By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 25, 2010
British data suggest a lower headcount for women on bikes, but are they right?
Posted in Culture | Tagged angela sucich, awesome land women of dirt, bike chicks, kate hudson, mountain bikers of santa cruz
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 25, 2010
The test involved a rugby league player but obviously holds huge implications for professional cycling. Although the substance has been banned for two decades, there’s been no reliable test for it.
Posted in This Day in Doping | Tagged blood doping, cera, EPO, hgh, human growth hormone
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 25, 2010
Re reports of an attempt to smuggle marijuana into the U.S. in bike tubes, we were the first to ask: Tubes? Really?
Posted in This Day in Doping | Tagged bike smuggling, mountain biking marijuana
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 25, 2010
You have to wonder what it takes to get anything done legislatively any more, anywhere…in Congress, at the state level, in the city. The widely supported, much publicized “Vulnerable Users” bill has died a lonesome death in the Washington State senate, despite the efforts of Cascade Bicycle Club. Bright side: The bill made it out [...]
Posted in Legislation | Tagged cascade bicycle club, vulnerable user bill
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 25, 2010
Kid gets busted for trying to smuggle pot into the country in his bike tire tubes. Getting 2.5 lbs. of mj into bike tubes sounds like a lot of work, and our first question would be why not go tubeless? BikePure.org on closing the file on Jan Ullrich.
Posted in This Day in Doping | Tagged bikepure.org, jan ullrich, mountain biking marijuana
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 25, 2010
Great video from Streetfilms of Seattle’s new Mayor Mike McGinn riding around town. It was a long ride politically for McGinn to get elected, and serving in office is always filled with potholes and doorstops. We could continue with the bike analogies ad nauseum, but let’s leave it at this: In all the times we [...]
Posted in News Cycle | Tagged cozy beehive, lou mazzante, outside magazine, seattle mayor mike mcginn
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 18, 2010
What happens when the power goes out all over town? All those keen gadgets and our always-on, 24/7, ubiquitously connected Wired World turn out to be useless, dude . . .
Posted in News Cycle | Tagged digital lockdown, palo alto plane crash, tesla motors, wired world
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 17, 2010
Reformed doper Joe Papp has shown the light for pro cyclists everywhere to mend their ways . . .
Posted in This Day in Doping | Tagged blood doping, cycling doping, EPO, joe papp, testosterone
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 16, 2010
Before the bike industry starts talking “recovery,” it and the rest of the business world needs to take an honest look at what that term really means. We do a quick Economics 101 on the issue, using Shimano’s 21 percent nosedive in 2009 as a case example.
Posted in Culture | Tagged bicycle business, economic recovery, shimano sales
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 16, 2010
Slick Japanese folder collapses in 2 seconds! BikeHugger is hugging the Winter Olympics too . . . Idaho’s mountain biking license plate looks to be a go . . . Want to buy Brian Lopes’ pimped-out Sprinter van? and more…
Posted in Advocacy, News Cycle, Obama Bikes | Tagged bike theft, bikehugger, brian lopes, e-bikes, idaho mountain bike license plate, seattlelikesbikes
