February 2009
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By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 18, 2009
Bike magazine updates previously reported intervention by Obama administration to stop oil drilling plans near Moab, Utah. Moab, an acronym for “mountain on a bike,” is one of the known galaxy’s premier mountain biking meccas, of course. Somehow riding around oil derricks might detract from its allure. You have to love the monkeywrencher who put [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking | Tagged bike magazine, edward abbey, Moab, monkeywrench, Mountain Biking, obama administration, oil drilling, Utah
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 17, 2009
This is the one I linked earlier where the university dean was implicated in a stolen bike case. Now Tampa Bay Online is reporting there may be charges filed: “Abdul Rao, a senior associate vice president for the university, had admitted to taking the bike outside the Byrd Alzheimer’s Center last week – an act [...]
Posted in Culture | Tagged abdul rao, Stolen bike, University of South Florida
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 17, 2009
Went out into the woods for a ride Jim likes to call “classic Northwest urban winter trail, where you go round in circles for hours.” Lake Sawyer is just outside of Black Diamond on the Maple Valley-Black Diamond road. We got completely lost but spent 3 hours in the saddle having a great time trying [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Today's Ride
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 16, 2009
Lance’s time trial bike was stolen in Sacramento, where he is competing in the Tour of California. If you see it, be sure to report it to police. It’s got his name on it. I’d hate to be Lance, going to his insurance company and being asked what the value of the claimed item was. [...]
Posted in Racing | Tagged lance armstrong, road racing, Stolen bike, time trial bike, tour of california
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 15, 2009
HeraldNet: “Snohomish County pays $300,000 to settle cyclist’s claim.” 300 large isn’t a bad payout, all things considered. The cyclist was dressed in dark clothing and had no lights on the bike, according to the article. The lessons are obvious. The problem for cyclists is always having to defend ourselves, no matter what the circumstances, [...]
Posted in Rider Down, Transportation | Tagged bicycle accident, bicycle settlement, Rider Down, Snohomish County, Transportation
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 15, 2009
Just a week to go to the annual swap-o-rama on Saturday (Feb. 21) at Magnuson Park, sponsored this year by Seattle’s marvelous Cascade Bicycle Club. Come early (doors open around 9 a.m., I say “around” because they never seem to be quite on time), because there’s always a long loonnnnggggg line. (Or come around 9:30 [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking | Tagged bike swap, cascade bicycle club, Mountain Biking, mtb, Road Cycling, seattle
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 15, 2009
LA Times: “Although cyclists are known for staying on top of their training heart rate zones and pedal cadence, increasing research suggests they should also pay attention to their risk of thinning bones.” Add osteopenia to the list of reasons to mountain bike instead of road ride. (I took up mountain biking partly because road [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking | Tagged bone density, hike-a-bike, Mountain Biking, mtb, mtber, osteopenia, Road Cycling
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 14, 2009
Making the rounds: a University of South Florida dean who makes $384,000 a year is caught on camera in an incident police are investigating. The dean pleads “lapse in judgment” but his explanation begs the question: If he was so concerned about helping his comrade, why didn’t he just buy him a new or used [...]
Posted in Culture | Tagged bicycle, bicycle theft, police investigation, St. Petersburg Times, Stolen bike, university dean, University of South Florida, YouTube
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 14, 2009
The New York Times takes a look at the latest electronic shifting iteration, from Shimano. Couple of interesting points: Time trialists can shift without changing position on the bars. But there is no manual override if the system fails. The article does not discuss weight or crash-worthiness, but Wired had this from an unidentified source: [...]
Posted in Transportation | Tagged bicycle, bike racing, e-shifting, electronic gear shifting, Mountain Biking, New York Times, Shimano, Wired
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 13, 2009
Check it out: guy has a home-made boom cam attached in front of his helmet with wide-angle lens on camcorder/camera. It’s interesting largely because it’s different, I think. Wouldn’t want to watch many videos this way but it is a unique (!) perspective. Thanks to BikeRadar.com. For my mountain biking videos, go to YouTube here.
Posted in Mountain Biking | Tagged Bi, dirt merchant, helmet cam, Mountain Biking, paulandrewsvideos, video, whistler, YouTube
