July 4th Ride and other cycling news and events from Spokespeople

This Saturday, July 4 at 2 p.m. SPOKESPEOPLE will be declaring independence from our cars as we ride in a circle around Lake Union! It will be a fun ride as we see all of the places and people setting up for fireworks. We’ll stop at the south end of Lake Union at the Center for Wooden Boats (they have a weekend festival) and then visit our friends at the Fremont PCC to get something natural, fresh, low-waste to eat.

We’ll start, as usual, at the south end of Wallingford Playfield, 4219 Wallingford Ave N (Densmore & 42nd) at 2 p.m. If this is your first Spokespeople ride or if you are new or returning road rider, please come at 1:45 so we can make sure your helmet and bike are adjusted to fit and you can review road-riding skills with our commuting experts. You can buy a good helmet from us for $10. Expert cyclists, we welcome you to come along to help inspire new on-street riders. We’ll finish the ride around Lake Union at 4 p.m. – in plenty of time for you to get to the place you want to watch fireworks from.

If you want more information about this ride or about SPOKESPEOPLE, please contact info@spokespeople.us or 206-547-9569 (206-713-6269 on the day of the ride).

These are the rides we are planning for the next three months:

Saturday July 4. Circle around Lake Union and see all of the places and people setting up for fireworks. Stop at the Center for Wooden Boats during their festival and the PCC for a healthy treat!

Saturday August 1. We’ll take a round trip to Salmon Bay between Fremont and Ballard and find a place to dangle our feet in the water. We’ll stop for a free treat provided by the Fremont PCC before heading back to Wallingford.

Saturday September 5. Climb to Woodland Park Zoo Park on Phinney Ridge. We’ll find a little used trail through the park that ends in the Woodland Park Rose Garden. Then we’ll head out to enjoy the view from Fremont Peak Park before heading back to Wallingford.

Other notes:

A community-based summer-long bicycle program and great calendar of community rides is offered by Cascade Bicycle Club. The program is called Summer Bike League and the idea is to bring more bicycling to our communities and more communities bicycling: www.cbcef.org/sbl/summer-bike-league.html

Kidical Mass does monthly family-friendly rides with really little kids. They have a great links page as well as great rides for beginners: http://totcycle.com/links/