SEQUIM — Following years of bike rodeos, bike repair workshops, an educational cycling website and helping the Tour de Lavender grow, the Olympic Peninsula Bicycling Alliance has disbanded.

The all-volunteer nonprofit group started in 2017 by Ken Stringer and other local bike enthusiasts to promote bicycling, bicycle safety and advocate for bicycle-safe and bicycle-friendly roads and communities on the Olympic Peninsula.

OPBA board member Tom Coonelly said they had upwards of 70 members with multiple events a year, but people have either moved on or don’t have enough energy to continue the events on their own.

As the group formalized plans to disband, board members agreed to grant OPBA’s remaining funds to eight organizations. They’ll each receive $3,969.

Groups include the Joe Rantz R

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