{"id":12249,"date":"2015-03-26T15:22:56","date_gmt":"2015-03-26T22:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/?p=12249"},"modified":"2015-03-26T15:22:56","modified_gmt":"2015-03-26T22:22:56","slug":"bikelove-party-april-2-pioneer-square","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2015\/03\/26\/bikelove-party-april-2-pioneer-square\/","title":{"rendered":"#BikeLove Party April 2 in Pioneer Square"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Come feel the love Thursday, April 2, at the annual #BikeLove Party<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12178 alignright\" alt=\"BikeLoveParty_April-2-2015\" src=\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/BikeLoveParty_April-2-2015-400x151.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/BikeLoveParty_April-2-2015-400x151.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/BikeLoveParty_April-2-2015.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>We postponed this event from February, when the forecast for high winds sounded like a bad combination with our plans for pop-up tents and a bicycle artist welder shooting sparks. Now it&#8217;s time to feel the love for sure.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Back Alley Bike Repair, Pronto! Cycle Share, Zipcar and Washington Bikes have banded together again to make #BikeLove 3.0 happen. The event is free; <a title=\"RSVP for Bike Love Party April 2, 2015, Pioneer Square Nord Alley, Seattle\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/a-bikelove-shindig-tickets-15051492419\" target=\"_blank\">RSVP on EventBrite<\/a> to give the partners an idea how many people to expect. (We hope you&#8217;ll support the event with <a title=\"Donate\" href=\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/support-us\/donate\/\" target=\"_blank\">a tax-deductible donation<\/a> that helps us cover our bartender cost.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Join us in celebrating Seattle&#8217;s diverse bike culture during the third annual #BikeLove shindig. This year we&#8217;re all about recognizing different spokes for different folks and the many unique bike scenes that make up Seattle. <strong>All kinds of riders for all kinds of reasons! <\/strong>This is the place to be whether you&#8217;re any of these or none of these:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a rubber-banded right ankle business commuter;<\/li>\n<li>single speed, balance-guru polo player;<\/li>\n<li>3% body fat cyclocross racer or triathlete;<\/li>\n<li>cargo-bike kid-carrying parent;<\/li>\n<li>competitive time trialist in logo kit;<\/li>\n<li>bike traveler with waterproof panniers and a map holder;<\/li>\n<li>around-town casual cruiser;<\/li>\n<li>tandeming twosome;<\/li>\n<li>newly minted Pronto rider testing the two-way bike lane on 2nd Ave.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>New this year, we&#8217;ll be having a social group ride around Pioneer Square to showcase all of our unique styles! Details:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Arrive at Nord Alley by 6:00p (BYOB &#8211; Bring Your Own Bike!) behind the Washington Bikes office at 314 1st Ave. South.<\/li>\n<li>Group will head to Occidental Park where Pronto! Cycle Share will be distributing FREE Day Passes to the first 15 riders! First come, first served.<\/li>\n<li>Our group will ride around Pioneer Square and surrounding neighborhoods on a predetermined route for 20-30 minutes<\/li>\n<li>Return to Occidental Park and then head back to Nord Alley by 6:30pm<\/li>\n<li>This group ride is optional, so if you&#8217;d like to skip it just head straight to Nord Alley around 6:30p!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After the ride, mix and mingle with your fellow bike enthusiasts while you enjoy complimentary drinks provided by Hilliard&#8217;s Beer. <a title=\"Donate\" href=\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/support-us\/donate\/\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Watch the sparks fly as local kinetic sculptor and metal worker\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.attoparsec.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Matthew Dockery<\/a>\u00a0creates a one-of-a-kind Frankenstein-esque &#8220;Bike Love&#8221; sculpture from recycled bike frames and parts! Enjoy all this and more during Pioneer Square Seattle&#8217;s First Thursday Art Walk. <strong>Feel the #BikeLove and Spring in the air!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Much bike love from your friends at:\u00a0<a title=\"Pronto! Your Bikeshare system in Seattle\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prontocycleshare.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Pronto! Cycle Share<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Washington Bikes: Growing Bicycling Statewide in the #1 Bicycle Friendly State in America\" href=\"www.wabikes.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Washington Bikes<\/a>,<a title=\"Zipcar Seattle\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zipcar.com\/seattle\/office\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Zipcar<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Back Alley Bike Repair, Pioneer Square, Seattle, WA\" href=\"http:\/\/www.backalleybikerepair.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Back Alley Bike Repair<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Hilliard's Beer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hilliardsbeer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Hilliard&#8217;s Beer<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Attoparsec.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Come feel the love Thursday, April 2, at the annual #BikeLove Party We postponed this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[32,121,5,29,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bike-culture","category-bike-style","category-bike-events-wa","category-wa-bikes-news","category-seattle-king-county-wa"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - 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