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• Posted Video of the 2009 Oregon Manifest Construtor's Design Challenge to Bike Hugger
  Nicely produced, very informative video about the recent Oregon Manifest design challenge and ride. 30+ hand made bikes, submitted for judging on design then ridden 77 miles on and off road. Some great bikes in the lot…...
• Posted Poli-ci-car Mass to Bike Hugger
  On Friday morning’s commute I ran into the police memorial procession for Officer Brenton. The Burke Gilman trail was clogged w/ pedestrians paying their respects.The road was blocked with police, fire and aid units passing slowly by, rolling through intersections...
• Commented on Hello Juliet Elliott where'd you get those toe straps?
  I’ve used power straps before and they are lovely. These look better....
• Posted Biking the Islands: recommendations for Oahu to Bike Hugger
  It’s cold out. Anybody in their right mind would be thinking about hauling their rig out to an island closer to the equator, and Hawaii’s right around the corner from Seattle. I had the chance recently and didn’t say no....
• Posted DIY Studded tires for ICEBIKE to Bike Hugger
  Andrew Musselman, local cycling fiend and a dedicated Ride Civilian, whipped up his own Studded Tires in preparation for this weeks icy commutes in Seattle. Here’s a tutorial that covers a similar approach. Andrew’s using flat headed screws, with the...
• Posted A lovely party for the Lovely Ladies on Beautiful Bikes to Bike Hugger
  Friday’s release party for the Lovely Ladies on Beautiful Bikes (we’re a sponsor, yo!) was a big hit despite the inclement weather. Standing room only by 9:00, plenty of oboe-powered hobo cabaretby The Whiskey Romance and later Golden Robot Army...
• Posted Yuba Mundo: cushy Cargo bike, world-ready ride to Bike Hugger
  I recently got a chance to try out the Yuba Mundo – one of a crop of integrated frame long tail cargo bikes that have been making their way to market in the last year or so. The Mundo falls...
• Posted RideCivil: Next Ride Sept 12, 5:30PM, Westlake Center to Bike Hugger
  Quick Reminder — RideCivil’s next ride is this coming Friday, check www.ridecivil.com for details and the blog for the latest news. We had a great ride last month, with quite a few folks and wonderful weather. It’s looking pretty...
• Posted Seattle Green Building Bike Tour -- Sept 6, 10 AM to Bike Hugger
  Nate Miller’s got the low down on what’s green and going up (or has gone up) in the city center. I really enjoy rides where you get to learn a bit more about our city (like the train yard...
• Posted Ride Seattle: Cargo Bike Ride XIV on Labor Day to Bike Hugger
  Cargo bike ride 16 — the tradition continues! The ride is all set for noon tomorrow, starting from 20/20 Cycles (at 2020 East Union on Capitol Hill). Destination is Ravenna Park in the U. District. The official flyer is here....
• Posted Critical Mass: The ride after the Aloha incident to Bike Hugger
  There was quite a bit of speculation about how the Critical Mass ride after the Aloha Incident would go down. Would the police try to bust everybody not wearing a helmet? Would it be another case of When Cyclists...
• Posted Waffle bike for all your post apocalyptic waffle needs to Bike Hugger
  Epic video from artist Tom Sachs and the Neistat brothers. I love the dead pan delivery, and play between scientific/engineering approach and sheer ridiculousness. Ridiculous, that is, until the wafflepocoplyse is upon us. Then we’ll all be needing weaponized,...
• Posted Clever Camping -- long distance bicycle travel with electrical assist to Bike Hugger
  The nice folks from Clever Cycles (who make the stokemonkey electric assist — Sure wish I could get one) went camping and touring up to Breitenbush Hot Springs, racking up some impressive stats along the way: Family of 3;...
• Posted RideCivil on Seattle PI's Big Blog to Bike Hugger
  The wave of press on RideCivil continues at the Seattle PI’s the Big Blog. There’s a shout-out to Bikehugger.com in there too. Much of the post is about the differences (and similarities) between RideCivil and Critical Mass. Amazingly, the comment...
• Posted RideCivil.Com is up! to Bike Hugger
  RideCivil.com is alive, baby! We’ve got our landing page up, as well as our blog. Check in there for our ride announcements, ride reports, the video of the 8/8/08 ride being swarmed by scooters, all your RideCivil needs....
• Posted Honor the stop -- comitting to riding legal to Bike Hugger
  Honorthestop.org is making is personal. Wear the colors, get the card and take the pledge to obey all roadway laws and to respectfully encourage others to do the same. They were recently featured in the New York Times. The...
• Posted RideCivil 8/8/08 Ride Report to Bike Hugger
  We came, we rode, we smiled (and waved). August’s Ridecivil was a smash success — we had about 30 riders, news coverage by the major outlets, a ton of fun, and no traffic conflicts. We also learned a ton...
• Posted Reminder: RideCivil 8/8/08 tonite -- 5:30 at Westlake to Bike Hugger
  Reminder: today is our monthly RideCivil event. We’ll gather between 5:30 and 6:15 at Westlake Center park, then have a socially paced, unscripted group ride through down town with a focus on fun, safety and civility between all road...
• Posted Dead Baby Bike Race photos to Bike Hugger
  I managed to make it out to the start of the Dead Baby Bike Race XII (thanks Peter!) and snapped a few photos. The Dead Babies are Seattle’s largest mutant bike gang club, filled to the brim w/ alternative bike...
• Posted Next RideCivil is 8/8 at Westlake Center, 5:30 PM to Bike Hugger
  With all the (well deserved) concern over the recent Aloha Incident on this month’s Critical Mass lots of people have been wondering what they can do to promote civility, cooperation and good feelings between motorists, pedestrians and cyclists. I’m sure...
• Posted Plain Clothes riders to Bike Hugger
  It’s great to see all the commuters out on the Burke these days, but it’s even greater to see folks riding in their regular clothes, copenhagen style. This cyclist manages to pull it off with an unusual amount of...
• Posted RideCivil: Change Your Luck ride Friday 5/13 to Bike Hugger
  Reminder: This Friday is our monthly RideCivil event. We’ll gather between 5:30 and 6:15 at Westlake Center park, then have a socially paced, unscripted group ride through down town with a focus on fun, safety and civility between all...
• Posted June RideCivil: Friday the 13th at 5:30 to Bike Hugger
  As always we’ll be riding Seattle’s downtown this month to promote civility between cyclists, motorists, and pedestrian. This month it’ll be the Change Your Luck ride, bring your lucky charms whatever they may be. We’ll meet at Westlake Center around...
• Posted Tron Lightcycles hit your local park to Bike Hugger
  Combine some CX park riding with some safety tape and on-bike sound effects and you’ve got real-life lightcycles! You may want to turn down your speakers on this, there’s no profanity but there is plenty of loud Billy Idol....
• Posted Ride of Silence Seattle -- Ride report to Bike Hugger
  The riders in tonight’s Ride of Silence in Seattle were like velocipede monks, rolling silently from Gasworks, down Eastlake through downtown and Belltown, then finally out Denny back to the park. I didn’t see an official count, but I’d guess...
• Posted Forkless: All white chopper sculpture to Bike Hugger
  Man, I don’t follow the custom/chopper bike scene very much so I may be out of touch, but this thing is scuplture! Amazingly, you can even ride it (here’s proof). More photos and construction details here. You gotta take...
• Posted It's Friday: Let's Ride... to Work to Bike Hugger
  Reminder — Tomorrow is Bike to Work day, the best day all month to commute on your bike. Here in Seattle we’ve got an event organized by Cascade and sponsored by Starbucks (among others) replete with stations all over...
• Posted Green Lane at Greenlake -- SDOT delivers improved facilities to Bike Hugger
  The wheels of progress never stop turning at SDOT, who managed to get some green gravely material down in a couple of locations this week after months of anticipation. We’ve posted about the green lanes before, it’s great to...
• Posted West Seattle Sustainability fair -- bikes everywhere to Bike Hugger
  I managed to cajole a friend into taking some snaps from the Sustainable West Seattle fair this Saturday. It’s clear from the evidence that West Seattle is sustaining more than it’s fair share of cycles, including of the cargo,...
• Posted Gliding up hills in Norway -- the Sykkelheis to Bike Hugger
  I often ask folks what it would take to get them to commute, and often they reply: “Well, there’s a hill on the way to my house, so make that go away…”. The Norwegian town of Trondheim has done...

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