Sep 4, 2013 | Cycling, Cycling Event, Featured, Health & Well-Being
Get Ready to Ride – Registration is Open! Don’t Miss the Fun on September 15, 2013! Cycle the WAVE (Women Against Violence Everywhere), is a sponsored, non-competitive, all-women’s cycling event. It is a venue created for women of all ages and fitness levels to...
Jun 30, 2013 | Bike Racks, Bike/Ped Advocacy, City of Burien, Cycling, Cycling Event, Featured, Health & Well-Being
What a great day for 100 people to cut some ribbon and celebrate. With the new bike racks in Burien and all the community support, (in addition to the warm, sunny day),there was much to applaud . The group of 100 spilled out in 4 vacated parking spots, as well as...
Jun 26, 2013 | Bike Racks, Cycling, Cycling Event, Cycling Resources, Featured
Just by showing up you get one FREE raffle ticket. By showing up ON A BIKE, you get TWO. (Wear your helmet so we know you’re on your bike… and so you’re safer.) In a couple of days, on Saturday, June 29, WABI will ask you to put your hands together for all...
May 9, 2013 | Cycling, Cycling Event, Cycling Resources, Featured
Friday, May 17th is “National Bike to Work Day”, but WABI has declared it “Burien Bike Day”. We want to encourage local folks to choose pedal-power not just for their commuting when possible, but also for fun and exercise. In support of the...
May 8, 2013 | Cycling, Cycling Event, Cycling Resources, Featured
Each year, more and more people choose bicycling for transportation. While you may know how to ride a bike, you may wonder how to share the road with traffic, plan the best route to work, and arrive in style for that first meeting of the day. Join a certified Cascade...
Jan 2, 2013 | Art Walks, Bike/Ped Advocacy, Bike/Ped Count, City of Burien, Cycling, Cycling Event, Cycling Resources, Featured, Health & Well-Being, Other Local Walks, Parks & Trails, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
Our new year is starting out with some beautiful days to get out on two feet and two wheels! Blue skies, sunshine and brisk, fresh air. Time for a nice walk or a ride. Happy New Year to all the WABI-ists… all of you that are involved or interested in WABI Burien,...
Sep 25, 2012 | Bike/Ped Advocacy, Bike/Ped Count, City of Burien, Cycling, Cycling Event, Featured, Walking, Walking Event
Bike/Ped count day number one got started today with overcast skies, but ended with sunshine and bright blue overhead. “WABI-ist” counting volunteers showed up at their designated intersections around Burien for their two-hour shifts. A total of...
Sep 6, 2012 | Cycling, Cycling Event, Featured, Health & Well-Being
The American Lung Association celebrates 30 years of cycling in Washington with its inaugural Ride Around the Sound bicycle ride on September 15 – a fantastic century ride around the scenic Puget Sound. There are 100, 88, 75 and 45 mile routes, plus a Family...
Aug 17, 2012 | Cycling, Cycling Event, Featured
Just in time for the cooler temperatures we’re supposed to see this Sunday, we will be doing what will likely be our last daytime* Bike SaFaRi (Safe Family Ride) of the year. We plan to re-ride last month’s route to North Seatac Park because we were so...
Aug 12, 2012 | Cycling, Cycling Event, Featured
Come get “creamed” for good causes! You haven’t laughed this hard or had this much fun in ages…really! It’s “good clean fun”, (except for the creamy mess left behind). The Pie Joust is basically a whipped cream splatter...
Aug 12, 2012 | Cycling, Cycling Event
Just a reminder that the Cycle the WAVE ride is coming up on Sunday, September 16, 2012. Have you registered? Have you picked your route and ride partner? Have you been training? Cycle the WAVE (Women Against Violence Everywhere), is a sponsored, non-competitive,...
Jul 14, 2012 | Cycling, Cycling Event, Featured
WABI Burien’s Bike SaFaRi series continues this Sunday! Bike SaFaRis – “Safe Family Rides” – are monthly bike rides for young riders and parents, as well as those without children, that simply want to increase their cycling skills. There...
Jul 1, 2012 | Cycling, Cycling Event, Featured
Cyclists will race through downtown Burien on the morning of the Fourth of July. The 37th Annual Joe Matava Memorial Classic Criterium & WA State Juniors Criterium Championship will be held before the 88th Annual Independence Day Parade in Burien on Wednesday, the...
Jun 18, 2012 | Cycling, Cycling Event
Many thanks to the B-Town Blog for reporting on and posting this video of WABI Burien’s Father’s Day Bike SaFaRi. “The ride started at the Wild Strawberry Festival in Town Square Park and looped north through quiet neighborhoods and parks for a...
Jun 14, 2012 | Cycling, Cycling Event, Walking Event
The Burien Babes & Toddlers Meetup Group has let WABI know about a “wheeled meetup” on July 12. Here’s the information from their notice: Join us for some fun bike riding. Bring your helmets and transportation and meet us at Marvista Elementary...
Jun 13, 2012 | Cycling, Cycling Event, Featured
Cycle the WAVE (Women Against Violence Everywhere), is a sponsored, non-competitive, all-women’s cycling event, Sunday September 16th, 2012. It is a venue created for women of all ages and fitness levels to experience camaraderie, increase awareness of domestic...
Jun 13, 2012 | Cycling, Cycling Event, Featured
Take the family on a Father’s Day bike ride on the second Burien Bike SaFaRi of 2012, Sunday, June 17. The ride will follow a quiet, flat, 3.5 mile loop that connects Burien’s Town Square with several parks, community spaces, and schools to the north. A...
May 20, 2012 | Cycling, Cycling Event, Featured
Photographer Michael Brunk, (nwlens.com), master image-maker for the B-Town Blog, took delivery of the new, two-wheeled blogmobile just in time for Burien Bike Day. He toted cameras around Town Square and on the WABI Bike SaFaRi, giving his new wheels a spin. All...
May 19, 2012 | Cycling, Cycling Event, Featured, Health & Well-Being
Friday, May 18, was the first Burien Bike Day, and it was a rolling success! Presented by WABI Burien, (our local Walk/Bike Organization), Burien Bike Day overlapped National Bike Day and Bike to Work Day, encouraging people to choose a bike for commuting, running...
May 13, 2012 | Cycling, Cycling Event, Featured
Friday May 18th is National Bike Day. Last year, over 20,000 people in the Seattle metro area took to the streets on bicycles, pedaling their way to work, school, and the store on Bike Day. For Bike Day this year, newly formed Walk/Bike Burien (WABI) is challenging...
Apr 30, 2012 | Cycling, Cycling Event, Featured, Health & Well-Being
WABI Burien’s Bike SaFaRis – “Safe Family Rides” – are monthly bike rides for young riders and parents, as well as those without children, that simply want to increase their cycling skills. There have been little ones riding in...
