FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
Rides
The rides are suitable for casual cyclists. The routes vary in distance from 5-30 miles in length and have an elevation gain of 200-1500 feet. The distance and elevation are specified at the top of each ride guide overview.
Depending on the ages and riding skills of young ones, many of the rides are suitable for kids. Use your own discretion.
The ride surfaces vary from hard-packed dirt and crushed gravel bike trails to dedicated bike lanes and lightly trafficked streets. The rides have been chosen to maximize the most pleasant, scenic, and safe routes.
As the rides are on paved surfaces and well-maintained city trails, most any bicycle is appropriate.
Click here for information on where you can rent bikes.
Both! If you’re new to Bellingham, all the rides and points of interest will be a new experience for you. If you’ve lived in the community your entire life, you’re likely to come across a place you’ve never been or a factoid you didn’t know. In either case, you’re out for a bike ride, and there’s nothing more wonderful than biking in Bellingham!
You’ll want to allow plenty of time for riding the route as well as stopping to appreciate the points of interest and businesses along the way. Suggested riding times are provided in each Ride Guide Overview.
- your phone (with the Ride with GPS app and relevant ride guide downloaded)
- your wallet (so you can purchase a refreshment or other goody from the businesses in town)
- a bike lock (so you can secure your bike when you go indoors)
- appropriate clothing (depending on the weather)
Each Ride Guide Overview provides a suggestion for where to park. Paid parking is noted, when applicable.
Yes! Each ride guide suggests at least one business where you can stop for a refreshment and/or a meal.
While BIKE Bellingham does not offer person-led guided tours, Sun-E-Land Bikes does! Please reach out to Sun-E-Land for more information.
BIKE Bellingham cannot possibly track everyone who visits the site and downloads a ride guide. However, by using this website and viewing and/or downloading a ride guide, you are agreeing to the Terms of Use and Liability Waiver as shown here.
Ride Guides
The Ride Guide Overview is a description for the themed ride as found on BIKE Bellingham’s website. The overview provides details about the ride (distance, elevation gain, suggested time, riding surfaces, and starting point), a description of the ride, a map of the route, businesses you’ll visit along the way, information on where to park, and ways that you can extend your experience.
The ride guide that you download to your phone includes a map of the route, turn-by-turn instructions to help you navigate the route, and information about each of the theme-related points of interest you’ll see along the way.
Note that you will need to downloaded the Ride with GPS app to your phone before you can download a ride guide to your phone. Click here for information on downloading the Ride with GPS app.
No. The ride guides are absolutely free!
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Ride with GPS App
Ride with GPS is a third-party app that allows users to plan, navigate, and share cycling routes. Ride with GPS provides the software that powers BIKE Bellingham’s ride guides. Once you’ve downloaded the app and a ride guide, you use the app to navigate the route and learn about the points of interest along the way.
No. BIKE Bellingham has purchased a subscription that allows you to download and use the Ride with GPS app free of charge. The app offers additional functionality, some of which requires a fee, but none of this functionality is necessary to use the ride guides.
Click here for the steps to download the Ride with GPS app to your phone.
Click here for tips on how to use the Ride with GPS app.
Ride with GPS provides the software that powers BIKE Bellingham’s ride guides. Downloading the app is necessary to download and use the ride guides.
The ride guides include turn-by-turn navigation that is available both visually and auditorily. Click here for tips on how to use Ride with GPS.
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Your feedback is most appreciated! Please send BIKE Bellingham a message via the Contact page, and we’ll be in touch.
Awesome! Your suggestions are most appreciated! Please send BIKE Bellingham a message via the Contact page, and we’ll be in touch.