In my mind, the bike lanes in Spokane serve one of two purposes. Some of them take you places you’d like to go, and some of them allow you to answer in the positive when you’re asked, “Does Spokane have bike lanes?” The latter are what I’ve heard referred to as bike lanes of opportunity. […]
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If you have a kid and you’ve looked into buying that kid a bike then at some point you’ve encountered the kid bike conundrum. For the purpose of this discussion, kids are defined as age 6 to age 13 or so. Or more generically: from the time they can comfortably ride a bike a mile
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Two dollars and seventeen cents. Even a super-part-time writer with a part-time day job can afford a bike tune-up for two dollars and seventeen cents. And even if I couldn’t, Pedals2People wouldn’t have turned me away. Bicycles are supposed to be the great equalizer for transportation, but without do-it-yourself know-how, they can cost a lot
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It took a while to crunch the numbers but the Bike to Work Spokane results are in: For that reason we are recognizing teams in each category that recruited the highest percentage of new commuters, as well as high mileage totals. Unlike Commute Challenges in some other cities, we count biking for other transportation besides
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If a manager of a local bike shop (LBS) asked me “Hey, John, what kind of stuff would you like to see us carry?” this list is what I would suggest. I have no experience in retailing and have no intention of ever opening a shop, but there are some great products out there that
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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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JULY IS A GREAT TIME OF YEAR to take a bike tour. In this month’s column, I’ll explain some basics about how to prepare and try out your first loaded bike tour. By loaded, I’m assuming that you’ll be carrying, at a minimum, a change of clothes, but more likely, you’ll be hauling a tent
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Moscow, Idaho’s Village Bicycle Project is on the Cutting Edge of Two-Wheel Economic Development One of the best programs in bicycle-related economic development operates right here in the Inland Northwest. The Palouse Clearwater Environmental Institute, in Moscow, Idaho operates the Village Bicycles Project. This program has been shipping bikes to Ghana for almost a decade.
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Since our 4-1/2-year-old daughter was about a year old, she’s spent most of her transport time on a bicycle. Our family shops, runs errands, goes to school, and generally gets around by bike, and in most cases, Maddie is with us. Over the last few years, in our quest for the perfect “kid-hauler”, my wife
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June 21 marks the 10th anniversary of Spokatopia, Spokane’s ultimate mountain biking festival, held at Camp Sekani Park. This high-energy celebration of two wheels offers a full day of fun for riders of all ages and skill levels. To celebrate, all general admission and bike demos are FREE this year but you need to RSVP
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