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
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on January 4, 2010
If location and name mean anything in the bike business, Epicenter Cycling is golden. The new shop sprung up in a prominent corner of the rustic Aptos shopping mall. If you’re headed up to Forest of Nisene Marks or over to the Post Office jump park, you can’t miss Epicenter Cycling. Plus it’s practically within [...]
Posted in Culture | Tagged aptos jump park, carbon fiber bicycle frames, epicenter cycling, pump track, shawn wilson, Sherwood Gibson, summit bicycles, trek bicycles, trek y-33, ventana bicycles
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on January 4, 2010
Police are seeking witnesses to reckless driving — injured cyclist accident near Redmond. Police are looking for a “newer red Honda Odyssey.” Someone out there knows, time to step forward and do the right thing. And there’s a TV report. Note that one of the riders has a seat cam but apparently wasn’t using it [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Mountain Biking, News Cycle | Tagged bicycle accident, bicycle violence, bikingbis, gene bisbee, sextagenarian cyclist, vulnerable user law
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on January 3, 2010
The recent passing of Bernie Hoffacker, founder of Palo Alto Bicycles, rekindled a lot of memories from our roadie days back in the ’70s. When the Euro revolution was just starting to sink in, Hoffacker’s Palo Alto Bicycles and Ric and Jon Hjertberg’s Wheelsmith a couple blocks away made Palo Alto one of the coolest [...]
Posted in Racing | Tagged Bernie Hoffacker, eric hjertberg, greg lemond, jacques boyer, jon hjertberg, lance armstrong, palo alto bicycles, Tour de France, wheelsmith
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on January 3, 2010
In which our intrepid duo climbs the world’s longest, most boring fire road, traverses the Talus Field From Hell, and finishes in complete darkness, riding by Braille. Was this fun or what?! This btw concludes our holiday “classics” series. Happy 2010, ride safe out there! Still basking in Sun Valley’s halo, Jim Lyon and I [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Road Trips, Tales from the Trail | Tagged BBTC, devils backbone, Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance, pot peak
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on January 1, 2010
Here are our Top 10 things to watch for in the world of cycling for the coming year. Yes we thought about a Top 2,010 list for numerical compliance, but hey, that’d be way too much work. 1. In the Washington State legislature, a “Vulnerable User” bill. Similar legislation failed last year but the Cascade [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Lance's Chances, Mountain Biking, Obama Bikes, Racing | Tagged cascade bicycle club, duthie hill, jill kintner, lance armstrong, mayor mike mcginn, stevens pass mountain bike park, top 10 cycling issues 2010, tyler farrar, vulnerable user bill
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on December 31, 2009
[Note: Continuing our holiday series of Bike Intelligencer's past Classic Epics, we hearken back to a memorable triptych in 2003 covering Mt. St. Helens' Juniper Ridge, Oregon's McKenzie River Trail and, further south, Oregon's North Umpqua River Trail.] Finally the big day was imminent. After getting back to the Smith River reservoir on the McKenzie [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Road Trips, Tales from the Trail | Tagged Anthony Cree, Mire Levy, North Umpqua River Trail, oregon mountain biking, Peter Partel the Gonzz
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on December 31, 2009
Mark Weir‘s Marin home burned to the ground. He and his family are safe, thankfully, but what a loss… Best wishes to the Weir clan. Ooof…bike sales down 5 percent in October, shipments down 11 percent. It’s gonna be awhile before we dig out of this hole, folks. On the brighter side, Mountain Bike Action‘s [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, News Cycle | Tagged bicycle sales, evil bikes, jimmy mac, mark weir, mountain bike action, steve smith, top 10 bike names of all time
