June 2009
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By Paul Andrews, BI editor on June 29, 2009
SeattlePI.com: “With a $225,000 state trips-reduction grant, organizers handed out 200 free bikes, some gear and training lessons. About 265 people, who enlisted through 25 employers from King County, joined the program, which began last August.” Seattle Times: New bike racks in downtown Bellevue. Believe it or not, bike rack shortages are the single most [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Culture, Mountain Biking, News Cycle, Transportation | Tagged 3 feet please, Adventure Cycling, BC Bike Race, bike racks, Culture, REI
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on June 29, 2009
San Francisco bike policy is picking up momentum. Mayor Gavin Newsom, a true progressive who’s running for governor, is a big bike booster. The city Planning Commission and MTA (Municipal Transportation Agency) just gave thumbs up to the SF Bike Plan, prompting this observation from Newsom: “Already 6% of our commuters are bicyclists; that’s more [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Transportation | Tagged cascade bicycle club, Culture, Gavin Newsom, Portland, San Francisco, seattle, Transportation
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on June 28, 2009
Bummed to be missing the Fluidride Cup at Mt. Hood OR this weekend. Also bummed that I can’t be in B.C. for the start of the fabled, the legendary, the epic, the agonistic and ecstatic BC Bike Race today. And thirdly bummed that it’s so friggin’ hot out here in NorCal that this pobo can’t [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, News Cycle, Racing | Tagged BC Bike Race, Fluidride Cup series, lance armstrong, Tour de France
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on June 25, 2009
Just the kind of thing we all worry about: A bike rack failure on a bus going 60 mph. Cyclelicio.us dodged the bullet this time, but as we in the Seattle area know, the Sportworks racks have their “issues.” Los Angeles had a bike license fee, then rescinded it. Now they’re talking reconstituting it. Confusion [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Mountain Biking, News Cycle | Tagged king county metro, lance armstrong, los angeles bike fee, sportworks
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on June 24, 2009
Sorry all…I’ve been traveling, mountain biking, and collecting all sorts of new contacts. More later…but for now, here’s the newZ! The City of Seattle intends to complete the Burke-Gilman “missing link” for cyclists, as we noted, but it won’t be easy. From the Ballard Tribune: “Attendees at the meeting claimed that bicyclists do not need [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, News Cycle, Racing | Tagged best buy, burke-gilman, Burke-GIlman Trail, electric bike, Gary Fisher, joe breeze, klunkerz, mount ashland
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on June 23, 2009
You hate to see this: Former world downhill champion Missy Giove arrested on pot charges. On the other hand, this is just one more high-profile reason to legalize pot, tax that sucker, and make big bucks for economic stimulus and state budgets, free law enforcement for more serious and pressing matters, end the moronic War [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Racing, This Day in Doping | Tagged alejandro valverde, downhill mountain biking, legalize pot, missy giove
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on June 16, 2009
Lance Armstrong’s Livestrong Challenge hits Seattle on Sunday. Ride or not, you can help make a difference! Check it out… Philly cyclists raised a ruckus about speed and unsafe conditions on Martin Luther King Way. Now they’re updating city’s responsiveness. First person, albeit pseudonymous, report on the World Naked Bike Ride in Portland, from Seattle’s [...]
Posted in Culture, Mountain Biking, News Cycle | Tagged bike magazine, downieville, lance armstrong, livestrong seattle, philly cyclists, publicola
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on June 15, 2009
World Naked Bike Ride goes off without a stitch! Yet it remains uncovered by the media! Portland had to take top honors, although curiously unlinked by Google and Bing, which put Chicago, Sydney and other cities ahead in their queues. According to BikePortland.org, some 5,000 semi-clothed and all-naked (hey, they got photos!) riders showed up. [...]
Posted in Culture, News Cycle | Tagged chicago, denver, naked bicycling, new york, Portland, World Naked Bike Ride
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on June 12, 2009
Wow, these hurt. Some of California’s best close-in mountain biking venues, its State Parks, are under threat of being closed by September due to the state’s onerous budget cuts. On the list: Mount Tam. It’s hard to believe that this spot, the renowned birthplace of mountain biking and scene of literally thousands of hikers, strollers [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Trail Access | Tagged california state park closures, china camp, fort ord, henry coe, mount tam, Mountain Biking, Nisene Marks, samuel b. taylor, Wilder Ranch
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on June 12, 2009
DrunkCyclist updates a Biker Down thread and legal test of 3-feet-please in Arizona. This is one to watch. See comments section as well. Key line: “He may not have meant to do what he did, but he is still responsible.” BikePortland.org riffs on USA Today piece on Google’s move to put bike paths on Streetview. [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Culture, Mountain Biking, Obama Bikes, Rider Down | Tagged 3 feet please, Kidical Mass, lance armstrong, pedalpalooza, Rick Perry
