By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 2, 2010
Mountain Bikers of Santa Cruz have finalized plans for their two-day Santa Cruz Mountain Bike Festival on Feb. 27 and 28, capped with the California premiere of “Women of Dirt” at 7 p.m. Feb. 28 at the stately Rio Theater in Santa Cruz. On hand will be riders Lisa Myklak, Emily Johnston, Tammy Donahugh and [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Videos | Tagged awesome land women of dirt, Emily Johnston, Kathy Pruitt, Lisa Myklak, mark brent, mountain bikers of santa cruz, Tammy Donahugh
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 1, 2010
Ricco denies involvement with his girlfriend’s doping. Girlfriend denies doping. They might at least get on the same page on this… Ricco compared to a cobra. So the question, as Ricco prepares to renew his racing career in May, is: What happens when you give a snake a second chance? All in all we think [...]
Posted in This Day in Doping | Tagged blood doping, cera, riccardo ricco, vania rossi
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 1, 2010
So we have a question here. Exactly how cautious does a cyclist have to be to prevent a driver from turning left in front of him or her? We almost got run down today in Aptos in that very scenario, so we’d like, really, we’d love to know. You wonder if this cop would tell [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Lance's Chances, News Cycle, Rider Down | Tagged e-bikes, electric bikes, lance armstrong, pinarello dogma, tour de france 2010
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on January 29, 2010
In mainstream media the advice goes like this: If you want to bury bad news, release it on a Friday afternoon. Well this is the blogosphere, folks, and we’re creating a whole new dynamic. You release bad news on a Friday, you’ve got a hailstorm from hell on your hands. Case in point: Riccardo Ricco’s [...]
Posted in This Day in Doping | Tagged cera. blood doping, cycling doping, riccardo ricco, vania rossi
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on January 29, 2010
If you try to run down a cyclist in your car but somehow miss, never fear. You can always go for strangulation. In L.A., a booming promise that “The culture of the car ends now!” No throwing projectiles, no verbal abuse, no cutting within 3 feet … and yes! No strangulation! “(No) making physical contact [...]
Posted in Advocacy, News Cycle, Obama Bikes, Rider Down | Tagged alliance for biking & walking, awesome land women of dirt, Cyclelicious, ecovelo, Gary Fisher, ipad, marin dirt bowl
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on January 28, 2010
Its co-filmmaker calls “Women of Dirt,” which premieres a week from tomorrow, an “experiential lifestyle film” packed with “levity” and “fun.” But it’s not just a film “for and about women,” whether on bikes or off. Instead, says Mark Brent, previewers have been unanimous that the movie has “huge crossover appeal” for any audience — [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Videos | Tagged awesome land women of dirt, Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance, mountain bikers of santa cruz
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on January 28, 2010
Seattle Times: ” ‘There are cases where a driver is not filled with criminal intent but truly does cause death or serious injury to a biker, to a walker,’ state Sen. Joe McDermott, D-West Seattle, a sponsor of the bill, said at Tuesday’s Judiciary Committee hearing.” You can still make a difference. Interesting discussion of [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Obama Bikes | Tagged cascade bicycle club, SB5838, washington state vulnerable user legislation
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on January 27, 2010
As a blogger and cyclist, we’ve been waiting a long time for this. Our MacBook is just a little too big and bulky to be comfortable in our Chrome Ivan, even if there is a separate waterproof compartment for it, and even if that’s what we’ve been doing the past few years. Our iPhone on [...]
Posted in Culture | Tagged apple ipad, blogging cyclist, ipad keyboard
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on January 27, 2010
So it’s come to this in the bicycle culture. We have the choice of voting, in the annual Bloggies Awards, between a fat cyclist and a bike snob. Now we in the cycling community know perfectly well what’s going on here. Fat Cyclist isn’t really fat, and Bike Snob isn’t actually a snob. Fatty may [...]
Posted in Culture | Tagged bikesnobnyc, bloggies, fat cyclist
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on January 27, 2010
Guy gets so excited about Google Street View camera he crashes his bike. I’ve heard of more riders losing their iPhones exactly this way. In 2009, the Dutch bought 1.3 million bicycles. Which is 1.3 million fewer than Americans bought in the first quarter of 2009. No longer does Preston Peterson have an excuse to [...]
Posted in Lance's Chances, News Cycle | Tagged bicycle RV, cycling for haiti relief, lance armstrong
