30 Days of Biking, Day 11: Home

By Barb Chamberlain | Published April 11, 2014

If you’ve ever returned to a childhood home after years away, you remember how things shrank. Homes, schools, parks, neighborhoods, distances. The formerly gigantic fence you dreamed of climbing over to escape for an adventure hits you about shoulder height. The trees may be taller (or gone entirely), but other things are smaller.

That sense of things being smaller than I remembered didn’t hit during today’s ride through a tiny bit of my old stomping/commuting grounds in Spokane, though, roughly 19 months after moving to Seattle.

What’s gotten bigger? The bike connections, that’s what.

What with set-up for the Spokane Bike Swap that runs Saturday and Sunday I didn’t have time to check out every new connection I want to ride. The new Spokane River Centennial Trail connection through Kendall Yards is still on my list but I’ll ride that Sunday with Belles and Baskets.

I rode just a tiny bit of what used to be an everyday route from WSU Spokane at the Riverpoint Campus on the Spokane River up the South Hill.

When I turned south up Sherman Avenue, which takes me over the freeway between Sprague and 5th, lo and behold: new bike lanes! They complete a connection with the bike lanes installed on Sherman and Southeast Boulevard farther up; the city finished those not longer after we moved to that neighborhood and our whole family rode in a celebration with the mayor and neighbors.

Bike Lane Ends sign, bike loaded with bags leaning against pole

Bike lanes do still come to an end (and sidewalks could use some work in places) but the connections are growing.

For 6 years I rode to work on a bike lane that came to a stop sign preceded by “BIKE LANE ENDS” signage. Note that bicycling does not end at this point — just the lane.

Now that lane continues. It connects with an east/west lane running along 5th — a low-traffic street and a connector paralleling the south edge of the freeway.

My usual route home lay up the hill, but I rode 5th regularly to reach the South Perry Farmers’ Market before going home. To catch up with my sweetheart for a date at South Perry Pizza. To shop at Title Nine and Two Wheel Transit. Or, as today, to stop at The Shop for some good locally roasted coffee.

Spokane’s network isn’t complete by a long shot. No city or town today can claim a complete network clearly designed and signed for people on bikes to get where they’re going as an accepted element in traffic.

But riding on that new bike lane I felt as if my home had gotten bigger, not smaller, while I was away. Keep rolling, Spokane.

 

 

 

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Your Turn

  • Have you gone back to bike somewhere you used to ride regularly? What did you notice most?

 

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30 Days of Biking, Day 10: Snohomish

By Barb Chamberlain | Published April 10, 2014
Bridge on Whitehorse Trail, Arlington, WA.

Whitehorse Trail in Arlington, WA–I need to borrow a mountain bike for this one but I’ll get there.

I’m hatching plans to go ride my bike in Snohomish County. It’s important.

First, the back story. The Centennial Trail has been on my list for a while. In more ways than one, you might say: Once upon a time my advocacy efforts were dedicated to the North Idaho Centennial Trail Committee, back when I lived in Post Falls, as a companion and connection to the Spokane River Centennial Trail in Spokane County.

So I rode the North Idaho Centennial Trail, then the Spokane side.

Then I moved to western Washington and discovered the existence of yet another one: the Centennial Trail in Snohomish County.

It’s been on my list for quite a while because of the many recommendations I’ve heard. And then the terrible mudslide hit along Highway 530. Both yesterday and today increased my determination to get my bike up to Snohomish and ride.

Yesterday morning at the first meeting of the Governor’s Blue Ribbon Task Force on Parks and Outdoor Recreation, Gov. Jay Inslee opened by asking us, in addition to the charge laid before the task force, to consider how we might give special attention to Snohomish County. It offers tremendous recreational opportunities and tourism is the third largest sector of the local economy.

This morning in the Transportation Policy Board meeting at Puget Sound Regional Council, we considered a proposal to direct federal funds to Snohomish County. Snohomish County Council members Ken Klein and Terry Ryan and Arlington City Council member Debora Nelson all spoke movingly about the way Arlington, Oso, and Darrington are working together in the finest tradition of American community spirit to recover.

I shared the governor’s remarks along with our efforts at Washington Bikes to share information with bike travelers looking for great places to ride. I pledged our commitment to highlight Snohomish County as a destination, said I’m planning bike trips there, and asked everyone in the room to consider a trip to Snohomish County to spend money in the local economy as an immediate way of helping them recover.

I invite you to join me in planning your own trip to Snohomish County and then sharing your riding experiences with us. We’ll feature your pictures, video, blog post, maps, reviews of restaurants and places to stay–anything you can do to help attract others.

If you’d like to participate, either by telling us about your ride or by receiving updates from us when we have bike travel information to share, fill out the contact information below. You’ll be making a difference for Snohomish County, and thus for all of Washington.

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  • If you’ve already ridden in Snohomish County, give us your recommendations in the comments below.
  • If you haven’t, will you start planning a trip now?

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State Poster Contest Winners and Vote for the National Winner

By Seth Schromen-Wawrin | Published April 10, 2014

Thank you to everyone around the state who participated in the 2014 Washington State 5th Grade Bicycle Poster Contest! Over 100 students participated creating beautiful and inspiring posters. We are pleased to present the state poster contest winners.

The 2014 Washington State 5th Grade Bicycle Poster Winner is Ashley Vaile from Tukes Valley Middle School in Battle Ground, WA.

1st Place - Ashley - Battle Ground

Her parents described her thorough process of thinking through and practicing the facial expression, the type of trees to ride through, and the feel to convey the “simple pleasures of a bike ride.” For all her hard work and delightful illustration, Ashley wins a bike, light, helmet, LED reflective strap, membership to Washington Bikes, and her poster will be featured on a set of notecards produced by Washington Bikes.

Ashley’s poster now is entered into the national contest! Between April 10th and 15th, anyone can vote on Saris Cycling Racks’ Facebook page for the national winner. If Ashley wins, her and a parent get to go to the National Bike Summit in Washington, DC in 2015 and Battle Ground wins a bicycle rack and HUB encouragement system from Saris.

2nd Place for Washington State goes to Gianna Waleske of Ft. Colville Elementary in Colville, WA.

2nd Place - Gianna - Colville

 

3rd Place for Washington State goes to Jon Daracunas of Dry Creek Elementary in Port Angeles, WA.

3rd Place - Jon - Port Angeles

 

See the other school winners, winners from past years, and read about the contest on our Poster Contest Page. You can also come by our Seattle office before the end May to see all the posters submitted to Washington Bikes. You will be able to vote on your favorite posters before May 16th for the People’s Choice Award. We will also be producing specialty note card sets of these creative posters for our store so you can share the inspiration with your friends.

 

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30 Days of Biking rekindles a love for biking

By Louise McGrody | Published April 10, 2014

Penny Webb is a creative writer, Fund Development Director at Northwest Institute of Literary Arts, a contributing writer for Whidbey Life Magazine, and a former staff member of the Bicycle Alliance of Washington (now WAbikes). She lives on Whidbey Island with her son and daughter. A born-again cyclist, Penny is participating in 30 Days of Biking and has been regaling us with her tales. We share her first week with you:

Day 1: Almost forgot. Daughter and I scrambled off the couch, then hauled the bikes down from the garage ceiling (ladder required), then couldn’t find the bike pump…twilight descending, tires pretty flat, we switched bikes–she rode the Schwinn beach bike and I rode her little Hard Rock, which had more air. Around the block, spring in our noses, then a view of the toenail moon in the azure sky. Gorgeous. Back home, bikes back inside. Found the bike pump.

Day 2: Tires inflated, spiders relocated. Roped in the boy, also. The whole fam-dam-ily blew down the neighborhood hill, sweet cut grass filling our lungs. Then, the return: Bad knees and a heavy one-speed are not a good match. Tomorrow, I break out The Jake.

Day 3: Rain break. Can’t find my helmet so cram my head into my daughter’s. Kids choose to stay in the bandroom/garage (aka “hanging bike studios”) and jam. I mount The Jake for its inaugural ride of 2014 and she fits like a glove. Unfortunately, my gloves are fingerless and I’m numb in minutes. Make it down to the highway and breeze back up the hill. Well, breeze might be an overstatement. But, yes, gears are a good thing. Note to self: find the winter gloves pronto.

Day 4: Gorgeous spring day, spent inside working. Work over, rain starts. Momentary sunbreak now….just enough time to take the Schwinn for a spin before we head over town for my bro’s big art show. So excited! ‪#‎aroundtheblockcounts‬.

Day 5: I keep missing the rain-free windows! Oh, well. The Jake has fenders for a reason. Will take a tootle in a few, then off to work. Keep up the good work, everyone!  Day 5 addendum: didn’t make it out before work, so Son and I took our bikes out at 10pm in the pitch dark and somehow navigated around the block. I swear I could barely see the road it is SO DARK tonight! Gotta love the Island.

Day 6: Son and I road the long block at twilight, thankfully. This time I could see the road!

Day 7: Hurt my back mowing the calf-high lawn. Damn. In celebration of the sunshine and the first day of spring vacation for my kids, I am drinking a Corona and taking ibuprofen. I know, I know: two wrongs don’t make a right. Will shoot for the twilight ride again tonight with my offspring.

Penny and a host of others are sharing their adventures on our 30 Days of Biking event page on Facebook. Join us in the fun and you can follow Penny’s rekindled joy for bicycling!

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30 Days of Biking, Day Nine: Outdoors

By Barb Chamberlain | Published April 9, 2014

Day Nine in the 30 Days of Biking, 30 Words, 30 Pictures series

A ticket to outdoor adventures: Some of the bike maps we have in our Pioneer Square store & bike travel information center.

A ticket to outdoor adventures: Some of the bike maps we have in our Pioneer Square store & bike travel information center.

A serious question for you: What do you think of when I say “outdoor recreation”?

Why I’m asking and why “outdoors” is today’s word: I started my multimodal day at 6:20 a.m. with a short bike ride to the bus stop in dawn’s early light, a fast trip on Sound Transit #522 to downtown, and a carpool trip in a hybrid to Olympia for the first meeting of Gov. Inslee’s Blue Ribbon Task Force on Parks and Outdoor Recreation, which I’m honored to co-chair.

Given the purpose of the trip and the other person in the car–fellow task force member Marc Berejka of REI–we talked all the way down about the outdoors. In both that discussion and in some of the remarks you’ll hear from task force members and citizens in TVW’s video coverage of the meeting, the evolving nature of outdoor experiences came up.

Outdoor recreation has long been understood to include hiking, climbing, camping, hunting, fishing, skiing, kayaking, mountain biking — the list goes on and on. As we discussed today, in addition to — or for some, instead of — seeking out an experience in the great outdoors away from it all, many Washingtonians get an outdoor experience in an urban park or along a trail corridor. They’re playing bike polo. They’re inline skating. They’re walking along a creek in a small local green space listening to the frogs croak.

The task force gives me reason to ponder whether I think of much of my bicycling as being an outdoor experience. Goofy question, right? I’m not in a spin class, I’m outside.

And yet — and yet —

When I ride my bike to get somewhere it’s functional. It’s an act of utility. It’s transportation.

I negotiate traffic lights, I take the lane position that makes me most predictable and visible, I choose my route for some purpose and that purpose is often geared around efficiency. Shortest distance from point A to point B. Fewest climbs (I can dream). Quieter streets. More miles on separated facilities because I find them pleasant.

And yet — and yet —

When I’m riding my bike to get places I notice the way the light changes for the same time of day across the seasons. I cue into the weather. I smell flowers coming into bloom. I choose streets with more trees and green, growing things over bare concrete. I’ll go out of my way to ride along water whenever available. I’ll listen to frogs, spot birds, wonder what belonged to the bushy tail I just saw whisk across the sidewalk or the trail.

Today didn’t have a lot of riding in it, given the schedule. After I got back from Olympia I worked until after 7 p.m. trying to catch up, then rode on city streets to the bus stop at 4th and Jackson.

The 512 to Everett comes before my 522; I looked at its destination and thought about the bike trips I’m planning to take in and through Snohomish County. (Since I’m from Spokane I need to ride the “other” Centennial Trail — the one in Snohomish County — to go with my many trips along the Spokane River Centennial Trail.)

My bus rolled up, I racked my bike, and read my Kindle heading north.

But when I got off the bus, pulled my bike off the rack, and headed down Lake City Way to my neighborhood, I paid attention to the outdoor experience I was having.

I looked at the street trees. I smelled the air. I smiled at the families out enjoying the tiny little pocket park down the street from our house.

I ride by that park every day. I see the regulars getting in what my dad called a “daily constitutional” walking a certain number of times around the edge of the park on a little paved trail that can’t be more than a quarter of a mile long. I see twenty-somethings playing Frisbee or working up an informal game of touch football. Parents sit and watch their kids on the swings, or get up and push them.

On my bike I have it all, even if sometimes it’s only for a few blocks. I get my heart and lungs pumping, I immerse myself in the outdoor world instead of separating myself from it, I live more intensely and more joyfully. I’m outdoors.

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Your Turn

  • What are some of your most memorable outdoor experiences?
  • If you bike mostly “for utility” do you also think of the outdoor experience you’re having?
  • If you bike mostly away from it all for the outdoor experience, what does that give you that you carry into your everyday life?
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GiveBIG Rides Again on May 6!

By Jack Hilovsky | Published April 9, 2014

PrintOn Tuesday, May 6, friends and supporters of Washington Bikes will for the third year in a row have the opportunity to support greater bicycle safety and access through Seattle Foundation’s GiveBIG campaign. GiveBIG is a one day online charitable giving event to inspire people to make a generous gift to nonprofit organizations making the Puget Sound region a healthier, more vital place to live.

Each donation made to WA Bikes between midnight and midnight (Pacific Time) on May 6, will receive a pro-rated portion of the matching funds (“stretch”) pool. The amount of the match will depend on the size of the stretch pool and how much is raised in total donations on GiveBIG day. For example, if a nonprofit receives 4% of the total donations during GiveBIG, then it will receive 4% of the pool of funds.

Another exciting dimension of the GiveBIG campaign is the Golden Ticket awards. Throughout the day of GiveBIG, donors will be chosen at random to have an additional $1,000 given to a charity of their choice. Golden Ticket award winners will also be eligible to win other prizes, like $100 Starbucks gift cards!

In order for your donation to qualify for the stretch pool and Golden Ticket, you must donate through  WA Bikes’ profile page on Seattle Foundation’s website. Anyone with an Internet connection and a credit card can make a gift on GiveBIG day. It’s simple — and you don’t have to live in Seattle or the Puget Sound region to participate!

Keep in mind any donation WA Bikes receives can be matched through an employer matching program–we encourage you to submit a record of your donation to your employer for matching funds. Employer matches will not be applied in calculating the nonprofit’s share of the GiveBIG stretch pool.

Our Board Member John Pope is mapping USBR 10 stretching from Skagit County to Spokane County and the Idaho border--an exciting U.S. Bike Route you'll be able to enjoy--thanks to your generous giving!

WA Bikes Board Member John Pope is mapping USBR 10 stretching from Skagit County to Spokane County and the Idaho border — an exciting US Bike Route you’ll be able to enjoy — thanks to your generous giving!

So mark your calendar for Tues, May 6, and support bicycle education for kids and adults, greater bicycle safety, enhanced transportation choices, a strong bike tourism economy, and a rising chorus of bicycle advocates across the state from the State Legislature to local business chambers of commerce. For 27 years we’ve worked to make Washington a more bicycle-friendly state where cycling is inclusive and accessible to everyone from 8 to 80.

On May 16, 2013, supporters of better bicycling, walking, and neighborhood safety joined with Governor Inslee to sign the Neighborhood Safe Streets Bill into law

On May 16, 2013, supporters of better bicycling, walking, and neighborhood safety joined with Governor Inslee to sign the Neighborhood Safe Streets Bill into law, a three-year effort achieved thanks to your financial support!

To learn more, visit the GiveBIG FAQ page. Thank you in advance for your continued support!

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30 Days of Biking, Day Eight: Leadership

By Barb Chamberlain | Published April 8, 2014

Day Eight in the 30 Days of Biking, 30 Words, 30 Pictures series

From beginning to end, today’s riding took me to meetings with a leadership element–what’s more, a strong theme of women leaders at every level of leadership in bicycling and transportation from neighborhood to national.

Rosie the Riveter posterFirst up: A discussion of Seattle’s participation in round 2 of the Green Lane Project with Martha Rostkowski, who heads up Green Lane as a VP at People for Bikes, a couple of her colleagues, and some of Seattle’s organizations that have women as executive directors (see below for a list of biking organizations and others we partner with).

A few months ago we partnered with Cascade Bicycle Club (where Elizabeth Kiker serves as executive director) to bring Martha to Seattle before applications were due so we could learn what was needed for a successful application. Women lead staff at SDOT including Sam Woods and Kristen Simpson shepherded the application through and Seattle was selected.

As the state organization we hope to bring lessons learned and next-generation design principles to other communities around the state interested in adding protected bike lanes in the right places in their mix of bike network connections.

Next I spent some time preparing for my trip to Spokane at the end of this week for the Spokane Bike Swap, where we’ll have a table and you can meet our newest member of the staff, Kate Johnston. Sparkplug LeAnn Yamamoto in the Spokane County Commute Trip Reduction Office helped make this event a reality. The event benefits Friends of the Spokane River Centennial Trail, headed by another woman, Loreen McFaul.

While I’m there I’ll talk with other bike leaders. The list of local leaders includes the chairs of Spokane Bikes and the Spokane Bicycle Advisory Board and members of the Pedals2People board–all women. (Yes, the entire board of P2P, which is a community bike shop, consists of women.)

Via email I also had contact with staff in the Washington State Dept. of Transportation concerning the US Bicycle Route System. The WSDOT staff we work with most directly on bicycle/pedestrian issues are women (hi, Charlotte and Paula!) in a department headed by Sec. Lynn Peterson, with Amy Scarton as Assistant Sec. for Community & Economic Development.

Later in the day it was back to Seattle City Hall for a meeting of the advisory committee for the Seattle Dept. of Transportation director search. I sat between Cathy Tuttle, founder/executive director of Seattle Neighborhood Greenways, and Marci Carpenter, West Seattle Transportation Coalition, both examples of local grassroots organizing around a desire for safe, connected networks for all forms of transportation.

It was in this meeting that I was struck anew by the number of women leaders I interact with every day and what a pleasure it is not to be the only woman in the room in a meeting on transportation. Just a few years ago no one in my position would have been able to list as many women counterparts and colleagues.

I then had a meeting to prepare for another meeting (welcome to my world)–tomorrow’s first meeting of Gov. Inslee’s Blue Ribbon Task Force on Parks and Outdoor Recreation, which I’m honored to co-chair.

Seattle happens to have a lot of women executive directors at many of our partner organizations right now. A list of such organizations headquartered in Seattle (which I’m sure is incomplete) is an impressive one:

… and it keeps going, from Maud Daudon at the Seattle Chamber of Commerce to Joni Earl at Sound Transit and beyond.

It isn’t just Seattle, either. When I meet with local leaders in bicycling I’m meeting with women. Picking just a few examples from my meetings of the last year around the state:

Like many of the words I consider for these posts, this is one that could fit more than one day, but it’s what I found myself thinking about the most. Other nomineees for today’s word that I considered, just for fun:

  • Rain
  • Biscuits
  • Terrain (said with the tone of voice that makes it an epithet)
  • Routes
  • Wool

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Your Turn

  • What do you want leaders in bicycling and transportation to work on?
  • Who are the bike leaders in your community who deserve a shout-out? (Not just women)
  • What are some of the ways they’re making a difference? (I’m totally trolling for blog post ideas here)

 

 

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Safe Streets Workshop This Thursday in Longview

By Seth Schromen-Wawrin | Published April 8, 2014

Join Washington Bikes, Cowlitz on the Move, Pathways 2020, and Healthy Communities Washington for an informative workshop on Safe Streets this Thursday, April 10, in Longview.

Last year, Washington Bikes helped lead the charge to pass a state law giving neighborhoods more tools to improve street safety, while removing red tape and lowering safety improvement costs.

Join Seth Schromen-Wawrin and Blake Trask from Washington Bikes at the Cowlitz PUD Auditorium for an informative 3-hour workshop to learn about the new law, its application in your neighborhood, and simple tips and techniques to work with your elected officials to improve safety on your street.

To register for this afternoon workshop, email Katie Perrigo at PerrigoK@co.cowlitz.wa.us. If you have additional questions, please contact the Washington Bikes team or contact Katie at 360.414.5599 ext 6434.

Looking forward to seeing you this Thursday!

Details:
Thursday, April 10, 2014
2:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Cowlitz PUD Auditorium
961 12th Avenue
Longview, WA 98632

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30 Days of Biking, Day Seven: Left

By Barb Chamberlain | Published April 7, 2014

Day Seven in the 30 Days of Biking, 30 Words, 30 Pictures series

Executing left turns.  Being left behind. Sure, I can write about those with “left” as the word of the day.

Sign on Burke-Gilman Trail bike path, "Use voice or bell when passing"

Good manners. Good sense. For goodness’ sake, say something.

For today’s ride, however, I mean “Left!” as in “On your left” or “Passing on your left” or any of the other trail etiquette warnings. I rode my bicycle for miles without hearing this heading northbound on the Burke Gilman Trail around 6:30pm or so.

Nor did the people passing me ring their bells instead, a perfectly acceptable alternative. That’s my preferred method because I get more response from people wearing earbuds when I use my bell and I think it sounds friendlier, but today my bell was broken so I called out repeatedly.

The idea behind saying “Left” is that you won’t surprise people you’re passing. It’s not only polite, it’s safer; a surprised rider/pedestrian is an unpredictable rider/pedestrian.

If I know you’re coming up behind me faster than I’m riding I can navigate accordingly. You don’t know I’m about to execute some maneuver I wouldn’t if I knew you were there, or that I need to swerve around an obstacle I could warn you about. Wouldn’t you like me to assist in keeping our interaction pleasant and collision-free?

Occasionally I try to keep track of who says it and who doesn’t. So far I haven’t identified any strong or stereotypical patterns. You can be wearing street clothes or Spandex, riding an upright bike or down in the drops, loaded with panniers or wearing a heart monitor, alone or in a group. You say it. Or you don’t. The “you don’t” people far outnumber the “you do” people, in my highly unscientific sample.

If you do say it when you pass me I say “Thank you!”.

I have one grumpy response I use occasionally. If you pass me without calling out or ringing your bell, I may say, “On my left!” as you pass by, particularly if you were extra-fast and extra-close. I figure that way at least one of us has acknowledged the interaction, and perhaps I’ve given you a motherly little reminder that you should be saying it. I can dream.

It’s not a totally crazy dream. I’ve noticed that my saying of it reminds others who weren’t saying it and they sometimes start up, which I get to observe when someone I passed fires up and passes me.

In my really crazy dream, people also say it when passing in a bike lane. Those tend to have less margin for error and more street noise and I appreciate it even more.

Left. It’s oh-so-easy. Just say it.

NOTE: We have trail etiquette rack cards available upon request to anyone who’d like a batch to give out. They’re really popular when we take them to events and we’ve seen them in brochure holders at some trail heads. Contact Louise to request a batch.

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Your Turn

  • Do you say it or don’t you? Why/why not?

 

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Spokane Bike Swap is This Weekend!

By Louise McGrody | Published April 7, 2014

I Bike SpokaneIf you love all things bicycle and you live in Spokane, then you don’t want to miss the Spokane Bike Swap & Expo this weekend, April 12 and 13.

Organized as a benefit for the Friends of Centennial Trail, the Spokane Bike Swap is the place to buy new and used bikes, swap your old ones, connect with bike groups like us, practice using the bike rack on transit buses, and more!

Be sure to drop by the Washington Bikes booth to say hi and meet our Spokane staff member Kate Johnston. You can pick up a copy of our popular Washington Bike Laws pocket reference, refresh your trail etiquette with our Share the Trails rack card, and learn about our new programs serving the Inland Northwest.

We’ll also have our pop-up retail store at your service! You can join or renew your WAbikes membership, and purchase our made-in-Washington bicycle themed merchandise–like our new jersey and the I Bike Spokane and I Bike WA items shown here. You can also buy raffle tickets for our spectacular Walla Walla Bicycle Weekend.

Check the Spokane Bike Swap website for more details about the event and we hope to see you this weekend!

Contact Kate Johnston if you’d like to volunteer at our bike swap booth!

 

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