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Seattle Easy Riders Bicycle Club
 We are a kinder, gentler bicycle club for anyone who wants to pedal; meet fun, nonjudgmental people; and search for lattes. We are all sizes and abilities. Sign up for Easy Riders e-mail to get current rides.
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| Note: This site looks like a muddy pothole in Firefox (and often IE). Please look beyond skin deep. Current Events Updated 10/20/11. Come back often for more news and updates.BETTER YET, get it all delivered to your Inbox: Sign up for Easy Riders e-mail.  Great news! New leader to breathe new life into flagging ride schedule!//New Easy Rider rides happening soon. I've gone to grad school, so still more helpers are welcome to help with this website (no coding required), lead rides (Certified Cascade Bicycle Club Ride Leaders only), and write Easy Riders e-mail and web content.
 Great experience! Writing experience with professional mentor//Want some clips? I'm a professional editor and writer of 25 years, with my own business for 20. Write for Easy Riders, and I'll help you find sources, polish your writing, learn techniques and tricks, and publish to this website, to the 200-person Easy Riders e-mail list, and more.
<<<Keep scrolling. More below.>>> Easy Riders named a Biking.com "Washington Top 50 Cycling Club"//Are there more than 50 cycling clubs in Washington?
Biking.com says, "Thank you for creating a great biking environment that harnesses the spirit and veracity of the cycling community," after assuring me that "This is not spam."
Andy Ypez of Biking.com writes, "I am glad that you enjoy the award. Even though you are one of the smaller bicycle clubs we still believe that you represent everything that invokes a great ride."
See all of Biking.com's picks here. (I think Spokespeople.us should get this award AND a Nobel.)
Firing squad photo of Easy Riders pretending to enjoy a bloodletting Alki Beach & Bakery ride <snicker>. (Photo courtesy of Maverick Homer.) Spokespeople Rides First Saturday of Every Month, 2 p.m., Wallingford Playfield
Next ride 11/5/11- Link neighbors with local business districts
Support sustainable local economies along the spokes of the city Bring together new and experienced urban cyclists Help to take some of the mystery out of using a bicycle for daily activities Showcase new and proposed urban bicycle improvements Follow the implementation of the Seattle Bicycle Master Plan Create opportunities for people to gather together in a fun, low carbon activity
Are fun. Wait, I already said that. Oh, well, they're double-fun.
Look up the next Spokespeople ride, and sign up for more easy, local rides; cycling news; and current events. Read about Spokespeople's origins and its mastermind, Cathy Tuttle. See also Spokespeople West Seattle--next ride 11/6/11--for monthly longer (25-mile), moderate-pace (12-14 mph) rides. <<<Scrolling, scrolling, scrolling. Keep them doggies scrolling. Rawwww-hiiiide. ¯>>>  CASCADE EDUCATION FOUNDATION CYCLING CLASSES//Learn to ride confidently and safely.
Cascade Bicycle Club Education Foundation (CBCEF) runs reasonably priced classes that can really enhance your confidence, skills, and safety, including:
Basics: Haven't been on a bike in 20 years? 50 years? Relearn the basics of riding on the trails and roads. Learn how to start, stop, balance, turn, and shift. start, stop, balance, turn, and shift.
- Riding with Confidence: A little uncertain on two wheels? Learn everything in Basic, only quicker. Then learn and practice additional skills, including scanning, changing lanes, cycling and trail etiquette, and rules of the road (and trail).
- Urban Cycling Techniques: Two intensive half-days learning skills to ride safely and competently in light or heavy traffic. SKILLS FOR COMMUTING. Learn and practice more-advanced bicycle-handling and emergency skills.
- Bicycle Maintenance Classes: Change a flat, maintain your drive train, awaken to brakes, and more.
FRemember: Sign up for Easy Riders e-mail to get current ride postings.//It's a great way to get ride listings for Easy Riders, Spokespeople, and other rides suitable for our ilk. (C)2008 Riskin Writing & Editing. No part of this site except the rides may be reproduced in any part without permission of its owner. Go ahead and forward the ride listings to whomever you want, though. I'm not piggish about it.
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