seattlecriticallass: Critical Lass ready to roll! We picked up one in route and three bonus riders at Candy Cane Lane for 26 total!!
seattlecriticallass: And a baby!
seattlecriticallass: Critical Lass getting ready to roll outside Fix Coffee in Green Lake
seattlecriticallass: Lots of bike staples to lock to outside Fix Coffee in Green Lake
seattlecriticallass: Lindsey's lovely outfit and outfitted bike!
seattlecriticallass: Ravenna Blvd. We shared the flexi-post protected bike lane with a pedestrian. Not sure why she opted to walk there rather than sidewalk or grassy median, but she was nice.
seattlecriticallass: NE Ravenna Blvd and 15th Ave NE, the intersection by Cowen Park Grocery. We used to have to turn left here for this ride.
seattlecriticallass: Looking north up pothole-strewn Brooklyn Ave NE along Cowen Park--the old CCL route.
seattlecriticallass: Continuing on Ravenna Blvd--new paint! New flexi posts up ahead!
seattlecriticallass: Lots of leaves for the uphill block of Ravenna Blvd.
seattlecriticallass: New bicycle infrastructure along Ravenna Blvd crossing University Ave
seattlecriticallass: Parking protected and flexi post protected area on Ravenna Blvd approaching 15th Ave NE
seattlecriticallass: This area isn't as bike-friendly as the PARK(ing) Day pop-up park, but it's still great!
seattlecriticallass: New bike lanes onto 15th Ave NE just south of Cowen Park Bridge
seattlecriticallass: 15th Ave NE--protected bike lane up ahead over the Cowen Park Bridge and awesome gravel path to the right through Ravenna Park.
seattlecriticallass: Great daytime route to Candy Cane Lane--gravel path through Ravenna Park.
seattlecriticallass: Gravel path through Ravenna Park (not the route we took at night, though)
seattlecriticallass: Gravel path through Ravenna Park (not the route we took at night, though)
seattlecriticallass: Cowen Park Bridge--better nighttime route to Candy Cane Lane
seattlecriticallass: New EXCEPT BICYCLES sign and bike entrance onto NE 62nd St along the north side of Ravenna Park
seattlecriticallass: Welcome to Candy Cande Lane!
seattlecriticallass: Hyperlapse video of the Candy Cane Lane loop during daylight
seattlecriticallass: Group shot of 26 (minus one camera person) Critical Lass riders!
seattlecriticallass: NE 59th St, behind Candy Cane Lane. We took this "alley" there and back--cars can drive on it, but it was traffic-free for us!
seattlecriticallass: 20th Ave NE, car-free bridge over Ravenna Park
seattlecriticallass: Group shot on the car-free bridge!
seattlecriticallass: View of 20th Ave NE car-free bridge over Ravenna Park during the day
seattlecriticallass: Leaving the car-free bridge to ride back along NE 62nd St
seattlecriticallass: NE 62nd St--new sharrows. They make this quiet street feel like neighborhood greenway
seattlecriticallass: 20 is Plenty sign on NE 62nd St