The forecast of scattered showers never materialized on Saturday for the Cascade Bicycle Club’s Flying Wheels bicycle ride in eastern King County.
Some 3,150 bicycling enthusiasts showed up for the ride, which features hilly routes of 100 and 65 miles, and easier routes of 50 and 25 miles.
The ride that begins and ends at Redmond’s Marymoor Park Velodrome is promoted as a warm-up ride for July’s Seattle-to-Portland 200-mile bike tour. …
ORDWAY, COLO. - Most of western Kansas and eastern Colorado was closed this Sunday, so we did the only thing we knew how — we kept pedaling.
After patching up two flat tires just after sunrise, we rode out of town and back to the flat terrain. Everything was closed in the first town in Colorado — Towner. Same at Sheriden Lake …
So when we finally got to Haswell, thirsty and parched, there was nothing but bad water and what little water we had in our bottles. No bathroom. No shower. The only store in town was closed
In spite of morning clouds, the sun shone in places where it doesn’t usually shine on Saturday at the Summer Solstice Parade in Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood.
About 100 cyclists wearing only body paint and a smile pedaled down the parade route in advance of the official Summer Solstice Parade presented by the Fremont Arts Council.
Although they’ve faced some rocky issues with the police department over the years, this 16th appearance by the Painted Cyclists seemed to be tolerated by the bike police who were on hand. …