It’s The Cylingest Seattle Weekend Ever

Let’s start with Friday:

The Bicycle Film Festival will be making it’s first visit to Seattle in the festival’s 9 years. Gomeansgo says:

There are some fantastic films, from 11 countries around the world. Focusing on a range of topics, the common theme, of course, is the bicycle. There is something for everyone’s tastes at this festival, whether it be bmx, road, track, or well done independent film.  Come support the Seattle cycling community, and enjoy some of the best cycling movies worldwide!

The movies screen at The Henry Art Gallery in the University District here is the full schedule for Friday Night and Saturday.

Friday night the festival opens with the documentary Where Are You Go, about the Tour D’Afrique (which I have been wanting to see for months) followed by a shorts program. (See you there!)

After the films on Friday, head over to Flowers Bar for Roller Racing, drink specials, and good times. Flowers Bar: 4247 University Way NE.

Also Friday night, if movies are not your thing, is Future Tense.

On to Saturday:
Ladies, start the day right with a Ladies Ride.

Then the Bike Film Festival resumes at 1 PM for programs into the evening, and an afterparty at Flowers again.

And if none of those are to your taste, Biking Bis says you have some other options:

Pedaling the Muse — September 12, 2009 Two options for this fund-raiser for the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center — a half-century all-Peninsula version or the full century Seattle-to-Port Angeles route. The 100-mile bike ride begins at the Sculpture Park on Elliot Bay in Seattle and ends at the Webster’s Woods Art Park in Port Angeles. The 50-mile bike ride follows the Olympic Discovery Trail from Port Angeles and Sequim and back. Register at Active.com.

MS 150 Bike Tour — September 12-13, 2009 Two MS 150 Bike Tours at the opposite ends of the state this weekend. One leaves from Mount Vernon in western Washington, the other from Coeur d’Alenes in eastern Washington. Benefits the National Multiple Sclerosis Society

Seek Justice Challenge — September 12, 2009 A metric century and metric half-century that includes rides around Lake Sammamish and through the Carnation Valley. This is a fund-raiser for the International Justice Mission. Sponsored by the Sammamish Presbyterian Church.

Which brings us to Sunday.

My pals at Totcycle and my pals at The Bikery have matched up their events so that you can ride from one to the other.

First off, it’s a Lake Washington Boulevard street closure (map/brochure), so you can enjoy car-free time 10-6 on that beautiful lakeside road.

Totcycle is organizing their monthly Kidical Mass,

Meet at 2:15pm at the north end of the Lake Washington Boulevard (LWB) street closure (map/brochure), which is where Lake Park meets LWB, at Mount Baker Beach. Look for the blue bucket bike. We’ll leave at 2:30, and ride down the closed-to-car-traffic boulevard all the way to Seward Park, where we’ll enjoy a treat of some kind, as we are wont to do.

They’ll turn around, and head for The Bikery’s “Endless Summer” scavenger hunt and party, with registrations from 4, and the race at 5, followed by an outdoor backyard screening of Pee Wee’s Big Adventure at dusk. (See you there!)

Still not enough? Biking Bis says:

SpokeFest — September 13, 2009 Family bike ride that features a 1-mile ride around Riverfront Park or 21-mile bike ride through Riverside State Park. Food, music and entertainment. Based in Spokane.

Festival 542 Mount Baker Hill Climb — September 13, 2009 Grueling and scenic bike ride up the Mt. Baker Highway. 4,300 feet of climbing in about 25 miles. Recreational or competitive options. Leaves from Glacier. Must register in advance; other activities planned on Sept. 12.

High Pass Challenge — September 13, 2009 Breathtaking 114-mile ride through the Gifford Pinchot Wilderness Area; 7,500-foot elevation gain. Sponsored by Cascade Bicycle Club.

Then on Monday, even Danny has just another commute to work.