December 2009
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By Paul Andrews, BI editor on December 6, 2009
One pressing motivation behind Seattle-based Cascade Bicycle Club’s campaign to pass “vulnerable user” legislation seeking justice for cyclists injured or killed in car accidents is to force law-enforcement agencies to take bicycles seriously. No one who has been involved in a police-reported accident doubts the entrenched bias against cyclists. The attitude can generally be summed [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Culture, Obama Bikes, Transportation | Tagged cascade bicycle club, cycling justice, San Francisco anti-cyclist bias, vulnerable user law
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on December 6, 2009
The issue for gift-giving to bike riders this season may be summed up in the epigrammatic Dylan lyric about need versus want (“Your debutante just knows what you neeeeed, I know what you waaaaannnt“). That special cyclist on your list may need a new pair of gloves. Or a chain for his or her bike. [...]
Posted in Culture, Mountain Biking | Tagged Appetite Seminar, christmas gift cyclists, Ibis Mojo, scot nicol
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on December 5, 2009
As we wrote earlier, longtime Seattle cycling figure Kenny Williams confessed to using DHEA, pretty much indicating he’d have to face the music. It’s a shame, and we trust in Kenny’s case it will serve as a lesson. He’ll lose his 3000 metre individual pursuit and kilometre time trial titles from August. His victory in [...]
Posted in Racing, This Day in Doping | Tagged cycling doping, kenny williams seattle
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on December 4, 2009
The mountain biking conglomerate known as Fluidride has split up, with Simon Lawton taking the brand and Zeb Tingey and Jerry Knight the shop. They’ll all still do business together and work the Fluidride synergies — Simon reportedly will keep sponsoring Fluidride Cup competitions — but the new setup allows each to do what they [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking | Tagged big tree bikes, Fluidride, Jerry Knight, zeb tingey
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on December 4, 2009
Boise mountain biker has a campaign supporting an MTB license plate (for cars). Hey I’d pay extra. As it is my license plate holder says, “My other car is a mountain bike.” You know, it takes a special kind of hatred to kill a bicycle shop owner. What happens when clueless fools pass bicycling ordinances? [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Lance's Chances, Mountain Biking, News Cycle | Tagged bike shop, greg lemond, idaho mountain bike license plate, lance armstrong
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on December 2, 2009
PinkBike: A new world speed record on a mountain bike! 131mph, which is just 21 mph faster than I’ve ever driven in a car. SF.StreetsBlog: They’re dancing, and wheely-popping, in the streets of San Francisco, which just got its first bike lane in 3 years, thanks to a partial break in an absurd legal logjam [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Culture, Mountain Biking, News Cycle, Obama Bikes, Rider Down | Tagged bike injuries, bike speed record, deadly roadways, high school cycling leagues, san francisco bike lanes, stolen bikes
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on December 1, 2009
SEATTLE — After last night’s Town Hall meeting, I asked Mike McGinn if he was going to ride the horse what got him there — his electric bike — once he took office January 1st. “Definitely!” he boomed out. He might not get to ride everywhere, he noted, but he would be riding everywhere practical [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Obama Bikes, Transportation | Tagged cycling advocacy, seattle mayor mike mcginn
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