By Paul Andrews, BI editor on January 17, 2010
From an alert issued by the California State Parks System… I was riding in Arastradero today and the rangers were all over, battening down the hatches. “Don’t expect much in the way of riding weather through the end of the month,” one told me. We at Bike Intelligencer ride when sane mortals rest. But this [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, News Cycle, Trail Access | Tagged cycling storm, cycling weather, mountain biking storm
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on January 16, 2010
The Washington State legislative session in Olympia is only a few days old, but so far it’s looking good for “vulnerable user” legislation backed by Seattle’s Cascade Bicycle Club. Or at least it isn’t looking bad. This year’s bill is more “wakeup call” than “strict punishment,” and we think that’s good. The point with upping [...]
Posted in Advocacy, News Cycle, Obama Bikes | Tagged askmen.com, b.c. bike scammer, north american handmade bicycle show, top 10 bike-friendly cities, trek bicycles, vulnerable user bill
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on January 15, 2010
You have to love this: Newly elected Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn riding his bike to a press conference. Thanks to BikeHugger for the pix. When we wondered last August whether Seattle could get a mayor “who actually rides,” we were expressing more hope than expectation. Now it’s breakthrough reality. Images like this do wonders to [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Mountain Biking, News Cycle, Obama Bikes, Trail Access | Tagged bikehugger, bikingbis, fanatik bikes, galbraith mountain, Momentum magazine, seattle mayor bike commuter, seattle mayor mike mcginn, whimps
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on January 15, 2010
Would 1,200 sharrows in downtown Portland be a good idea? A plan to do so is on the shelf, so BikePortland.org put out the question to its readers. Bike Intelligencer readers know we’re not fans of sharrows here. We feel they do little to increase safety, are an excuse to avoid real progress with actual [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Obama Bikes | Tagged portland cycling sharrows, seattle cycling sharrows, sharrows
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on January 14, 2010
Passed: New cycling safety laws in Boise. Given a pass: Woman driver who killed mother on bike cleared of wrongdoing because, she says, she fainted. Kolelinia: A severe lapse of judgment, marked by bouts with insanity, while riding skinny half pipe suspended 12 feet over traffic in crowded metropolitan areas. Curiously high rates of occurrence [...]
Posted in News Cycle, Rider Down | Tagged b.c. bike scammer, bicycle theft, boise cycling laws, cycling safety, kolelinia
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on January 14, 2010
“That was no lady — that was my wife!” goes the old joke. We think of it sometimes when we read yet another news report identifying an errant rider of a bicycle as a cyclist. You know how it goes: Cyclist Robs Bank. Cyclist Charged With Indecent Exposure. Authorities Say Cyclist Killed While Turning Left [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Obama Bikes | Tagged Culture, cycling, cyclist
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on January 13, 2010
BikePortland.org’s Elly Blue reviews “My year as a woman in a city of bikes”: “The resulting discourse focuses primarily on why so few women choose to ride, concluding that the primary factors are safety concerns — read, greater fearfulness — and image consciousness. More astute observers have pointed out that the majority of errands and [...]
Posted in Advocacy, News Cycle, Obama Bikes | Tagged bicycle business, buff headwear, cycling sexism, john wayne trail, rebecca rusch, ryan leech, World Naked Bike Ride
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on January 12, 2010
Big bike rally Saturday in Palo Alto to protest the hate-cyclist page on Facebook. Riders will convene at Facebook headquarters near California Avenue and Bowdoin Street. This is a residential area called College Terrace where the locals may well join the protest. Facebook is not well liked. Its employees sucked up all available parking for [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Mountain Biking, News Cycle, Obama Bikes, Videos | Tagged $290, 000 speeding ticket, Bicycle Leadership Conference, Facebook anti-cycling page protest, reckless endangerment of cyclists, The Next Generation DVD
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on January 12, 2010
Over at Cozy Beehive, former pro cyclist Joe Papp unveils the secrets pros use to defeat anti-doping controls. It’s a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the cycling world’s subterfuge. One point I’d like to see Joe or someone else close to pro cycling address: Just how much looking the other way goes on. I’ve discussed this [...]
Posted in This Day in Doping | Tagged alberto contador, blood doping, cycling, joe papp, lance armstrong, Tour de France
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on January 11, 2010
The Tour de France is just only a mere six months away! Time to start ramping up the Clash of Titans trash talk between Lance and Bert! We’re glad to see Lance’s comments about beating Contador in the Tour this year. This kind of stuff is great for building commercial sponsorship, media attention and the [...]
Posted in Lance's Chances, Racing | Tagged alberto contador, lance armstrong, tour de france 2010
