Vashon Island, WA - (Start time 4:00 pm)
Hop the Fauntleroy ferry to Vashon this weekend and find yourself ripping through some of the raddest single track around. There'll also be a time trial from the ferry terminal to the start area of the single track race. Ah, choices, choices...which bike to bring? You'll figure it out! It'll be a huge biking/partying/camping weekend, so prepare for plenty of beer and barbecue and to spend the night under the stars. More details coming all the time, register at http://crankedmag.com/vibrator.html

It's worth the hunt, and the stairs, to find MOBIUS CYCLES on First Avenue (though there's also a freight elevator to the loft), whose approach to repairs, instruction, and custom bike building is anything but off the rack. Owner Niki Beals, already experienced as a messenger and mechanic, now applies her experience with track, road, fixed-gear, commuter, and even BMX rides. (SeattleWeekly)

http://www.seattleweekly.com/diversions/0631/bestof-critics-ul.php

"On June 1, 2006 Portland bike messenger Ayla Holland was given a ticket for allegedly violating Oregon Revised Statute... Holland has 30 days to either attach a hand brake to her bike and pay a $73 fine, or appeal the decision."

Source: http://bikeportland.org/2006/07/28/judge-finds-fault-with-fixies/

Seattle Bike Code contains similar phrasing:

Section 11.44.200 BRAKES.  Every bicycle shall be equipped with
a brake which will enable the operator to make the braked wheels skid
on dry, level, clean pavement.

Start: registration 5:00-6:45pm at the Church of Bicycle Jesus 4341 15th Ave S
Race at 7pm sharp!
http://www.deadbabybikes.org/raceshit/racenow.htm

6:00 pm
500 Boren
Right in the heart of the beautiful, and desolate, Cascade
neighborhood of Seattle. Short and sweet with post-race beers all the
better to ice your knees.