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Ride your bike and support the Bicycle Alliance of Washington!

Check our STATEWIDE RIDE CALENDAR for a list of bicycle rides and events throughout Washington State that support the Bicycle Alliance.

Tour de Fat - August 11th

Grab your bike and slip into your alter-ego because New Belgium's philanthropic cycling circus Tour de Fat is coming back to Seattle! Costumes and decorated bikes reign supreme as the participants come for a casual ride, good music and entertainment, then stay, of course, for the beer. Amid the hoopla, Tour de Fat also raises money for the Bicycle Alliance and Bike Works. Admission to the Tour de Fat is free. Tell your friends, mark your calendar, and design your costume.

When: Saturday, August 11, 2007
Where: Fremont - at the corner of N 35th St & Phinney (2 blocks west of Interurban statue and one block north)

Parade and Costume Ride 11am - 12 noon, benefitting Bike Works

Beer Garden open with musical acts 12 noon - 6:00 pm, benefitting Bicycle Alliance of Washington

Sustainable Support: Sustainable Seattle (www.sustainableseattle.org). Fat Tire recycles all waste products.

Performances by:

• March Fourth Marching Band (www.marchfourthmarchingband.com)
• The Yard Dogs Road Show (www.eddyjoecotton.com/yarddogs.html)
• Circus Contraption (www.circuscontraption.com)
• The Reals (www.thereals.net)
• The Sprockettes (www.thesprockettes.org)

We need several dozen volunteers to make this event successful. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED for the following shifts and fun assignments (must be at least 21 y.o.):

• 1:00pm-3:30pm    Training, sell tickets, check ID, put on wristbands, pour beer, sell merchandise
• 3:30pm-6:00pm    Training, sell tickets, check ID, put on wristbands, pour beer, sell merchandise
• 6:00pm-7:30pm    Tear down event

Ready to sign up and have fun while helping support the Bike Alliance and Bike Works? Contact King Cushman (email King Cushman). If you have a specific shift preference or assignment, please advise us. Please be sure to include your preferred email for contact and also a phone number if we need to get in touch.

Additional details available at: Seattle Tour de Fat.

RAPSody - Ride Around Puget Sound : Aug 25-26

Enjoy the scenic back roads of five Washington counties while supporting statewide bicycle advocacy and education on the Ride Around Puget Sound.

With 165 miles of rolling hills, doing RAPSody in one day is hard, two days is challenging fun. RAPSody is sponsored by five Puget Sound area bike clubs in support of the Bicycle Alliance of Washington's statewide advocacy and education.

The 4th Annual Ride Around Puget Sound is organized and supplied by B.I.K.E.S. of Snohomish County, The Capital Bicycle Club, Tacoma Wheelmen's Bicycle Club, Seattle Bicycle Club, and West Sound Cycling Club in support of the Bicycle Alliance of Washington's statewide advocacy and education.

Annual Bicycle Alliance Auction - Save the date: Oct 27

Join 450 bicycling enthusiasts at the 15th Annual Bicycle Alliance Auction and help raise money to support advocacy in the state of Washington. Seattle Center Fisher Pavilion. It's a ton of fun.

Donate Items NOW using our Online Donation Form

More information on our Auction Page.

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BIKE can also stand for Bus + hIKE. Not only can you bike but you can bus and hike. This website lists hikes in the Seattle area (and beyond) that you can reach by Metro Bus and other Public Transit....No Car Needed!
More information at Bus Hike webpage.

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