Frequent Rider Club

There’s never a better time to get your name in the frequent rider club and earn the respect and awe of fellow members along with your custom BIKES patch kit, 500- or 1,000-mile prize.     

Just remember the basic goal: Get out and ride!

New Members:

Jim, Lesley and Anna Lofstrand

Curtis and Julie Denmark

 BIKES would like to Welcome the following New members;

 We hope to see you on a ride soon!

BIKES would like to Welcome the following Renewing members;

Mike Cundiff,               Penny White,

Norman Pasche,            Lucie Johns,

     Bill Higley,                    Pam Hallanger,

Terri and John Spencer,

Tom and Christine Lorbeer

   We hope to see you on a ride soon!

Ride of Silence May 17

Join fellow BI.K.E.S. Club members in honoring the hundreds of cyclists killed each year in unnecessary traffic accidents by riding in our local version of the national Ride of Silence on May 17. We mayl be riding across the 112^th Street/I-5 bridge, where Snohomish County resident, cyclist and father Joseph Cordell was killed last fall when he fell into the path of a vehicle. We may also ride down Fourth Avenue, scene of several injury accidents in 2005 including one in which a Mariner High School student was hit while riding in a crosswalk on the way to school. A Stevens Hospital doctor was also killed last year while riding in Seattle. The exact route may change due to scheduling conflicts.  Please check the Ride Changes Page for more information.

Honor these cyclists and the people you know who have been injured while riding by wearing a black arm band, if you have one, and by riding the short (8 miles at most) loop silently. Our goal is not to scare people away from the great fun and sport of cycling, but to raise awareness about the need to share the road for everyone’s safety.

Here’s how the League of American Bicyclists president Andy Clark puts it: "We know fear already dissuades millions of people from riding and riding more -- and yet we need to speak up about dangerous drivers and lenient sentencing in order to raise awareness, improve driving behavior, get dangerous drivers off the road, and remove some of the causes of fear!"

In 2004, 725 cyclists were killed in the U.S., stopping a three-year decline in the number of deaths each year.

Bike Commuting 101, 11:30-1:30 Wednesday, May 10

County Administration Building plaza (outdoors), Wall Street & Oakes, Everett. If you can’t make the session at our club meeting on May 11, stop by the plaza for a lunch time session on bike commuting how-tos.

Bike Maintenance 101, 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 10 Alderwood REI, 3000 184^th St., Lynnwood. Learn simple bike maintenance from changing a flat to adjusting your brakes.

Looking to ride your bike, but the rides that are listed are too slow or too fast or
know of a special bike route you would like to share?

Maybe you would like to lead a ride,
but are not sure about what is involved.

An experienced BIKES Club ride leader will ride with you on your ride and show you what is needed to lead a successful bike ride.  We are currently looking for members that want to lead a leisurely paced ride.  That’s right.  There are plenty of nice riding days this fall and winter.  It’s a great way to meet other people and talk over lunch.  Days and weekends are available! And it’s free!

Contact me tcjkwise@verizon.net to pair you up with a ride leader.

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Advertise in the Newsletter!

Here is a new section of the newsletter to advertise something to sell or buy.  Based on monthly available space, the listing priority will be as follows;

Priority 1; Club member selling or buying a bicycle related item.

Priority 2;  An associate of a club member selling or buying a bicycle related item.

Send an email to the newsletter editor at

bikeseditor@gmail.com