What we’re about
The Evergreen Tandem Club has promoted the joy of tandem riding throughout the Pacific Northwest since 2001. Evergreen Tandem Club rides are open to MeetUp members who "ride together!" That means partners who ride tandem bikes or "ride in tandem" on singles. We have social rides to have fun, get some exercise, and meet friendly cyclists who get what it means to "ride together".
- EvergreenTandem.Club - Visit the ETC Website
- We invite you to join our Facebook ETC "Group."
- ETC also maintains an ETC Facebook "Page" where we include links to our official website events and rides.
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- New Trail for Fathers DayNeeds location
Let's celebrate Fathers Day by riding some new bike infrastructure. It is a 37 mile Route on trails
The plan is
- Meet at Bellevue Brewing in the Spring District
- Ride EasTrail/Downtown Connector to Downtown Park in Redmond for a coffee break
- Ride the Bear Creek Bridge to East lake Sammamish Trail with lunch in Issaquah
- Ride the Mt to Sound Trail to Lake to Lake trail back to Bellevue Brewing for a cold beer
Parking could be an issue. There is limited street parking, which is free all day. The Spring District is dead on weekends, so park along Spring Blvd near the light rail station. I drove by Saturday afternoon and there were multiple open spots. Plan B is to unload the bike and park underground. Not sure the cost, but my guess is $13 The brewery validates parking, but for 4 hours ...? Plan C is to park nearby and bike over. Lake Bellevue and the 12th Pl Business Park are close by.
We will ride EasTrail (packed gravel) to the Downtown Redmond Connector (12 mi), bypassing construction at the light rail depot and the section past Toyota of Kirkland. I hope we will be able to ride the Phase 3 of the Downtown Redmond Connector. The drone video makes it look like it is open. Nice way to avoid the Sammamish River Trail traffic. If not, we ride along Willows Rd to phase 2 of Downtown Redmond Connector into Redmond Downtown Park where we stop for a break. . There may still be a Starbucks Pickup across the street or Hoffman's Bakery has Michele's sugar free syrups.
When we hop on the Redmond Connector going east, we cross the new Beaver Creek Bridge, so we can skip Marymoor completely on our way to the East Lake Sammamish Trail. We will ride down to Gilman Village to Masa Mexican Kitchen (Mi 24.4)
Up the hill on the Mt to Sound Greenway, taking the phenomenal flyover of Factoria Blvd, checking your speed before tight turn up 118th. We will turn right on 12th taking the "trail" headed back to Bellevue Brewing.
- Trail of Coeur D' AleneNeeds location
The plan is to ride the Trail of Coeur d'Alene before the NWTR which is scheduled for July 4-6 in Spokane. Our plan is to go to Coeur d'Alene Sunday June 29. On Monday morning we drive from Coeur D'Alene to Harrison Idaho (55 min) to start the Trail of Coeur D' Alene. We have 2 out and back rides from Harrison. On Wed & Thurs we ride out and backs from Kellogg. On Friday we are going to explore Wallace or you can ride the Trail of the Hiawatha or head on over to Spokane.
Harrison
Routes- Mon 10 am - Harrison to Plummer and back (31.7 mi) lunch at Getaway Cafe
- Tues - Harrison to Bull Run (36.4 mi) pack a lunch - get takeout from
- Harrison Trading Post
- Cycle Haus
Lodging
- Lakeview Lodge
Dinner Options
- One Shot Charlies
- Latitudes Restaurant
Kellogg - 50 min from Harrison
Routes
- Wed - Kellogg to Bull Run and back (40 mi - 680 ft) Timbers Roadhouse lunch mile 28
- Thurs - Kellogg to Mullan and back (35.7 mi - 1482 ft) lunch at blackboard marketplace in Wallace
Lodging
- Silver Mt Resort
Dinners
- Noah's Canteen at Silver Mt
- Radio Brewing Company
If you want to stay on and ride the Trail of the Hiawatha on Friday - it is recommended - Michele says once was enough
