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Walk + Bike to School Day

Like every day should be, of course.

A Bicycle Lifestylist Day

It was a very bicycle-lifestyle day today. Family ride to early breakfast in Fairhaven. Biked in the Moving Planet procession to the Library. Bought some used bike parts. Cuddled Jesse when he fell off his run bike. Cheered the riders as they rolled off to Cherry Point. Picked up groceries by bike and swung by bike shop. Put different fat grips on bikes. Allowed an aquaintence to test out my recumbent and discussed ergonomics for his wrists. (Ever considered stacking bar-ends?) Adding Tuffies to my tires and doing brakes on my gray bike, adding lights for the winter and adjusting the handlebars and adding a new bike lock.

I would have liked to have spent more than a few minutes at the Bellingham Bike Plan table with these nice huge city maps that charted the bike lanes. I had to orbit the kids for the most part, and they wanted library time. I heard a fraction of Mayor Pike’s speach.

The number of people that showed up for the Bike Bellingham rally was better than none, but still really … not like a crowd the size of the Farmers Market. Really, the in-bike crowd seemed to show up. It would have been great to have held this gathering right in Railroad Ave between Market Depot and Boundary Bay Brewery, and block vehicle traffic. Mayor Pike and the other presenters would have been heard much broadly. And the bike master plan idea would have been circulated much more broadly as well.

Will UEFI boot Linux?

I saw this article mentioning signed boot loaders float down the BLUG.org news stream. The highlight pullquote:

A system that ships with only OEM and Microsoft keys will not boot a generic copy of Linux.

I’m sure someone is already busy working on proper support for this, it will be interesting to learn what it will take to boot off of future PCs.

Moving Planet – Bike Bellingham – Sat Sep 24

Who wants to join us at Columbia School?

[Copied from ride event http://facebook.com/350bellinghamRide Event Page ]

11am – Ten city bike rides from 10 schools in Bellingham, to converge downtown at City Hall and Library. Meet in front of: Happy Valley, Sunnyland, Kulshan, Shuksan, Fairhaven, Columbia, Larrabee, Silver Beach, WCC (meet in front of Laidlaw Building), WWU (meet in Red Square)

*Join your nearest listed school location, dressed up with decorated bikes,
helmets required, parents must accompany kids

12-2pm – CLIMATE RALLY and INFO FAIR
– Bike Skills Course for Kids with everybody BIKE from 12-1pm
– Guest Speakers beginning at 1:15, including Mayor Dan Pike
– 350.org group photo just before 2pm.

2 pm – Advanced Ride to Cherry Point, with a send off from everyone else.

**Looking for volunteers AT event (setup, take down, bike skills course, resource collection), Please contact Jill at 360-201-3093 if interested (text ok) or email jillmwitt@hotmail.com.

***Thank you to the following sponsors: Sierra Club, Climate Solutions, Surfrider Foundation, RE Sources, Transition Whatcom, Cascade Community Wind, Forest Ethics, Adventures NW Magazine, SSC, Fairhaven Bike, Earls Bike Shop, Mount Bakery, Community Food Coop, The Bagelry, Jacks Bicycle Shop, Fanatik Bike Co, Kulshan Cycles and Hammerhead Coffee

keep updated at facebook.com/350bellingham and ‘like’ or moving-planet.org!

…pssst…pass this on and invite/add your Bellingham friends to this event!

Bike trailers and floppy bags

Using a bike trailer can present unusual challenges, like keeping your groceries in their bags. Often I use a plastic tub to keep my groceries from spilling about in my trailer. If I’ve neglected my plastic tubs, I like to use a clip to hold the bag handles together to keep order in the trailer.

bag handled clipped

bag handled clipped

bags asking for entropy

bags asking for entropy

Reflective kids vest, group order

I’m putting together a group order for reflective kids vests (Safetybright.com). Let me know if you’re interested.

Plain yellow vest

Yellow V with blinkies

Bellingham Traverse, Road Ride Map, Sat Sep 17

I love Bellingham. If I didn’t want to do a bike picnic on the 17th, I’d prolly be riding around Lake Samish in the Bellingham Traverse. Check out the road ride course map, doesn’t that look great?

Bike Bellingham Sep 24

The BikeĀ  Bellingham ride is a fossil fuel conciousness ride. Kids are encouraged to decorate bikes. I am interested in doing Bike Bellingham Sep 24 from Columbia School to the Library. This is obviously a short ride, should be good for kinders. If you’re interested in doing a bike decoration party, want to set a meeting spot at Columbia or the library, and maybe want to leave the rally early to engage in lunch at a playground, I’d like to hear your ideas.

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