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Center for Urban Waters Opening
Sept 9th 2010
Tacoma Bike is proud to have provided the bicycles for staff at the soon-to-open Center for Urban Waters on East D Street (Grand opening September 9th). Employees at the center will be able to cycle short trips round town instead of getting in their cars and adding to Downtown traffic. Mike Brown of Tacoma Bike said, “We’re really pleased to have been asked and to be able to make this ongoing contribution to cycling in the city.”
This City of Tacoma facility houses the City’s Environmental Services labs and offices, University of Washington Tacoma research labs, and offices for the Puget Sound Partnership. This collaboration brings together researchers, implementers and policymaker to develop and apply the best possible science to restoring and protecting Puget Sound.
You can read more about it and its award winning environmentally friendly design here.
Park(ing) Day
September 17th 2010
We’re looking forward to a little bit of gardening to herald in the Fall…Park(ing) Day is a national celebration where urban parking stalls are transformed from vehicle storage into mini-parks! Look out for info from Tacoma Mobility on the spots around town, and look out for the Tacoma Bike spot. Come and play in our park!
Park(ing) Day started in 2005 when Rebar, an art and design studio, transformed a San Francisco parking stall
into a park for two hours. It has now grown to more than 700 parks in 140 cities across the world. Check out http://parkingday.org/ and the Flickr Park(ing) Day pool to see the kind of thing that’s in store for you.
Group Seminars
Do you run or are you part of a training group? Triathletes? Road racing? General health and wellbeing groups?
Tacoma Bike is offering seminars to organized groups in our store after hours. Learn more about the right bike for you and fitting, maintenance and mechanics as well as nutrition for your training and events.
We can cater to every level and will focus on your group’s specific needs. Your group will have full access to the store with great deals on the night.
‘It was the most useful bike session I’ve attended. Thanks!’ Gary, Gig Harbor
For more information, to discuss your group’s needs and arrange a time, please email bikes@tacomabikes heading your email ‘Seminars’.
Mountain to Sound 2010
Team Tacoma Bike took part in the Mountain to Sound 100 miles in one day challenge again this year, with Captain Seth at the helm. After an epic 7hrs 35 minutes, they returned victorious in the Open Co-Ed Category.
Click here for a photostory of the day. Click here for overall results
Tacoma Bike Women’s Day – supported by Giant for Women
Thursday June 17th 2pm – 8pm
What a great turn out we had for Jackie Baker and her Giant for Women truck. Jackie is traveling round the country for 2 years demonstrating Giant women’s bikes to shops in every state. After playing to empty houses, or just plain being forgotten about, she was greatly appreciative of the enthusiastic showing in Tacoma!
Around 25 women joined us to learn about the Giant women’s range, how to change a tire and maintain your bike, how to choose the right saddle and the right way to wear your cycling knickers. With Albert Eisentraut’s wine and some tasty cheese, the night was pretty darn near perfect. Regular customers brought friends down, we saw some new faces and hopefully introduced a few people to the joys of cycling on a women’s-specific bike.
Thanks for coming, Jackie!
Tacoma Twilight Criterium
Presented by Michelob Ultra
We did it! What a great night. Thank you so much to everyone who volunteered, rode, watched, supported in any way.
Here’s the report….
Tacoma, WA. has been waiting for a cycling event for almost as many years as it has been a city. On June 12th it happened – The inaugural Tacoma Twilight Criterium presented by Michelob Ultra and created by The Tacoma Pierce County Sports Commission, Junefish marketing and Tacoma Bike.
The TTC was the 6th and final stop of the newly founded Cascadia Crit Series, also supported by Michelob. Stops along the tour began on May 29th in Woodinville, WA. and followed in Fremont, Seward Park, Ballard and the Brad Lewis Memorial before concluding in Tacoma.
The Tacoma course featured a basic 4-corner rectangle measuring about .8 of a mile with an uphill on the back side and a slight downhill finish. Lap times were averaging apppx. 1:35 which gave the crowd plenty of chances to see the race unfold.
US Olympic Short Track Speedskating medalist JR Celski attended to sign autographs and cheer on racers while a sparkling new 2010 Lamborghini SV served as the pace car for the night’s category 1 main event. Over 350 racers attended to put on a show of hard work for more than 3,000 spectators. An art-bike parade featured Tacoma’s best in retro and custom fabricated rolling works of art. More than 60 kids lined up for a shot at racing downtowns Pacific Ave. Local merchants opened the doors to serve the fans while the strips two hottestrestaurant bars, Paddy Coynes and The Matador, hosted beer gardens with live music to keep the party going. The bike racks at The Hub’s after party were stacked 3 deep with bikes.
Local Cat 1 racer and staple fixture of the Pacific NW race scene, Russell Stevenson commented on the race in which he took 2nd: “What a great race. Definitely one of the best events we’ve seen here in the entire NW. We’ll be back for sure.”
The goal for this event was two fold: create a great race for the cyclist and create a festival atmosphere for the city. Great racing, fortunately in the Pacific NW, is not all that hard to do. The WSBA members and officials who help with race logistics are a great team of people. They can pretty much show up anywhere and be ready to hold a race on almost a moments notice.
The bigger goal however was to create the festival atmosphere for the city. After all, what is a cycling race if there is no one to come and watch? As a first time event fo
r a city, making sure that spectators show up and feed the economy is critical.
All goals were achieved. Racers were smiling all night long. Tacoma citizens were glowing. And the taverns and restaurants were seeing their tills overflow as their kegs ran empty.
Event founders Tim Waer (Executive Director Tacoma Pierce County Sports Commissions) Jon Graf (Tacoma Sports Commission), Mike Brown (Owner, Tacoma Bike), Gillian Corke (Junefish) and Dean Burke (owner, Junefish) concluded the night with a toast to a very successful launch.
Look for the Tacoma Twilight Criterium to be back again in 2011.
Results for the Tacoma Twilight Criterium and the Cascadia Crit Series are as follows:
Men 1/2 Top 3 at Tacoma Twilight Criterium:
1- Trevor Kosa, Olympia Orthopedic Associates
2- Russell Stevenson, Cucina Fresca
3- David Fleishauer, Harriot Sports Performance
Men Top 3 Cascadia Crits 2010 Series Overall:
1- Grant Boursaw, Greggs Trek
2- Logan Owen, Hagens Berman
3- Trevor Kosa, Olympia Orthopedic Associates
Women 1/2/3 Top 3 Tacoma Twilight Criterium:
1- Jennifer Wheeler, Hagens Berman
2- Annette Williams, First Rate Mortgage
3- Liz Nettles, Hagens Berman
Womens Top 3 Cascadia Crits 2010 Series Overall:
1- Kele Murdin, Keller-Rhobeck
2- Kimberly Turner, Cucina Fresca
3- Jessica Cutler, Cucina Fresca
