November 2009
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By Paul Andrews, BI editor on November 29, 2009
FAIRFAX CA — I’ve ridden the annual Turkey Day mountain bike ride, or “Appetite Seminar,” in Fairfax maybe half a dozen times over the years, and each one has been different in its own wonderfully unpredictable way. But Thursday’s edition will top my list for a long time to come. My Seattle friend (and former [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Today's Ride | Tagged Appetite Seminar, charlie cunningham, Gary Fisher, Jacquie Phelan, joe breeze, john loomis, Marin County mountain biking, scot nicol
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on November 25, 2009
I’ll be in Fairfax on Thanksgiving for the most fabled Thanksgiving Day mountain bike ride of all, the Appetite Seminar. Hundreds of cyclists all over the hills of Marin, quite the spectacle and a great time to say hello to familiar faces and meet new ones. See you there!
Posted in Mountain Biking | Tagged Appetite Seminar, fairfax, marin mountain bike, thanksgiving day
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on November 25, 2009
REVIEW POLICY link: In a nutshell, everything we review we have paid for, just like you. Since it’s our money, we don’t review stuff we wouldn’t pay for, which means we’ve done a bit of shopping for you. That doesn’t mean we’re anything like the final say in product ratings, of course. But it does [...]
Posted in Accessories, Mountain Biking | Tagged bike light, cygolite trion 600, helmet light
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on November 24, 2009
Hometown legend Jill Kintner, who missed being World Champion this year by a mascaraed eyelash, will be featured in the worldwide premiere of “Women of Dirt,” a long-awaited film focusing on the world of women mountain bikers. It’ll happen Feb. 5th at the Northwest Film Forum theater on Capitol Hill, 12th Avenue between Pike and [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Racing, Videos | Tagged jill kintner, northwest film forum, women of dirt
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on November 23, 2009
Five years ago it was testosterone boosting. Last March it was blood boosting (EPO). Now Christian Pfannberger, a two-time Austrian champion, is banned for life. Let that be an example to all you pros out there who think once is enough and promise never ever to do it again. No, of course I’m not being [...]
Posted in This Day in Doping | Tagged christian pfannberger, cycling doping, EPO, testosterone cycling
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on November 22, 2009
The Plains of Abraham, a desolate, stark romp through the death zone of the Mount St. Helens inferno nearly three decades ago, is a miraculous testament to Nature’s ability to resuscitate itself. Now it’s an officially recognized IMBA Epic as well. I’m happy because it gives me another epic to add to my IMBA quiver, [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Road Trips | Tagged imba, IMBA epics, Plains of Abraham
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on November 20, 2009
Tomorrow is the big SF Bike Expo at the Cow Palace. Since along with the jump competition and usual eye candy there’s a killer swap meet, I will be a lighter cyclist in the wallet this time tomorrow. Also, they just announced Cove Bikes will be showing up. Back in the day I’d hang out [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, News Cycle | Tagged Appetite Seminar, Cove Bikes, Cow Palace, DrunkCyclist, joe breeze, SF Bike Expo
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on November 20, 2009
Seattle Times: “A 32-year-old bicyclist accused of running over a 6-year-old boy near Pike Place Market on Friday, leaving the child hospitalized with serious facial injuries, was charged today with vehicular assault and hit and run.” Re this incident, where a man on a bike apparently hit a 6-year-old boy in a crosswalk, we are [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Obama Bikes | Tagged cascade bicycle club, cyclist arrest, David Hiller, king county prosecutor dan satterberg
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on November 18, 2009
MTBR’s Top Ten YouTube MTB vids: My faves of the list: Chris Duncan showing how to jump, good stuff. He’s right about the elbows. The Klunkerz clip. No. 1 is the much viewed Danny MacAskill urban trials clip. The others are mostly flash and crash. Somehow the list missed my No. 1, the Hans Rey/Steve [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Videos | Tagged Chris Duncan, Danny MacAskill, Hans Rey, klunkerz, mountain bike videos, Pete Fagerlin, sam brown, steve peat
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on November 18, 2009
There’s been a spike recently in rider deaths, perhaps a time-of-year thing. Although the usual culprits are cited (right hooks, dump truck carelessness and the ever-popular “still investigating,” meaning the cyclist was not at fault. If the cyclist is assumed to be at fault, police figure they don’t need an investigation, yet another incentive to [...]
Posted in Rider Down | Tagged cycling deaths
