Category: Cycling
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April 30: Bellingham Bike Swap
Matthew Velguth’s The Bike Shop program in Bellingham is putting on their annual Bike Swap on April 30. You know I’ll be at LinuxFest Northwest of course. However, if you’re not interested in nerding-out that weekend, the bike swap need volunteers: April 30th is the date of this spring’s TBS bike Swap and this is…
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BikeRev EcoShopper Utility Trailer
I was loaned a Bicycler Evolution EcoShopper trailer to evaluate. I do most of my shopping by bike, and while I already have a kid trailer and an XtraCycle, I definitely looked forward to testing a dedicated cargo trailer. The EcoShopper trailer has a rugged plastic 27 gallon storage box with a snap-on lid. Its frame is…
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Bellingham Summer Rides (everybodyBIKE)
Linda Blake at everybodyBIKE sent me a load of information detailing upcoming summer rides. Below are posters, PDF versions and a Word document detailing the schedule. Hope to go on a few myself, and I hope to you out there! Summer Rides Poster PDF…
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Apache, MySQL, LinuxFest Northwest and Bikes
LinuxFest Northwest is coming soon on April 30-May 1. I often present on MySQL and was considering doing an Apache talk again. However, these are broad topics and I’d like to split them up into tracks. Who wants to also talk about MySQL or Apache? Time is short. As a father of two action hero…
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Buy every person in our state a bike! (Seattle Bike Blog)
Sad but true: …spend $300 per state resident to build a tunnel that would only help 47,000 car drivers while causing injury or death to an unknown number of people walking or bicycling in downtown Seattle. Instead of a tunnel, let’s buy every person in our state a bike | Seattle Bike Blog.
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Bike Lanes on Northwest (Bellingham)
This was forwarded from Dan who organized the recent meeting at city hall: Good day, here’s a little update on what’s happening around getting bike lanes on Northwest Ave., Elm St. and Dupont St. and three simple things you can do to help make it happen. The short version of how you can help: Send…
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Want an Xtracycle? (craigslist)
Not mine, but I think all families should have one, of course. http://bellingham.craigslist.org/bik/2249512872.html
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Transport and Health (TheCityFix)
Here is a post talking about the World Health Organization putting together a body of evidence that cities that invest in active transportation maintain healthier citizenry. Every year, 1.2 million people die in traffic crashes each year. And physical inactivity is responsible for 3.2 million deaths and 19 million healthy life years lost annually. Dr.…
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