Mark Stewart was the People's Choice favorite

This year’s Bicycle Expo photo contest was a huge success. Thank you to all who entered prints.  There were 64 excellent photos entered in the six categories and our judges this year, Mary Austin-Keller, Carol Sheppard, and Iris Dumuk, had their work cut out for them.

This was Kenmore Camera’s fifth year sponsoring the photo contest, awarding the contest winners with in-house credit cards to keep their photography hobby going. Kenmore Camera will be sponsoring our photo contest again in 2014, so start taking those bike photos now and be eligible to win some great prizes!

The first place winners were:

People’s choice: Mark Stewart

Action:  Susan Hiles

Comedy: Mel Roberts

Still Life: Ann Lenssen

People & Places: Mel Roberts

Black & White: Mark Stewart

Creative Digital: Sheila Gruner

We’ve got an exciting line-up for this year’s Seattle Bicycle Expo, to be held March 9 and 10 at the Smith Cove Cruise Terminal. From thrilling stunt shows to DIY-crafts to inspiring presenters, Expo has it all.  The terminal’s 135,000-square foot, two-floor space will buzz with local bike shops and nationally recognized manufacturers showing off their latest wares; and a special lineup of speakers and presentations will take to three separate stages. Leading up to the Seattle Bike Expo, we will feature some of Expo’s highlights here on the blog.

Big Wheel trike races
4:15 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Performance Arena

Do you remember the joy of when your rode your first “Big Wheel” tricycle as child?

Cascade wants to help folks relive that great feeling by offering adult High Roller Big Wheel races at the Seattle Bike Expo this year!

We are having several High Roller large sized Big Wheel trikes shipped out and riders will have the chance to race for cool prices and bragging rights, of course. Please sign up at the High Roller booth #108 from 1 to 3:30.

We’ve got an exciting line-up for this year’s Seattle Bicycle Expo, to be held March 9 and 10 at the Smith Cove Cruise Terminal. From thrilling stunt shows to DIY-crafts to inspiring presenters, Expo has it all.  The terminal’s 135,000-square foot, two-floor space will buzz with local bike shops and nationally recognized manufacturers showing off their latest wares; and a special lineup of speakers and presentations will take to three separate stages. Leading up to the Seattle Bike Expo, we will feature some of Expo’s highlights here on the blog.

We'll be rolling out the bike carpet for you at the Cascade booth this weekend!

Cascade Bicycle Club booth
Top floor

Be sure to swing by the festivities at the Cascade Bicycle Club booth as we’ve got lots in store for you.

For new riders:

We’ll have a riding in the Pacific NW 101 featurette, which will help you tackle the most common obstacles that keep people from riding: hills, rain and understanding bike infrastructure.

Also stop by to learn about our low-cost and free bicycling clinics and riding and maintenance classes for cyclists of all level. We can even teach you (and your kid) how to ride a bike.

For experienced riders:

Are you training for a cycling event? We offer possibly the largest free daily rides program in the U.S., coordinating more than 1,500 daily rides annually. Come visit our booth to find a ride right for you. And don’t miss our Saturday talk about the best daily rides in Washington.

Want to step it up a notch and go on a multi-day cycling adventure? Come learn about our Club Tours and Cascade-affiliated International Tours.

You can also visit the booth to register for our events and purchase Cascade apparel.

Bring your kids!

For kids:

The Nutty Kids Zone will be hopping all weekend with lots of fun activities for kids of all ages.  We’ll keep the kids entertained with interactive games, story time, kid-friendly crafting, compu-trainers, a treasure hunt and more.

Kids 15 and under get into Bike Expo for FREE, so load up your cargo bike (or mini-van) and bring ‘em down to our Little Nutty Kids’ Zone, presented by Nutcase Helmets.

DIY:

Learn to make fun and useful bikey stuff from items you’ve probably got lying around the house. Stop by the Cascade booth for free DIY clinics with a couple of local experts. You’ll go home with the know-how to make a reflective zipper pull with recycled inner tubes, a handy to-go snack bag, and how to personalize your fenders using electrical tape.

Dazzle fellow commuters with these babies.

Saturday

11 a.m. to noon: Make your own to-go snack bag with Jodi Ryznar

1 to 2 p.m: Fancy Fenders with Elisa Margolis — design fun, eye-catching patterns on your fenders

2 to 3 p.m: Make your own reflective zipper pull with recycled inner tubes, with Jessie Kwak

Sunday

11 a.m. to noon: Make your own to-go snack bag with Jodi Ryznar
1 p.m. to 2 p.m:  Bicycle Story Time with Stephanie Frans
2 to 3 p.m: Make your own reflective zipper pull with recycled inner tubes, with Jessie Kwak

Prize Drawing:

Enter our prize drawing for a chance to win a brand new Raleigh bicycle – the Clubman or Mixte. No purchase necessary.

Already have a bike? How would you like to win two passes to this year’s sold out Seattle to Portland Classic? Or maybe an overnight package from the MarQueen hotel  or a Tigr Lock?

Stop by the booth if you’re feeling lucky!

We’ve got an exciting line-up for this year’s Seattle Bicycle Expo, to be held March 9 and 10. From thrilling stunt shows to DIY-crafts to inspiring presenters, Expo has it all. A special lineup of speakers and presentations will take to three separate stages, headlined by The Ryan Leech Stunt show, London 2012 silver medalist Jennie Reed, and photojournalist Mark Johnson. Leading up to the Seattle Bike Expo, we will highlight some of these presenters here on the blog.

One fit grandma!

Cindi Rauch is a retired teacher and grandmother of eight with a big passion for cycling.

In the past eight years, she has averaged over 10,000 miles of riding per year, logging well over 13,000 miles this past year.

Last summer, to celebrate her 60th birthday, Cindi rode 50 centuries in 50 states in 50 days. That’s right, 50 consecutive days of riding 100 miles per day! She started in Hawaii and then flew to California where she met a support team of friends who did the driving in the lower 48 before she flew to Anchorage to ride her final century.

Come hear her story on Sunday and catch a little inspiration for your next adventure.

We’ve got an exciting line-up for this year’s Seattle Bicycle Expo, to be held March 9 and 10. From thrilling stunt shows to DIY-crafts to inspiring presenters, Expo has it all. A special lineup of speakers and presentations will take to three separate stages, headlined by The Ryan Leech Stunt show, London 2012 silver medalist Jennie Reed, and photojournalist Mark Johnson. Leading up to the Seattle Bike Expo, we will highlight some of these presenters here on the blog.

“Do a little dance, make a little love”
How Seattle bicycle advocates, city staff and elected officials work together to complete projects
1:15 to 2:05 p.m.
Sunday
REI Main Stage (top floor)

At Expo this weekend, we’ll host a panel discussion on how Seattle bicycle advocates, City staff and elected officials work together to complete projects

There is a subtle – and sometimes not-so-subtle – dance that occurs between activist/advocacy groups, city agency staff and elected officials when it comes to getting bicycle infrastructure built on the ground. Infrastructure proven to be safe, convenient and comfortable for people of all ages and abilities – things like cycle tracks, neighborhood greenways and urban trails – can often be controversial and opposed by people who don’t like the change in how we allocate space on our streets and public right of way. Indeed, just because there is a design and funding for a particular project doesn’t mean there is the community support or political will to build it.

The purpose of this panel is to candidly explore the interactions and synergy between grassroots advocacy organizations, Seattle Department of Transportation (DOT) staff and elected officials as projects and plans are designed, funded and implemented.