Self-Guided Rides with BIKE Bellingham
One of the most amazing things about Bellingham is the amount of creative energy people put into the thing they love. I had the great joy of having Sarah sign up for my newsletter and she told me all about BIKE Bellingham! She is the creator and loves exploring by bike. She turned that love into something we can all benefit from; BIKE Bellingham provides free themed self-guided rides connecting cyclists with Bellingham's culture, heritage, landscapes, and businesses.
The guides are user-friendly with a structured itinerary meant to highlight the best sites, scenery and establishments. You can choose the length of your self-guided tour from casual to mini-bike-road-trip ranging from five to twenty-five miles, and it’s self-guided so who says you have to bike the whole trip in one go?
The guides utlize an app called “Ride with GPS” where you create a free account and can access the guides. Then you choose the Ride Guide you want to try and then enjoy pedaling at your own pace! The Ride with GPS helps you navigate the route with turn-by-turn instructions. If you don’t want to download an app right away, you can still explore the Ride Guides on BIKE Bellingham’s Website.
BIKE Bellingham has a great collection that is just beginning to grow with themes for Ride Guides like, Quirky Quirks, Cats and Dogs, Treemendous Trees as well as guides to check out murals, stone-themed locations and shops, and “H2Whoa” all about water! Each Guide page showcases the distence, elevation gain, types of riding surfaces you can expect and a detail about section so you can get a feel for what you’ll be exploring before you even get started.
I also appreciate that each Guide Page offers a map of the Route (with the elevation to help prepare yourself). BIKE Bellingham also has connected with businesses who offer “Pedal Perks” which is just an amazing collaboration!
On BIKE Bellingham’s website it shares, “BIKE Bellingham relies on community support to keep the program free for all riders. Your support helps cover the cost of the maps and navigation tools and the creation of new routes.”
Get your Guide and begin Biking!It is truly a joy to see someone’s love of where they live turn into something we can all enjoy! From creating self-guided bike tours, to blog posts, to full on festivals. Bellingham and the community within it are all about being connected and finding your place and BIKE Bellingham is doing just that one guide at a time!
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