I know it’s hard to believe, but someday soon there will actually be dust on mountain bike trails in our area–not just wet, muddy, slime. To help hasten that day we present this freeride video shot at Beacon Hill. This is one of the videos mentioned in our current cover story. Read it here if […]
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If bikes could sport bumper stickers, a good slogan for this upcoming cycling season would urge us all to “Bike Locally.” Last year it was steep gas prices; this year it is a plunging economy that might have many of us taking a closer look at the backyard trails and other recreational treasures we may
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For many cyclists, March is the first month to recover the bike from the garage and take the first ride of the year. There are a few things to keep in mind for early spring riding. Before you ride, do a quick clean up on your bike. There are a lot of things you could
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Alison Boggs, one of my favorite writers still left at the Spokesman Review, has a great piece on formalizing a trail system between Spirit Lake and Mt. Spokane. This is an awesome idea. Better yet, the Spirit Lake community is viewing the projects as an economic development initiative. Right on. One question: How can we
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Does it seem like I’m always asking people to do stuff on this blog? Well here another one. Please make your voice heard in support of non-motorized recreation. This comes courtesy of the the Pend Oreille Pedalers: Pedalers, Please take a moment on Sunday as the rain pours to complete a survey on the Priest
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That’s the crux of Friends of the Falls Director Steve Faust’s River Greenway District proposal. Right now most facets of the Spokane River and the recreation associated with it suffer from some degree of active or benign neglect. Are we will to pony up to make this area world-class? This piece appears in the current
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Picture yourself IN a boat on a river—a drift boat, on the Spokane River. As you round the bend, you realize the gate at your take-out spot is locked. A cyclist rolling down the trail stops to portage her bike around a fallen tree. You remember making the same portage a week ago. What’s happening
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Sweaty and completely spent, the North Central High School Cross Country team gathered together near the podium awaiting the official results of the Nike National Championship race. Every runner had raced with a chip, not unlike the ones at Bloomsday, and the real time results had been beamed into a giant reader board each time
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Trying to follow the stimulus package transportation dollars and whether or not they will result in new bike/ped construction in Spokane this year is complicated! Here the latest news (this information comes straight from SRTC’s very helpful Jeff Selle): – Spokane Regional Transportation Council received $10.1 million in direct funds from the transportation stimulus money.
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In case you haven’t heard there’s been an ongoing conflict in Ferry County WA over ORV access on trails. Here’s the latest the Quiet Communities Coalition: Greetings Quiet Communities Coalition Members and supporters, It was this time last year when QCC embarked on a successful challenge of the illegal Ferry County OHV Ordinances. The two
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