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Thu., March 17, 2011

Don’t procrastinate: STP bike tour almost full

Competitive racers wait for the start of the second SpokeFest bicycle ride Sunday, Sept. 13, 2009. More than 1,600 cyclists participated in the 21-mile ride through Spokane. (J. Bart Rayniak / The Spokesman-Review)

BICYCLING -- The most popular spring and SUMMER organized bicycle tours have filled or are filling fast.

I have a story coming Sunday with a calendar of the most popular local and regional events through August.

The Seattlet o Portland ride (STP), July 9-10, which takes on 10,000 riders, was 80 percent full on Monday. I just checked in it's 93 percent full for the 200-mile fully supported tour.

It’s the largest of the region’s cycling events. Info: cascade.org/

Posted March 17, 2011, 4:44 p.m.

Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.

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