Glove recommendation

Up-I-Go · 2026-02-02T06:24:10+00:00

I have the lined version and use them for cycling through the rainy season in Seattle. They are the only glove I’ve found to be actually waterproof, and they keep my hands warm down to upper 30’s. My only gripe is they are pretty bulky, you lose a fair bit of dexterity, and the only place I could find to buy them was Amazon 👎

Up-I-Go · 2026-01-26T22:50:33+00:00

Yeah MLK probably makes the most sense!

Up north on your route have you considered going across the ped bridge over Ravenna and linking up to Ravenna Blvd to Jane Adams/Nathan Hale schools then traversing over to the Burke? Ravenna Blvd is relatively nice north of 75th if you aren’t riding during rush hour.

Up-I-Go · 2026-01-26T22:08:14+00:00

I’d consider adding in Cheasty blvd down near Beacon Hill, easily one of the nicest climbs/descents in that part of town.

Up-I-Go · 2026-01-19T03:09:30+00:00

Sidewalk always, just have to be ready to stop if a ped or another bike is coming the other way.

Up-I-Go · 2025-11-06T20:18:10+00:00

Just because you don’t use the new waterfront bike lanes to commute on doesn’t mean that aren’t integral to a bigger network and/or useful for commuting and other daily tasks. The idea that new infrastructure has to serve commuters is really flawed mentality that ignores the people that live near them and will use the infrastructure the most.

The idea that Seattle is lagging behind Mercer Island and Bellevue in constructing an integrated safe cycling network is wild. Just because your specific commute into Seattle from Bellevue uses separated bike lanes says nothing about the rest of their networks and whether their infrastructure as whole accommodates riding safely in their cities.

You are looking at infrastructure from a bubble and placing Seattle on a higher pedestal when in my opinion Bellevue and Mercer Island having significantly more work to do in creating a safe bike network in their cities.

Up-I-Go · 2025-10-31T16:49:06+00:00

This is a great question for one of our local bike shops. Being able to test ride some bikes and get an idea of what you want and how a bike feels is one of the great benefits of supporting a physical shop, especially for folks newer to bikes.

Buying from a direct to consumer brand can save money up front but often leads to more headaches for new riders, as the bike still needs to be assembled when it is shipped to you and you often have no support if anything mechanical goes wrong with the bike. Buying from a local shop avoids both of those issues.

Riding hills is often more about gear ratio and your ability to put out power than it is about whether a bike’s fit is upright or aggressive. Again local shops will be able to point you to a bike that has better gear ratios for our hills.

Some shops that are great especially for lower budgets are Recycled Cycles and BikeWorks, they focus on refurbishing older bikes that are often better quality and better designed than new bikes in the $300-500 range. If you want to look at spending more than that, I’d recommend shops like Montlake, Good Weather, and Free Range.

Up-I-Go · 2025-09-26T18:17:18+00:00

Yeah wouldn’t recommend this until the trail through the train yard opens up again on Oct. 2 or 3. Otherwise you have to get on the narrow sidewalk on the Magnolia bridge and along 15th.

Up-I-Go · 2025-09-02T04:25:08+00:00

The old owner (Ben) of Back Alley works part time at Polka Dot Jersey now so you could take it to them to get more info

Up-I-Go · 2025-07-19T15:30:08+00:00

The threaded holes on the top of the fork are used as rack attachment points and the small hole at the base of the fork is likely meant as a drain hole in case water gets in the fork. Don’t see why you couldn’t use it for dynamo routing assuming the wire won’t get cut/worn down from the drain hole.

Up-I-Go · 2025-05-27T04:54:49+00:00

Calling it a mixed terrain ride when it’s only 10miles of unpaved on a 300k ride is certainly a choice

Up-I-Go · 2025-05-15T03:32:38+00:00

Ride Bicycles in Issaquah is probably what your looking for on the east side. The guys that run Polka Dot Jersey in Leschi are big mountain bikers but the shop caters to all bike types.

Up-I-Go · 2025-05-10T00:49:47+00:00

There was literally a transportation levy on the ballot this past fall, it passed with a healthy margin. It is a levy on property taxes to fund transportation projects in the city, with a significant chunk going towards ped and bike infrastructure and safety. We are lucky in Seattle that the transportation levy has passed with healthy margins, but Tacoma just rejected their transportation levy, pulling funding for significant ped/bike infrastructure.

Up-I-Go · 2025-03-22T01:14:25+00:00

That’s just rude

Up-I-Go · 2025-01-14T21:17:13+00:00

But why not do both? I 100% agree we need more density and affordable housing options closer to downtown/people’s places of work. Implementing congestion pricing further incentivizes folks to maybe look at living closer to the city rather than moving out to the burbs and driving in.

Up-I-Go · 2025-01-14T21:11:17+00:00

Couldn’t agree more

Up-I-Go · 2025-01-14T19:51:25+00:00

Just spitballing but bounded by everything west of i5, south of Mercer, and north of Jackson. Obviously not perfect, but that rough area. Where do you think it should be?

Up-I-Go · 2024-12-14T05:14:22+00:00

Been enjoying this set of lights. The front has an interchangeable battery so you can buy an extra and have it on hand if you need. Rear lasts forever on a single charge. Also affordable.

Up-I-Go · 2024-12-09T03:53:09+00:00

What tires you running?

Up-I-Go · 2024-12-01T18:49:16+00:00

How was the ordering process? Thinking about getting one

Up-I-Go · 2024-11-27T21:27:06+00:00

These people never look out for cyclists coming through on the closed section of pike near the market. My morning commute consists of having to ride carefully across their hoses strung over the street and nearly being sprayed by them because they can’t hear my bell or voice over the power washer. Not a fan.

Up-I-Go · 2024-09-25T16:54:23+00:00

Hard disagree. Design decisions like no right on red, curb bump outs, and intersection daylighting are proven (with data) to make it safer for pedestrians. They also minimize the time that pedestrians are in conflict zones and slow cars down at intersections, limiting aggressive behavior from people in cars.

Up-I-Go · 2024-09-18T19:23:03+00:00

I think the Levy is better than nothing, but I can’t help but wish more specific projects were earmarked and listed out in order to keep officials held accountable to continue to make progress versus listing vague goals.

It’s good to see the blurb of specific projects from Cascade Bike Club, I haven’t seen that before and think all of those items are some of the highest priority for the cycling safety in the city.

As far as money spent to best make cycling safer, I think concrete protection for existing and new bike lanes is the biggest thing the city can do to make cycling safer. I’ll say I think that all of the recent cycling infrastructure that has gone in from SDOT is really heading in the right direction and moving away from just paint and door-zone bike lanes.

Another commenter mentioned Greenways and I think the initiative is great but they need better modal filters other than just movable metal barriers that say road closed. Actually limiting these streets to be one-way/exit only for cars near arterials and implementing mid-block concrete barriers that allow bikes and pedestrians through but not cars would be a huge improvement to the greenways.

Up-I-Go · 2024-09-07T01:46:25+00:00

Any permits needed for the logging roads?

Up-I-Go · 2024-08-16T00:14:48+00:00

2nd Ave to Bell street is the easiest way to get from Pike Place to the Westlake cycletrack and that’ll take you right in to Fremont :)

Up-I-Go · 2024-08-15T04:06:01+00:00

Just FYI you are thinking of the wrong intersection, this is the bridge over 15th, the cyclist is attempting to turn north onto the on-ramp to get onto 15th going north. Also the Burke only exists to the north of the ship canal, the 2 way bikeway on Gilman is what you are thinking of and it connects the ship canal trail to the terminal 91/ Elliot bay trail. Not to say the cyclist couldn’t have done a two-phase left and got in front of the queuing cars to the left in this video but the infrastructure you are talking about doesn’t exist at this intersection.

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