West Seattle Bike Connections

SDOT, this is not what we had in mind for fixing the tree root disaster on the Duwamish Trail at north end of South Park. Roadway was just patched for vehicles so they can keep going 40-50 mph. Trail worse than ever. Unaware bike riders can be thrown into traffic here. We’ve been asking for ...

Morgan Scherer and Al Jackson began planning routes for the Disaster Relief Trials 2016. It will be on September 25, during Summer Parkways in West Seattle. Want to test ride some routes with us? Training games for cargo bikes, bikes with trailers, family bikes to deliver goods, messages, people after an earthquake or other disaster ...

Have you ever wanted to do the Seattle to Portland bike ride? Or even wanted to do the 1-day STP? And never trained for it? Here is your big fat chance! Do it in 2 hours, and end up at a huge finish line party! One week before Cascade’s big STP, so perfect for training ...

Bike Everywhere! It was fun to see and meet lots of bike riders going all directions this morning!  All shapes and sizes of riders and rides.  From Fauntleroy and White Center, Alki and Pigeon Point. To SODO, Harbor Island, Kent, Downtown, Pioneer Square, South Lake Union, UW, Queen Anne and Pill Hill.  Going to daycare ...

Stop at our commute station! from 6 to 9 AM at the west end of the Spokane Low Bridge, where the trails meet.     West Seattle Bike Connections members will be bringing homemade cookies and bars to power your ride. Besides baked goods, we will have coffee, other beverages, bananas, bicycling information and on-the-spot ...

A record number of people crossed the Spokane St Bridge by bike today.  More are finding  this is a good, reliable way to avoid Viadoom. Previous high was 1,847, set on May 14, 2014.  Today, it was 2,525! With nice weather and Viaduct closure incentive, we should be able to set a monthly record for ...

Here are a few. We will add more as the Viaduct Closure looms and Bike Everywhere Month approaches. West shoreline route, flat and scenic, from Alki Point. White Center, as flat as it can be, with a hill between Puget Ridge and Pigeon Point down to the Spokane St Bridge. Alki to Downtown Downtown to ...

Avoid the Viaduct closure traffic jams!    Test ride a bike commute route this Sunday, April 24 at 9:00 am. If you or people you know are interested, but uncertain, come join us and try it out!  If you ride a bike while Bertha has the viaduct shut down, you can save a seat on ...

“It was almost exactly 3 years ago that we first reported a Viaduct closure was possible when the tunneling machine went beneath it” Three years went by so fast! Bertha went so slow. But this is just in time for Bike Month (May). So, if some more people are able to take bikes to downtown ...

Good news tonight: WSBC member Joe Laubach has been selected to serve on the Move Seattle levy Oversight Committee! Here is what we said in recommending him: Joe will bring a balanced perspective on movement of people and goods in Seattle, with financial abilities the committee can use for oversight of Move Seattle’s progress. We ...