{"id":12352,"date":"2015-04-03T12:04:32","date_gmt":"2015-04-03T19:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/?p=12352"},"modified":"2015-04-03T12:09:01","modified_gmt":"2015-04-03T19:09:01","slug":"join-us-2015-spokane-bike-swap-april-11-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2015\/04\/03\/join-us-2015-spokane-bike-swap-april-11-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Join Us: 2015 Spokane Bike Swap April 11-12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you love all things bicycle and you live in Spokane, then you don\u2019t want to miss the\u00a0<strong>Spokane Bike Swap &amp; Expo\u00a0<\/strong>next weekend, April 11-12.<\/p>\n<p>Organized as a benefit for the <a title=\"Friends of the Spokane River Centennial Trail\" href=\"http:\/\/spokanecentennialtrail.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Friends of the Spokane River Centennial Trai<\/a>l, 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, get information on super Spokane bike events like <a title=\"Spokefest 2015\" href=\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/event-ride\/spokefest-2015\/\">Spokefest <\/a>and <a title=\"Spokane Summer Parkways\" href=\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/event-ride\/spokane-summer-parkways-3\/\">Spokane Summer Parkways<\/a>, sign up for rides like the <a title=\"Jedermann Gran Fondo Bike Ride and 12 Hr. Challenge\" href=\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/event-ride\/jedermann-gran-fondo-bike-ride-12-hr-challenge\/\">Jedermann Gran Fondo<\/a> and <a title=\"Lilac Century &amp; Family Fun Ride\" href=\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/event-ride\/lilac-century-family-fun-ride-2\/\">Lilac City Century and Family Fun Ride<\/a>, and more.<\/p>\n<p>Be sure to drop by the Washington Bikes booth to say hi and meet our executive director (and founder of Spokane Bikes) Barb Chamberlain and the great volunteers who will be there with her.*\u00a0You can pick up a copy of our popular Washington Bike Laws pocket reference, a &#8220;Drive Aware&#8221; brochure to share with your non-bicycling friends who drive,\u00a0and bike maps from around Washington state.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-12353\" style=\"margin: 10px;\" alt=\"Refrigerator magnets and coasters: I Bike WA, I Bike Spokane\" src=\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/I-Bike-Spokane-coasters-400x400.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/I-Bike-Spokane-coasters-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/I-Bike-Spokane-coasters-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/I-Bike-Spokane-coasters.jpg 440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll also have our pop-up retail store at your service:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Support bike advocacy with your <a title=\"Donate\" href=\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/support-us\/donate\/\" target=\"_blank\">tax-deductible donation<\/a>\u00a0or <a title=\"Become a Member\" href=\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/support-us\/become-a-member\/\" target=\"_blank\">membership<\/a>. (Why both? Some people like to consider themselves members, some people like to donate. All support welcome!)<\/li>\n<li>Get made-in-Washington bicycle themed merchandise like\u00a0the I Bike Spokane and I Bike WA items shown here.<\/li>\n<li>Pick up a copy of our\u00a0<a title=\"Cycling Sojourner: A Guide to the Best Multi-Day Bike Tours in Washington\" href=\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/support-us\/shop\/cycling-sojourner-best-bike-tours-wa\/\" target=\"_blank\">guide to multi-day bike tours<\/a>\u00a0to inspire your bike travel for years to come.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Check the\u00a0<a title=\"Spokane Bike Swap\" href=\"http:\/\/spokanebikeswap.com\/Default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Spokane Bike Swap<\/a>\u00a0website for more details about the event and we hope to see you next weekend. Speaking of seeing you&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>*Want to volunteer with us?<\/strong> Email Barb, <a href=\"mailto:barb@wabikes.org?subject=Help at Spokane Bike Swap\" target=\"_blank\">barb@wabikes.org<\/a>, if you&#8217;d like to help with set-up Friday afternoon, work a two-hour shift Saturday or Sunday, 9am-3pm, or help with teardown at the end of the event (which goes really fast).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you love all things bicycle and you live in Spokane, then you don\u2019t want [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"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":[5,29,90],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bike-events-wa","category-wa-bikes-news","category-spokane"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - 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