Precipitation in Seattle is falling about 30% ahead of average for 2012, and much of that has been over the last month or so. While that hasn't keep me from running errands on my bike, it certainly has kept me from enjoying bike rides as I normally do. So when the sun blasted through some thinning high clouds on Friday, I packed up and headed to a place where I could enjoy the views. My destination was King County's Tolt MacDonald Park, which sits at the edge of Carnation on the confluence of the Tolt and Snoqualmie rivers. A privately owned forest sits at the top of a steep climb behind the park, but the owners allow mountain bike ...Source: http://www.bikingbis.com/2012/12/29/seeking-the-best-views-on-a-rare-clear-winter-day/
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Written by: RHODRI CLARK OFFICIAL attempts to get more people cycling look set to fail - partly because women are too concerned about their safety or their image. Men and children appear to have responded to the message that cycling to work or school is good for their health and the environment. But new figures show a 29% drop in women cycling to work, although statisticians warn those figures should be treated with caution - because the numbers are so tiny. Just 0.5% of the female workers said the bicycle was their main transport to and from work. The reduction in female cyclists cancels out a 16% increase in men cycling to work. Overall, 1.4% of commuters normally cycled to work and the Government's target of tripling the number of people cycling to work by 2013 looks unachievable. Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Cyclingchatcouk/~3/83ZMU5XV4uM/
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