Cascade Bicycle Club

Two hundred people including 52 speakers attended our 2024 Bike, Walk, Roll Summit in Tacoma. From cycle highways to complete streets to traffic safety, the Summit was a forum for sharing best practices, collaborating for solutions--and exploring Tacoma by bicycle. Check out our photos and learn why one speaker believes we should make our streets safe enough for drunk people, on Cascade News.

“From Pacific Ocean beach to coastal wetlands to tall fir forest, you pass through such a diversity of ecosystems and habitats,” said Paul Tolmé with the Cascade Bicycle Club in Seattle. 

Cascade Bicycle Club recently organized community bike rides in Tacoma and Shoreline in collaboration with the Leafline Trails Coalition that brought together elected officials, bike advocates, municipal traffic engineers, and interested citizens to learn about opportunities to close gaps and create a 900-mile network of interconnected trails in King, Kitsap, Pierce, and Snohomish counties. Learn more on Cascade News.

For the second consecutive year, Marlene Druker and her friend Nick pedalled home after participating in RSVP. “Biking home from Vancouver is a great way to explore British Columbia and add some adventure to your trip home,” says Marlene, a longtime Cascade Outrider and Ride Leader who serves on the Cascade Board of Directors. Get inspired for your own RSVP+ and get the tips, maps, and transit apps Marlene used on her multi-modal post-party journey back to Gig Harbor--on Cascade News.

Cascade has joined Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell, City Council members, and active transportation allies in the Keep Seattle Moving campaign to win voter support for Proposition 1 on the November ballot. Join the effort to pass Proposition 1 and help us secure $133.5 million for essential bike infrastructure improvements.

The rolling hills of White River Canyon in the Tygh Valley welcomed women and non-binary riders on an epic three-day adventure with Cycle Oregon known as Joyride. The event was a joyful experience for two Cascade staffers, featuring gravel options, nightly music, catered meals, yoga, and new friends. Read their diary from the event on the blog.

Did you ride STP 2024, or plan to next year? Watch our spectacular drone footage of 5,000 riders streaming under the Start banner and pedaling over the University Bridge in the golden morning light. Then mark your calendars for the 46th Seattle to Portland Bicycle Classic, July 12-13, 2025. On Cascade News. 

People eager for completion of the 42-mile Eastrail got good news recently with the announcement of a $25 million federal grant to help close the Interstate 90 Gap through Bellevue. We took a spin on the Eastrail to check out the new Northeast Eighth Avenue bike bridge and get a status update on the Wilburton Trestle opening in 2026. Read our post in Cascade News about efforts to complete the Eastrail, and the threat to funding posed by an effort to repeal the Climate Commitment Act.

The Kaiser Permanente Seattle to Portland presented by Alaska Airlines embodies the beautiful joy of bicycling as one. Check out our photos of the smiles, spectacle, fist pumps, fountain dunks, and elated participants who completed the 45th edition of the Northwest's most iconic big group ride. 

As the Cascade community prepares for the 206-mile Seattle to Portland this weekend we take tremendous inspiration from Biniamin Girmay of Eritrea, the first Black African to win a stage in the Tour de France. With three stage wins so far, Girmay shows us that bicycling is for everyone no matter your race or background or nationality.