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Seattle, Washington
As one the best bicycle cities around, Seattle provides some phenomenal examples of architectural adaptation. The city has recently completed a beautifully designed bike bridge over I-25, and plans are already in the works to go under I-5 and craft a subterranean mountain bike park, making use of 1.5 acres of hidden land. Another interesting feature of the Seattle bike world is the Velo Swap, an annual bike garage sale and one of the world’s most popular ecological events.
Bike tour: The Burke-Gilman Trail. Riding alongside Lake Washington, the Burke-Gilman trail winds through 90 miles of urban Seattle and through 175 miles of the King County Trail system.
Could someone please tell me where I-25 is?
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There's a slight uncharted deviation where it swings by Ballard near the locks which is easily overlooked as entering the on-ramp requires tapping on the second (from the left) salmon ladder window three times, but more on topic the "beautifully designed bike bridge" is accessible by tapping twice on the third viewing window.
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gsbarnes
Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 2:46 pm
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DJStroky wrote:
Could someone please tell me where I-25 is?
The bridge in question is in Denver. Apparently they asked the wrong men.
Edit: The Velo swap is Denver's, too. I gather someone cribbed this from another list, and misplaced a few plagiarized paragraphs.
P.S. Evan, maybe your frat needs to subscribe to some better magazines?
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laura
Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 4:28 pm
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I am sure Portland was in that list, so I wanted to use this thread to promote my own listening-in on biker conversations here in Boston. Was in this little place called "The Other Side Cafe" where a gaggle of young biker boys came in and sat down next to me. The start of the show just got back from three weeks in Portland where "it rained every damn day". Things overheard included:
- "You ever heard that term, 'hipster'? Well, Portland is a damn city of hipsters!"
- Question posed by a friend: "Are there, like, bike shops on every corner? That's, like, amazing". Answer from recent Portland visitor: "Yes, but it's not amazing. It's dream stealing. Everything you have ever wanted to do with bikes here is already being done out there".
- "But, for real, it's not counter-culture to ride a bike there. Here (boston) people don't ride so when you ride here you are something. There it's just the status quo".
And somehow they also have a friend that "...is the ultimate bastard because he DRIVES to Critical Mass and then rides his bike". That sounded familiar! :)
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Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 4:39 pm
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laura wrote:
And somehow they also have a friend that "...is the ultimate bastard because he DRIVES to Critical Mass and then rides his bike". That sounded familiar! :)
i havent driven to critical mass in several months.
langston
Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 4:42 pm
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derrickito wrote:
laura wrote:
And somehow they also have a friend that "...is the ultimate bastard because he DRIVES to Critical Mass and then rides his bike". That sounded familiar! :)
i havent been to critical mass in several months.
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laura
Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 4:45 pm
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derrickito wrote:
laura wrote:
And somehow they also have a friend that "...is the ultimate bastard because he DRIVES to Critical Mass and then rides his bike". That sounded familiar! :)
i havent driven to critical mass in several months.
I didn't say a THING! :D
Although, I admit I instantly thought of you.
Sorry. :) :)
FieryIrie
Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 5:50 pm
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askmen.com wrote:
Bike tour: The Burke-Gilman Trail. Riding alongside Lake Washington, the Burke-Gilman trail winds through 90 miles of urban Seattle and through 175 miles of the King County Trail system.
The Burke Gilman is 37 miles long.
kav
Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 5:56 pm
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FieryIrie wrote:
askmen.com wrote:
Bike tour: The Burke-Gilman Trail. Riding alongside Lake Washington, the Burke-Gilman trail winds through 90 miles of urban Seattle and through 175 miles of the King County Trail system.
The Burke Gilman is 37 miles long.
Not if you "wind" a lot, from side to side, and then backwards and forwards. Why is it that trials always wind anyway?
gsbarnes
Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 8:35 pm
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FieryIrie wrote:
askmen.com wrote:
Bike tour: The Burke-Gilman Trail. Riding alongside Lake Washington, the Burke-Gilman trail winds through 90 miles of urban Seattle and through 175 miles of the King County Trail system.
The Burke Gilman is 37 miles long.
I don't think the Burke is even that long (20 miles, maybe 37 if you tack on the Sammamish River Trail). But I took that somehow to mean square miles (and then wondered how you would measure that, and then gave up).
Really, though, the mixing with the Denver stuff just shows that this article is shoddily written and likely plagiarized.
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