July 2009
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By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 8, 2009
Cyclelicious reports on lunch with Paul Andrews…wait a minute, that’s me! Actually it is I who should be reporting on lunch with Richard Masoner, founder of Cyclelicio.us and one of the pioneers of bike-news blogging. As the estimable Jonathan Maus of BikePortland.org put it in an interview with Bicycle Times: “One of the first blogs [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Culture, Mountain Biking | Tagged BikePortland.org, Cyclelicious, Jonathan Maus, Richard Masoner
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 8, 2009
Seattle Times: Portland will try again with a bike sharing program. Details still sketchy, but remember, this is the city that drew attention for a “yellow bike” sharing program. Crudely yellow-painted bikes were made available for free — ride it where you need it, leave it there for the next rider. But theft and other [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Culture, News Cycle | Tagged BC Bike Race, bike parking with showers, Cyclelicious, Portland bike sharing, YouTube police assault
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 7, 2009
The cycling world was poised for Lance Armstrong to return to the yellow jersey after a 4-year hiatus today, but he missed by .18 of a second. You have to wonder if Alberto Contador didn’t quite give 100 percent, knowing a TT win would put Lance in the center of the cycling universe. Lance and [...]
Posted in Culture, Racing | Tagged Fabian Cancellara, lance armstrong, Tour de France
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 7, 2009
OK, something big may be going on here. Now Jan Ullrich, 1997 Tour winner and perennial runnerup to Lance during the glory years, is under investigation by Swiss authorities for doping. Ullrich has been previously implicated, of course, but the fact these guys are being dredged up from the past may be a signal that [...]
Posted in Racing, This Day in Doping | Tagged doping scandal, Jan UIlrich, Tour de France
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 6, 2009
Twitter is all a-tweet with carping about Lance’s move today in the Tour. Lance rode off with a breakaway that opened a nearly 40-second gap on the peloton, which included most of the favorites. Good old Lance, you can always count on him to do the right thing in the clutch! Lance of course is [...]
Posted in Racing | Tagged alberto contador, lance armstrong, Team Astana, Tour de France
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 6, 2009
This Day in Doping: Lance Armstrong will be “particularly monitored” for doping violations throughout the Tour. Not that monitoring “particularly works,” given the rampant abuses, but the UCI wants to at least keep up appearances. The “particularly monitored” Tom Boonen was kicked out of this year’s tour for cocaine use, then reinstated. (Rightly so, since [...]
Posted in Culture, News Cycle, Rider Down, This Day in Doping | Tagged bicycle fatality, Bicycling magazine, lance armstrong, Tour de France
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 5, 2009
First-ever Washington State rider in the Tour dang near pulls off one of the huge upsets of this year’s epic. Invincible Mark Cavendish nosed out Wenatchee’s Tyler Farrar at the finish line, but Farrar served notice he’ll be continuing their ongoing, and sharpening, rivalry. Let’s hope next time (could be tomorrow!) Tyler can pull the [...]
Posted in Racing
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 3, 2009
Update: Turns out the last rider mentioned hailed from Oregon. BikePortland.org has the details. A bad 4th of July run-up for cyclists: In Seattle, a cyclist was hit and killed on Dexter, the major north-south bike conduit in the city, clearly marked with wide bike lanes in both directions. Police took driver in for alcohol [...]
Posted in Rider Down | Tagged dead cyclists, riders down
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 2, 2009
The bike tax bogeyman has reared its senseless head in Portland. Bad place to raise that canard. BikePortland.org is on the case and has major media alerted. Publicola: Bikes will be allowed on Seattle’s new light rail trains after all on opening weekend, after the Cascade Bicycle Club organized a huge protest. Erica C. Barnett [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Culture, Mountain Biking, News Cycle, Transportation | Tagged bike bumping, bike levy, Bike tax, california state park closures, caltrain, cascade bicycle club, sound transit
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 2, 2009
This Day in Drugs: Thomas Dekker is out of the Tour for doping…in 2007! Think the UCI honchos are trying to send a message here? Wonder how many of Lance’s old samples they have lying around, waiting for some new technology to analyze? BC Bike Race, Day 3: Morons are removing course flags to screw [...]
Posted in Culture, Mountain Biking, News Cycle, This Day in Doping | Tagged BC Bike Race, cascade bicycle club, Dave Wiens, lance armstrong, thomas dekker, Tour de France, tyler farrar
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