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Entries from October 2006

Tour of the Evergreens

October 27th, 2006 · No Comments

Oh my!
Tour of the Evergreens

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Tags: news · racing

The Power of the Pedal

October 22nd, 2006 · No Comments

From the Seattle Times Sunday Magazine

Don’t segregate the cyclists, he says. Train them to ride safely in traffic.
Since then, he’s tested his techniques at the city’s worst intersections. “I really tried to push the limit in more and more difficult traffic,” he says. Left turn onto Dearborn by Goodwill. The Aurora and University bridges. Westlake […]

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Tags: news

“What it Takes” Triathlon movie in Seattle

October 16th, 2006 · 2 Comments

“What It Takes” is the feature-length documentary stars four elite Ironman triathletes - Peter Reid, Heather Fuhr, Lori Bowden, and Luke Bell - who together have won 6 world championships and dozens of major races. Viewers go behind the scenes in the quest for the 2005 world championship in Kona, Hawaii. Running at 97 minutes […]

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Tags: news · racing

Kids encouraged to get back on their bikes — safely

October 16th, 2006 · No Comments

“Kids used to ride their bicycles until there was no sunlight left in the sky. But traffic, crime fears, more working parents and just plain anxiety have made it harder for kids to pedal down the street.
Now there is a push to get kids back on their bikes. At Seattle-area schools, the Cascade Bicycle Club […]

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Tags: urban · safety · education

Non-skid coated street plates for downtown?

October 16th, 2006 · No Comments

A Seattle PI reader asks about the safety of those heavy steel plates.

After a painful crash on a steel plate on Dexter Avenue near Mercer Street in Seattle, Sean Sheldrake worries about the safety of those heavy plates placed over holes dug in the pavement to allow underground work.
His Exhibit A is “the two-block-long ‘bicycle […]

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Tags: urban · commute · safety