June 2009
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By Paul Andrews, BI editor on June 12, 2009
Thanks to Bicycle.net for bird-dogging the cycling-illegal substances links. Self-injecting blood cheats pose a real problem for testing. This is where the cyclist freezes his own blood, saving it for a later date, and injects it on race day. Doing this with someone else’s compatible blood is generally detectable. With his own blood, well, that’s [...]
Posted in Racing, This Day in Doping | Tagged Bernard HInault, blood doping, Culture, greg lemond, Laurent Fignon, Tour de France
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on June 11, 2009
As of Sunday, Miller Peak’s fabled loop was still under snow along the ridge. After being advised by a motorcyclist whose helmet read “Motos for Christ” that there was no clearance for the entire loop (he seemed trustworthy), we decided to do an out and back on Iron Creek. The “out” isn’t too bad, requiring [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Tales from the Trail | Tagged Iron Creek, Miller Peak, Mountain Biking
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on June 11, 2009
Drug scandals are in the air over international cycling. Hmmm…must be about time for the 2009 Tour de France! Bernhard Kohl, recently banned for two years, quitting the sport entirely, weighs in on rampant corruption among the peloton. Lots of riders involved. “What were the French authorities going to do? Delete the overall classification for [...]
Posted in Culture, This Day in Doping | Tagged bernhard kohl, cycling drugs, greg lemond, lance armstrong, Tour de France, uci
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on June 11, 2009
The good news is, Tiger Mountain’s primary mountain biking loop is open again. The DNR reopened Northwest Timber Trail earlier than expected (the first time that’s been done in recent years) this past weekend for the duration of the season. The bad news is, Northwest Timber Trail is in serious jeopardy. A huge swath has [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Mountain Biking, Tiger Mountain | Tagged Mountain Biking, northwest timber trail, Tiger Mountain
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on June 11, 2009
You see the strangest things mountain biking. We were taking a breather at the Crossroads, where the Devils Gulch and Mission Ridge trails intersect near the top, when a young couple pushing K-Mart specials came striding down the DG side. He was in front, she behind. Both were pushing their bikes … down the trail. [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Tales from the Trail | Tagged Devils Gulch, leavenworth, Mission Ridge, Mountain Biking
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on June 10, 2009
The Cascade Bicycle Club’s victory in the Burke-Gilman “missing link” case today represents something big for the cycling community. Cyclists are used to losing in cases like this. Used to losing in court when it comes to a motorist’s or cop’s word against theirs. Used to losing bike lanes, as on Stone Way North, in [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Culture, Obama Bikes, Transportation | Tagged ballard, Burke-GIlman Trail, Cascade Bicycle Club Seattle
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on June 9, 2009
Spokane has approved its Master Bike Plan. Hooray! Gary Fisher, the Legend, just got operated on for a spot of skin cancer. He’s tweeting that everything’s fine. We wish him a full and speedy recovery! BikePortland.org: Portland’s World Naked Bike Ride, expected to draw 3,000 barebackers, is this Saturday. As is Vancouver’s. Folks from Seattle [...]
Posted in Culture, News Cycle | Tagged Culture, Gary Fisher, Spokane Master Bicycle Plan, World Naked Bike Ride
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on June 5, 2009
Last night, as temps hit 94 in Bellevue, I went out to ride with IMBA (International Mountain Bicycling Association) and EMBA (Seattle’s Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance) at Paradise Valley, the recently reopened Conservation Area past Woodinville near Maltby. Back in the day I rode Paradise occasionally, recalling it as a cross between an Appalachian firing [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Tales from the Trail, Trail Access | Tagged EMBA, Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance, imba, Mountain Biking, Paradise Valley
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on June 5, 2009
Kind of a light day for news, so here’s some weekend reading… San Francisco Chronicle: “When bike-skills instructor Bert Hill quizzes students at the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition’s ongoing Urban Cycling Workshops about the frequency of bicycle fatalities in the city, he says guesses generally range from five to 20 a year. In reality the [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, News Cycle | Tagged bikes and brew, Culture, national trails day, san francisco bicycling safety, steve peat
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on June 4, 2009
Over on MTBR.com, Jon Kennedy of Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance has a post updating the group’s efforts to increase access to Tiger Mountain. Jon and I spoke yesterday, and I came away encouraged by EMBA’s efforts to raise awareness and integrate mountain biking interests with trail planning in the region, and especially on Tiger. Jon [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Mountain Biking, Tiger Mountain, Trail Access | Tagged Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance, Tiger Mountain
