Dead Baby Bikes Downhill
Dead Baby Bikes Downhill, also known as Dead Baby Bike Race or Dead Baby Downhill or RaceDay, is an annual Seattle-based bicycle race and street party. [1] The bicycle race often has no defined route, just an origin and an ending point, and has historically not been permitted, even though the accompanying street party has been permitted.[1]
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Over the years, the event has grown from attracting hundreds to now thousands of people to the Seattle neighborhood of Georgetown.[1][2]
The street party at times features carnival rides made of bicycle parts, as well as bicycle jousting.[3]
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The event was featured in a 2005 episode of the television show Grey's Anatomy.[1]
History[edit]
The event was launched in 1997 by the members of Dead Baby Bikes, a Seattle bicycle club (named for a doll which had been nailed to the wall of the roll-up door of the bike repair shop in which the club was meeting); founder Dave Ranstrom has admitted that if he had known the event would draw media attention, he would have chosen a different name.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d Lacitis, Erik (3 August 2019). "Dead Baby Bikes Downhill brings 'gleeful mayhem' to Seattle streets". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ 'Dead Baby Downhill' bike party in Georgetown, by Joshua Trujillo, in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer; published August 3, 2013; retrieved April 26, 2020
- ^ Galvin, Sarah (6 June 2016). "Thank You for Being a Friend: 12 Years With the Dead Baby Bike Club". Queerspace Magazine. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ It's a wild ride at Dead Baby Bikes' Downhill and Messenger Challenge, by Mike Lewis, at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer; published August 8, 2004; retrieved April 26, 2020