Results tagged “aloha”

The other morning we were biking west down Aloha between 15th and 14th, and a car caught up to us and swung out to pass. But then the hill gets steep and we picked up speed (not even pedaling), so for 14th to 13th we were neck and neck, until a car appeared heading east and the car on our elbow dropped back--only to zip past us in the backstretch from 13th to 12th, where both of us stopped at a stop sign. To recap: steep, twisty, 3-block stretch of road with a stop sign at the end. The back window of the car read SEE BICYCLES. Now, there may or may not be irony in a car with a biking sticker on it, but Google tells us that drivers with bumper stickers are more likely to be territorial and aggressive. Maybe some truth to that?

The Stranger's indefatigable Jonah Spangenthal-Lee gets a wonderful quote from the driver of the Subaru who ran into some (and over one) bicyclists in last Friday night's Critical Mass confrontation on Aloha on Capitol Hill: “I sympathize with [cyclists'] cause. I ride bikes too. I’m a liberal hippie democrat” [...] “I’m gay, the person with me was a lesbian and we were a attacked by eco-terrorists. It’s the most Seattle thing that could have happened." The driver apologizes for overreacting and says he hopes no charges are pressed either way. On the one hand, we're glad he has a sense of humor about it. On the other, he ran over someone and a cyclist hit him in the head with a U-lock, and charges for both are well-deserved.

Last night, as we were making some Niman Ranch sausage, some Critical Mass bicyclists were almost turned into sausage in the street outside. (We mention the kind of sausage because had it been cut-rate, we might have poked our heads out to take a look, but it wasn't and we were hungry.)

Last weekend was dead, so of course this weekend there's approximately one bajillion bands playing. We've already mentioned Kaki King, Dengue Fever, and Born Ruffians, so here's the other weekend shows of interest: