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[JorgeGortex]

@drevil 173197 wrote:

There’s a peculiar log on the side of the trail that I’ve been eyeing up for a while.

https://vimeo.com/252538104
[video=vimeo;252538104]https://vimeo.com/252538104[/video]

I think I have to adjust my strategy.

Damn you, log, damn you.

[bobco85]

It’s not every day that one gets to fulfill one of their childhood dreams, but I am happy to say that I did that on Sunday! I’ve been a Nintendo nerd for nearly my entire life, and I’ve always wanted to visit the Nintendo of America building. Now that I’m living in the Seattle area, Nintendo of America is reachable because it just so happens to be in nearby Redmond. I also checked out some other interesting things along the way, and somehow I lucked out in the weather changing from a dreary, overcast day with light rain to a partly cloudy day with the sun even making an appearance (temperatures were in the mid-50’s (F), too!).

(left) bridge being built for the future expansion of the Link light rail, this line will connect Seattle to Bellevue to Redmond; (right) interesting turn-off from a bike lane near Microsoft HQ to a trail access ramp for the SR 520 Trail (runs from Seattle to Redmond)
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(left) Microsoft Visitor Center (closed on the weekend for some reason); (right) little free library on the Microsoft campus; Also, I should mention, the Microsoft campus is as big as that of a major university!
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(left) that’s pure joy on my face as I fulfilled a childhood dream to finally see Nintendo of America! (center) a Guardian (from Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild) attacked me, and as someone who has been attacked by them in the game, seeing a real-life nearly full size version (this was about 7 feet tall) was pretty intimidating; (right) bike and Nintendo sign garden; Also, the Nintendo of America is only about 2 blocks away from the Microsoft HQ!
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(left) in the state of Washington, I have come to see many uses of a bike lane and separate pedestrian lane in lieu (cough, cough, being cheap) of a sidewalk; (right) Lake Sammamish as a beautiful blue sky took over
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(left) I rode on the West Lake Sammamish Parkway which is an interesting bike lane-based opposite-side-of-the-lake counterpart to the East Lake Sammamish Trail and became quite nice with a clearer sky, riding amongst the evergreen trees; (center) I rode on the Mountains to Sound Trail of which the I-90 Trail is a part; (right) Olympic mountains (about 50 miles away) visible with the Bellevue skyline
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[bobco85]

I started off the new year with an awesome ride along the entirety of the SR 520 Trail which runs from Seattle (about half a mile from University of Washington and the Burke-Gilman Trail) across Lake Washington on the world’s longest floating bridge into Bellevue and eventually Redmond. The trail has lots of climbs, but if one goes all the way to its eastern end at the Sammamish River Trail in Redmond, one can easily go to Marymoor Park and the Jerry Baker Memorial Velodrome. The full trail has been open only since December 2017 when the final portion connecting Seattle to the Evergreen Point floating bridge was completed.

I was a bit delayed on making this video since I was deep into my 2017 in Review video, but I am happy to have this one completed. Enjoy!

[video=youtube_share;3wUjJ78eAdk]https://youtu.be/3wUjJ78eAdk[/video]

P.S. – someday, I hope to be able to stay up on the banked curves on the velodrome, but for now, I am le scrub.

[Steve O]

Komorebi led us through the rain…and the rain….and the rain, which was thankfully interrupted by stops for dumplings.
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Here are some pics from the ride:
Birru:
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Soggy riding
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Mr. Happy at the starting point: Laoban in DC
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LSG got trapped before we even started
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[Steve O]

More pics from the dumpling ride:

Here we are at District Dumplings. Lord of the Mark rode out to meet us here. f148vr drove () here, but did buy some dumplings to share with us
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We ended the ride at Beard Papa’s, where we had cream puffs and hot drinks…except for the mentally disturbed people who ate ice cream.
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The Phoenixball changed hands twice during the ride.
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[Boomer Cycles]

It’s not every day that you get to ride a bike to accomplish a bucket list item so here are some pics from my ride over the weekend to attend the world’s largest party, Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro Brazil, with over 2 million other newest BBFs. I actually rode around on two bikes, which belonged to my AirBnB host and were in advanced stages of decay that tested my McGyver abilities given only kitchen utensils as tools to make them road worthy.

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[bobco85]

This past Valentine’s Day, I showed my love for biking and did a somewhat impromptu commuter train bike ride (I had my idea for the ride, but I hadn’t planned the route until that day). Don’t have a car and are looking for an idea for a longer bike ride involving places you’ve never been to? Take a commuter train and ride back. It’s a fun extension of an after-work ride, and I did it here in Seattle by taking the commuter train (the Sounder) from downtown Seattle north to Edmonds, then riding back through Seattle to my home in Tukwila (south of Seattle).

My trip took me 35.5 miles from Edmonds to the northern section of the rail-trail Interurban Trail. The trail is in 2 sections as it kinda fades away into bike routes as it enters Seattle from both the north and south. I’ve been on the entire southern section but hadn’t been on much of the northern section, so I decided to add it to my route. I did manage to get a flat on my new Schwalbe Marathon Plus rear tire that I nursed for the last 9 miles to get home (I have pics that will go on another thread).

(top-left) map of my ride; (top-right) my bike on the Sounder commuter train which has straps for each wheel to hold 1 or 2 bikes securely in place; (bottom-left) bidding the 2-floor Sounder adieu to start my ride; (bottom-right) at the Edmonds commuter train station
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(left) by chance, I headed to the shore to view the sunset and happened upon Olympic Beach; (right) watching the last of the sunset’s light across Puget Sound from a public fishing pier
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(left) watching the Edmonds-Kingston ferry loading up just before it left; (right) this boat bites
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(top-left) the Interurban Trail, basically the W&OD equivalent here; (bottom-left) cool color-changing bridge on the Interurban Trail; (right) tsunami memorial to the earthquake, tsunami, and reactor disasters in Fukushima (you can ring the bell, and I did)
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(top-left) sculptures of animals made from road signs; (top-right) neat windmill sculpture; (bottom-left) PBL next to the Amazon Spheres; (bottom-right) sometimes you need to take some time to ponder images like this
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[bobco85]

I just finished a video of biking Chilly Hilly 2018, a Cascade Bicycle Club event ride (first of the year) that takes cyclists on a tour around Bainbridge Island in Washington State. It’s about 32.4 miles in length and has over 2100 feet of climbing with at least 15 separate climbs, the most difficult one being the Baker Hill climb which took over 6 minutes to ascend! I and some 2,700 other cyclists took on the course, and though it was difficult (had a flat, too), the chili feed at the end was well worth it.

I took the ferry to get there from Seattle which allows bicycles (you can ride onto the ferry which is really cool) along with vehicles (I’ve seen school buses on it). It was hosted well, with many Outriders (think ride leaders who were there for support), SAG wagons, and police presence at major crossings.

My birthday was the day after the ride, so it was a nice gift to myself. Enjoy the video!

[video=youtube_share;feEcRkyzLmA]https://youtu.be/feEcRkyzLmA[/video]

[drevil]

I love little techy challenges, even if I fail.

https://vimeo.com/259123205

[video=vimeo;259123205]https://vimeo.com/259123205[/video]

[Judd]

Walked out of BPAC tonight to some big fluffy flakes:

[video=youtube_share;NZfHd34Fm4E]https://youtu.be/NZfHd34Fm4E[/video]

[fxbooks]

Great video, Judd, and I really like the music. What is it?

[drevil]

@Judd 176072 wrote:

Walked out of BPAC tonight to some big fluffy flakes:

Snow? Insane. I miss it, and I don’t, while hanging here in Vegas for a few weeks. This is what our ride looked like today

https://vimeo.com/259813922
[video=vimeo;259813922]https://vimeo.com/259813922[/video]

[Judd]

@fxbooks 176079 wrote:

Great video, Judd, and I really like the music. What is it?

I liked it too. Youtube has a bunch of free music that you can add to a video. I’ll have to take a look when I get home and see what the song is.

[dbb]

Levee bike trail upstream of New Orleans in Destrehan. I was bummed I didn’t have a ride. Next time.

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This ramp up from the road makes any of the ramps we have pale in comparison.

[dbb]

Hump day coffee club in Shirlington was quite sparsely attended this morning.

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