STP 2024: the Beautiful Joy of Bicycling Together

  • Nearly 5,000 people participated in the 2024 Kaiser Permanente Seattle to Portland presented by Alaska Airlines on July 13 and 14.
  • Check out our photos and drone video footage of the smiles, spectacle, fist pumps, fountain dunks, and elated participants who completed the 45th edition of the Northwest's most iconic big group ride.  
Riding my electric cargo bike is my favorite thing

Paul Tolmé

cameras capturing the start

STP embodies the joy of bicycling as one.

Riders are all smiles at the finish

Nearly 5,000 people completed Cascade Bicycle Club's 45th Kaiser Permanente Seattle to Portland presented by Alaska Airlines on July 13 and 14. Their journey began at dawn on the University of Washington campus in Seattle and concluded 206 miles later in Portland's Holladay Park, where they arrived exhausted and elated to the cheers of family, friends, and spectators.

A small percentage rode it in one day. Most finished in two days, because STP is not a race — it's a big group ride where everyone who participates is a winner. Please enjoy our photos from the start and finish. Perhaps they will inspire you to join the thousands of people who travel from around the region, nation, and world to challenge their endurance, make new friends, and revel in the beautiful humanity of riding together.

excitement on the start line
riders depart on their journey
departing the start line
tandem riders
heading out from the start
spectators film family and friends at the start
Heading away from the start
riders head through the U District
Heading over the University Bridge

Pedaling over the University Bridge in the early morning glow as Seattle sleeps is an early highlight of STP.

The University Bridge

Watch drone footage below.

Over the University Bridge in early morning light
rider on University Bridge
The I-5 Bridge looms in the background
Heading out of Seattle
many people ride tandems

Everyone is a Winner at the Finish!

The finish line festival in Portland is where people celebrate, gather with friends, hug family, lie on the grass, jump in the fountains, and hoist their bikes overhead.

resting on the grass in Holladay Park
Lying on the grass
Yay you finished the bike ride!
Done and happy!
hoisting the bike in celebration
Happy at the finish
A tired smile at the finish!

Jumping in the fountain is a finish line treat following a hot ride.

in the fountain
Chilling in the fountain
chilling in the fountain
Asha for Education had a big youth contingent

The Asha for Education team is one of our STP Affinity Bike Club partners. Asha had a record number of youth and women riders this year, and they are among the groups that use STP as a fundraiser for their good works.

MTP strikes a pose at the finish

The arrival of our Major Taylor Project team was an exciting moment for Cascade. MTP teamed up with Bike Works to ride together and support one another. MTP breaks down barriers to cycling for youth of color in King and Pierce County, teaching leadership and bike skills that empower students and foster health bodies, minds, and communities.

MTP crosses the finish
MTP finishes
MTP riders

STP 2025 and RSVP

Missed out on STP 2024? Join us next year by signing up in early January! Or register for the Ride from Seattle to Vancouver and Party in August for 190 miles over two days. Everyone who registers for STP, RSVP, or any of our paid rides can feel good knowing that they are supporting Cascade's mission-driven work to make bicycling safer and more accessible to everyone across Washington state.

Smile for the camera and shout STP!

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