Claire Petersky has really been a great influence on my commute, both in figuring out the route, as well as making it kind of fun to document. These photos were taken over three sessions because my Clie’s battery doesn’t hold out that long. Thus, you’ll see cloudy, rainy, sunny all alternating. Do Not Panic. Maps […]
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When I was working the rides booth at the Seattle Bike Expo, I was looking for an event that would be physically demanding but fun. Initially, RAMROD seemed like a great option, however that sold out. Tour de Blast sounded intriguing because it was an out and back on roads leading to Mt. St. Helens.
Friday was the last of the Bike to Work Challenge, which tries to extend the Bike To Work Day beyond a day. We fielded four teams from work. There were ten on my team, only seven rode during any given week. Although the final rankings won’t be posted for a few weeks, my team did
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Since the job market is pretty tepid, I’ve offered to help folks find positions. For a while, I was maintaining a job bulletin board, posting positions I’d come across and trying to match people up. I discovered two things.
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For the last few weeks I’ve been doing the Bike To Work Challenge with a group of coworkers, thus most of my riding has been the commute during the week. Tour de Blast is coming up in a soon and I needed to get some hill climbing in. Thus, I did my first non-commute ride
I went to a public hearing this evening discussing the proposals being evaluated for the I-90 floating bridge. This was my first public hearing, and I was expecting fiery rhetoric. Instead, I saw volumes of analysis done and thoughtful people available to explain, to mere mortals, the nuances of a pretty complex issue. Here are
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Monday was an absolutely gorgeous day to ride… except that I’ve started a low carbohydrate (Atkins) diet. If you bike at all, you know what happened… But first, some background. I have to maintain a medical for the FAA, I alternate between the FAA doctor and my real doctor. The FAA Class II medical (physical)
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The Camano Climb, in its seventh year, is sponsored by the Stanwood-Camano Kiwanis. The route is a 50 mile loop on Camano Island, about an hour north of Seattle. I found out about the ride from a flyer in the Cascade Bicycle Club newsletter.