Washington campus. I was practicing some “skinny” riding on the raised curbs by the entrance when a crop of trials bikes grommed on by. Little low-slung single speeds with no seats. I knew exactly where they were headed, [...]
Posted in Culture, Today's Ride | Tagged Culture, trials, University of Washington, william h. gates hall
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on March 18, 2009
Today I had errands that took me up north to the Greenwood District. While cruising through I saw a wonderment in the window of a local store on Greenwood Ave. N. just north of N. 85th St. The shop turned out to be a Mexican grocery market and restaurant called La Conasupo. The shirt from [...]
Posted in Culture, Today's Ride | Tagged AIG, Culture, soccer
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on March 17, 2009
Today’s ride: Mucho errands, so I popped over to the U District by way of Fremont and the Burke-Gilman Trail, then my standard Ravenna Way — Green Lake ride home. Uneventful for once, and the sun was even out. I did enjoy the sign in Gregg’s Greenlake Cycles. But I have to say, I’m going [...]
Posted in Culture, Today's Ride | Tagged Culture, lance armstrong
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on March 16, 2009
After a miserable morning the sun came out a bit, giving a window for a quick run around the U District and north Green Lake. I saw a fellow cyclist almost get nailed by what I like to call a “darter” — a driver who guns the engine to cross a busy street, only to [...]
Posted in Culture, Today's Ride | Tagged Culture
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on March 13, 2009
Today I had business downtown to attend to, so hopped on the bike for an “in-Seattle epic”! I took my usual route down Aurora Ave. N. (noting a sign warning that it will be closed Sunday for the St. Paddy’s Day run), dropping down to Dexter after the bridge, then headed onto the bizarro maze [...]
Posted in Culture, Today's Ride
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on March 12, 2009
Went up north for variety, doing my standard Green Lake/Phinney to U District connector but then heading the long climb up 15th N.E. to Maple Leaf, site of the reservoir tank everyone can see from everywhere. The views on a chilly but sunny day were magnificent from this promontory, even if I-5 tends to get [...]
Posted in Culture, Today's Ride, Transportation | Tagged Culture, seattle, Transportation
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on March 10, 2009
Took the long way around my standard loop today, going along the Burke-Gilman to University Village, where I dropped in for a look at the Apple Store’s new Macs, then continuing to N.E. 65th Street for the up-and-down-and-up etc. slog back home. The exercise kept me warm but sheesh, we’re only a week and a [...]
Posted in Today's Ride, Transportation
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on March 3, 2009
Not a huge ride today, although the weather was again unexpectedly mild. In the Northwest, “mild” means some sunshine came out and it got above 50. I dropped down Fremont Ave. to the Burke-Gilman Trail and tooled around the north end of Lake Union, winding up over in Montlake. The Montlake Bike Shop is a [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Today's Ride | Tagged Culture, evil bikes, Fluidride, local bike shop, seattle
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on March 2, 2009
By early afternoon today the sun was shining and temps approaching 60, which this winter in Seattle is like Palm Beach, so I headed out for a longer than usual in–city ride. My first stop was a return trip to the memorial to Kevin Black, the cyclist who died after colliding with a van in [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Culture, Rider Down, Today's Ride | Tagged ballard, bike route signs, Bridging the Gap levy, city of seattle department of transportation, Culture, Fremont, ghost bike
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 26, 2009
True to forecast there was fluffy white stuff all round this morning. I guess in Seattle we still consider it a novelty, although we’ve gotten mercilessly dumped on this winter. Hopefully today’s spritz will quickly disappear. But having promised to get out and ride, and having a rep to uphold, and not wanting to disappoint [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Today's Ride | Tagged intense bicycles, lower woodland park, Maggie the Bichon, Mountain Biking, seattle, snow, snow biking
