Seattle riders?

[rthoma4]

Hey - new to the forum and fairly new to Seattle.
Wondering if any of you our there are roadies and have some good recommendations for riding out of the city. I hate hate hate the traffic - I've just moved from Boulder, CO and we're nothing like this.. and I'm not really a big fan of the Burke Gilman (too many dogs, rollerbladers and strollers).. so how can I get out of town onto a fairly quiet road for a nice 50 mile ride?

[Quillfred]

Welcome to Seattle. I've been here for almost 30 years but have fairly recently gotten back into cycling.

I used to go to Vashon Island (I eventually lived there for 10 years) and ride. It is pretty popular with folks because it is so rural yet close. It is a ferry ride from West Seattle. I believe there is still a downtown Seattle walk-on ferry. It is best to get a map and stay off the main road Vashon Hwy.

Have you check out the Cascade Bicycle Club yet? They have tons of rides.
Have a great time exploring the beautiful areas.


http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/ferries/

Carole

[HipGnosis6]

Well... there's a book on local rides that I like the looks of (Bicycling the Back Roads of Puget Sound), but I'm not much able to get out and try any of the rides in it - their starting points are often unreachable for me, since I don't have a car. They claim to go out of their way to avoid heavy traffic.

[Pink Kona]

Hi rthoma4,
Not sure if you're still looking for some rides out of the Seattle metro area - maybe you've found them by now. I do quite a bit of riding from Wallingford into Snohomish, Issaquah, Renton, North Bend, etc etc. Routes are out there but unfortunately you do have to access them using either the bumpy burke or hitch a ride with a friend. I would say to truly get out of the city - by bike of course - you're looking around 60-80 miles round trip. Are you still looking for routes?

[Bike Goddess]

Some of us are coming up from the Bay Area to do this ride. We're planning to stay Saturday night in Vader. Any of you planning to do this ride????????

[Eden]

My plans as of right now are to be there and I don't think that it falls on the same day as any of my planned races so it doesn't look like that will change. The hubby and I stay in Centralia.