January 2010
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By Paul Andrews, BI editor on January 10, 2010
Indianapolis has a set of new bike laws, including 3-feet-please. Florida law says bikes get the whole friggin’ lane, thank you very much! Now if we could just get that “vulnerable user” legislation passed in the Washington State legislature. Have you checked out the Ghost Bikes Film project’s blog? Cool stuff… Guy turns 70, decides [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, News Cycle, Trail Access | Tagged bicycle legislation, Duthie Hill mountain bike park, ghost bike film project, ghost bikes, sea otter classic
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on January 9, 2010
Well here’s a deja vu for U. Banshee is leaking photos and details of its forthcoming trail bike called the Spitfire. Ironies abound. The first being that Banshee has the greatest bike names in the industry, placing first in our recent Top 10 Of All Time list with the Banshee Scream. 08172008034 from http://dseelye.vox.com/ The [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking | Tagged banshee spitfire, schwinn spitfire, top 10 bike names
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on January 9, 2010
The Facebook protest against bike-hate continues to grow. Now there’s a “Help REMOVE this HATE GROUP against cyclists!” tribe. All instructions included. The outrage targets a Facebook page showing violence against cyclists as an appropriate traffic-management technique. Speaking of hate: That deranged L.A. physician who doorstopped a group of cyclists with his car last summer [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Mountain Biking, News Cycle, Obama Bikes, Videos | Tagged BikePortland.org, bikingbis, cyclelicio.us, dr. christopher thompson road rage, Fatcyclist, portland cycling
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on January 8, 2010
It’s funny how these things happen. The small southeastern King County town of Black Diamond was originally named after the nickname for coal. Coal mining brought big bucks and lots of people to Black Diamond in its heyday a century ago, a phenomenon commemorated by a coal car on rails at the town limits. The [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Tales from the Trail, Trail Access | Tagged black diamond freeride park, Lake Sawyer, southeast king county mountain biking, summit ridge freeride park
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on January 7, 2010
Tomb of the Unknown Cyclist: A Palo Alto bicycle rider killed by a CalTrans vehicle Dec. 19 still is not being identified by authorities, who claim a policy of notifying next of kin before making an identity public. Apparently no one can find the guy’s next of kin. Wouldn’t it make more sense to publicize [...]
Posted in News Cycle, Rider Down | Tagged bike library, snow cycling, vehicular homicide law, vulnerable user law
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on January 6, 2010
Right now it’s a seedy vacant lot. But if the mountain biking community in Aptos CA and its Santa Cruz environs have any say, the open field behind the Post Office jump park will soon be transformed into a major drawing card for NorCal riders. Led by Epicenter Cycling, a new bike shop in Aptos, [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Mountain Biking | Tagged aptos ca, aptos jump park, cam mccaul, epicenter cycling, jamie goldman, mark weir, mountain bikers of santa cruz, pump track
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on January 6, 2010
Folders are hot! The ugly ripple effect when a major retailer closes its doors. Bicycle insurance: Idea whose time has come? With more folks, especially Gen/pick your letter/ers, relying on bikes only for transportation, maybe so. If it does happen it will tell us something about a major demographic shift. Insurance always runs the numbers [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Mountain Biking, News Cycle | Tagged bicycle insurance, Dave Wiens, folders, marin dirtbowl.net
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on January 6, 2010
Now it’s official: The Ibis Mojo HD is ready to blow off the doors! I’ve been posting on the longer-travel Ibis Mojo for some time, and now Ibis says the HD, designed with input from slalom king Brian Lopes, will be available starting in March. White and clear-coat (black) as well as a color TBA. [...]
Posted in Accessories, Mountain Biking | Tagged ibis mojo hd, mtbr.com, pivot firebird, scot nicol
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on January 5, 2010
Following up on our investigation of Thule T2 rack issues, we’ve received another email from a reader who experienced a catastrophic failure. “The exact same thing happened to my Thule T2,” wrote Tim Cook in a comment posted on Bike Intelligencer. He referred to the issue we’ve chronicled whereby the rear rail on the rack [...]
Posted in Accessories, Mountain Biking | Tagged thule t2 rack failure
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on January 5, 2010
Naked Seattle cyclist charged with indecent exposure. Guy participates in World Naked Bike Ride, gets a citation. Your taxpayer dollars at work. This is a real puzzler because law enforcement has been pretty tolerant of naked rides. Every year a klatch of unclothed (albeit body-painted) riders enliven the Fremont Fair’s Solstice Parade. This seems like [...]
Posted in Culture | Tagged black diamond mountain biking, naked cycling, naked cyclist, vulnerable user law
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