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Faster, Green Lake, Faster, Faster, Faster

Run, Green Lake, run! Faster, faster, faster! Lordy, we're getting winded just reading about all the running that's going on around Green Lake over the coming month: The 2010 Green Lake Relay for Life kicked off with an informational session this past Tuesday, January 26th at Tutta Bella. (More info) The Love ‘em or Leave ‘em Valentine’s Day Dash will fill the streets of Green Lake and Wallingford with up to 3,000 costumed, sweating participants on February 13th. See their web…

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Big Tree Bikes comes to Wallingford

When it rains, it pours. After years of no bike shop at all in Wallingford (anyone remember Bike Smith on 45th St? All that's left is an orphaned web site), Wallingford now has two, count them, TWO bike shops. A few months back, Speedy Reedy pedaled about 100' west across Stone Way, thus crossing over from Fremont into Wallingford (and leaving space for the fantastic Solsticio coffee shop to put down roots in its place). Now, Big Tree Bikes has taken…

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Cycloswarm?

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Janey inquires: I was driving home westbound on 45th at around 9:30 last night when I encountered a HUGE group of cyclists, like maybe 50, headed east. Happily, most had lights and helmets. Does anyone have any idea what that was about? Update (3 pm): DOUG. has provided the answer: 2009 Greenlake Race o’ Champions, which, if we had been keeping up on our My Green Lake, we would have known.

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Spokespeople Ride Saturday

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Cathy Tuttle writes that the Spokespeople group will be leading a casual bike ride from Wallingford Playfield to the Green Lake PCC and back this Saturday, November 7th: Michael Snyder and I are leading a ride to the Green Lake PCC and the PCC will generously provide Spokespeople riders with a free snack. We'll depart this Saturday, Nov 7, at 2PM from Wallingford Playfield. If we are riding on a sunny, crisp autumn day, we'll stop for a while to admire…

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Veer towards Wallingford

Friday Night at the Meaningful Movies, a weekly screening of socially relevant movies followed by discussion led by people relevant to the film, is back after its summer hiatus. The fall season kicks off this Friday night at 7 pm with Veer, the award-winning documentary about alt-bike culture: Veer explores America’s fast-growing bicycling culture by profiling five people whose lives are inextricably tied to bicycling and the bike-centric social groups they belong to. Portland filmmakers, Greg Fredette & Jason Turner, follow…

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Wallingford Waterways

Back in February, we noted that there were efforts afoot to extend the excellent Center for Wooden Boats to the north shore of Lake Union (aka Wallingford). We played a bit of phone tag with the director and gradually dropped the thread of the story. Better late than never, we bring you good news of progress. The Friends of Northlake Wharf have been diligently planning, pleading and visioning to create a new public space that would include the CWB on Waterway…

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