Interurban Trail Section Closure July 15th - 19thA section of the Interurban Trail will be closed for maintenance in Everett from Beverly Blvd to 73rd St SE from 7 AM - 5 PM on July 15th (Monday) - 19th (Friday). See photo for a detour and more info.
Summer BIKES Club Activities
There will be lots of BIKES Club rides and tours through the summer months. Check the Rides calendar, Ride Updates, and Overnight & Tours pages of our BIKES Club website.
Join us for our annual BIKES Club picnic on Sunday August 4th from 1 – 4 PM at Hauge Homestead Park in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Everett. More info later.
Ride With GPS Club Account & Individual Subscription Levels
A comparison chart has been provided from Ride With GPS to help show the differences. Go to the Ride With GPS Info section of this website for more info.
Bike Index
Have you ever had a bike stolen? It is surely a disappointing, inconvenient, expensive and emotional experience. Choosing the right location and adequately locking your bike when parking helps prevent theft. Getting your bike back will depend on you reporting the theft to police and alerting the community. Registering your bike(s) into the most widely used bike registry on the planet helps too. Go to https://BikeIndex.org to register your bike(s) for free.
BIKES Club Dues Increase
Annual BIKES Club dues will increase effective June 1st to $25 for an individual or $35 for a family. The BIKES Club has not had a dues increase for several years while club operating costs have increased. Refer to the May Chainwheel Chatter newsletter for more information.
WSDOT Active Transportation Survey
WSDOT’s statewide Active Transportation Plan Update is under way Active transportation is about giving people safe options for getting from one place to another using active means of travel such as walking, biking and rolling.
The 2019 Active Transportation Plan will help guide and implement statewide investments and policies for increased access, safety and mobility. Your voice matters. Every comment and survey response will help shape the final recommendations for policy, funding priorities and projects. Your friends and neighbors listen to you. When you tell them they should get involved, it’s more powerful than when we ask. Taking the survey tells us what matters to you for walking and rolling more places, more safely, more conveniently in your community and state. Take the survey and encourage friends and family to do the same!
The English version of the survey can be found here: bit.ly/WSDOT-ATP2019-Engl
The WSDOT Active Transportation survey will be open until June 30th.
Overnights and Tours 2019
A few rather optimistic ride leaders have used the gloom of winter to plan some awesome tours for this coming spring and summer. Check it out at Overnights and Tours 2019.
Ride With GPS
A new benefit for BIKES Club members, Ride With GPS offers members an on-line computer based tool that will allow bicyclists to plan, navigate and share bike routes. Route maps can be printed. Routes can also be downloaded onto your smart phone or smart navigation device for verbal and graphic turn by turn directions. A few bike routes have already been added to the library and many more will be added. Routes for the McClinchy Mile: Camano Climb Edition have been added as an Event.
For more info about Ride With GPS for the BIKES Club, check out the Ride With GPS info.
BIKES Club Member Benefits
Support your local Snohomish County bicycle club. In addition to good karma, benefits for BIKES Club members:
- Weekly rides for members
- Ride With GPS club account
- BOB trailer– borrow this to tow behind your bike
- Bike box– free loan for safe airline travel
- Event ride discounts – through North Puget Sound Bike Alliance
- Club social events – picnic, year-end party and more
- Support local advocacy
Join BIKES Club today and start getting value from your membership. For information on the overall benefits of bicycling, see this article shared by an Everett High School student.
Subscribe to Ride Updates
Want to know whenever someone posts a new ride or adds a change to the Ride Updates page? Visit the Ride Updates page and click on the “Subscribe to Forum” link. You will be prompted to log-in (use the email address where you get club mail). Then, go to the Member Only section / Member Profile page of the website. Click the “Edit Profile” button and the “Email Subscriptions” link to how often you receive updates. We recommend you set “Ride Updates” to be delivered “immediately.” Then click the “Save” button at the bottom.
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