One of my favorite Wallingford excursions is taking the kids on the bike and going to Montlake Playfield. My route is almost all dedicated trail from my house and so I'm not too worried about the combination of cars and kids and bikes. My five-year old is hitched up to my bike on a Follow Me, and my two-year old rides on a co-pilot child seat. Montlake Playfield is a hidden gem of a park. The climbing jungle gym is a step up…
Update: The found bike below has been reunited with its owner! But keep reading to learn how to register your bike and check SPD's list of recovered bikes. We discovered an abandoned bike on our street this morning. Meanwhile, neighbors around the corner reported their bike stolen from the back porch. I sent over a picture, but it's not the same bike! What are the odds? Well, pretty high, probably. KING 5 reports there are 200 bikes still unclaimed in SPD…
A silver Subaru Impreza driver struck a bicyclist on Wallingford Ave near 40th Monday, according to Janice's posting on the Wallyhood Forums: My husband was riding his bike on 40th and Wallingford where he got hit on his bike and the person that hit him ran we need to find this person. My husband has a broken arm and stitches in his head I hope we can get help finding this person. According to the report Neal DeWitt, the bicyclist, gave…
Jeffrey Linn wrote to tell us about a bike tour of the proposed Green Lake to Lake Union Greenway. A group will meet tomorrow night (Wednesday, September 18) at 6pm at Green Lake Elementary School (2400 N. 65th St.) and everyone is invited to ride along: This Wednesday evening, we will be having a bike tour of the proposed greenway route connecting Green Lake to Lake Union. This route is mapped out in the new Seattle Bicycle Master Plan, and we'd like…
Seattle Police Department recently launched @Getyourbikeback, a Twitter feed for their inventory of over 500 bicycles in their Evidence Warehouse. Why does the SPD have so many bikes? According to the SPD Blotter, "Each one of those bikes was abandoned somewhere in the city then later recovered by officers. We may have your bike, and we’d like to reunite you with your wheels." The Blotter points out that most folks don't report their stolen bikes because they don't know the serial number. “You…
One of the most harrowing experiences I've encountered on a bike was waiting for the light at the intersection of N. 50th St. and Green Lake Way N. It wasn't concern for my safety so much as it was for my 11 year-old son, who nearly fell off his bike from fright as a motorist leaned on his horn. I couldn't tell you exactly why the driver decided to honk at us, since, after all, we were in the green bicycle…
The fourth annual Spoke & Food takes place next Tuesday, July 30, from 5:30 to 9:30pm. That's when folks hop on their bikes and visit one (or more) of the 19 participating restaurants,who, in turn, donate 20% or more of all diners' checks during the event. 100% of those proceeds go directly to a Seattle-area non-profit. How cool is that? Very, I'd say! In fact last year, $4,450 was raised for FamilyWorks. This year, the event will benefit Bike Works, a…