By Paul Andrews, BI editor on August 18, 2009
With nearly half the ballots counted, “Mike Bikes” McGinn is the front-runner in the race for Seattle mayor, leading another challenger, Joe Mallahan, and incumbent Greg Nickels in a squeaky three-way dogfight separated by about 2 percentage points (and only around 1,000 votes) near the 25-percent mark. Of the three, Mallhan is the most bike-unaware, [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Obama Bikes, Transportation
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on August 18, 2009
Great video of best tricks at Crankworx, with Greg Watts’ 360 whip and single flip whip losing out to Andreu Lacondeguy’s 360 flatspin seatgrab indian air. MTBR has more… Bicycle.net: Lance’s next throwdown: The Ironman triathlon in Kona. This is great stuff, bringing international attention to niche sports typically followed largely by the friends and [...]
Posted in Culture, Lance's Chances, Mountain Biking, News Cycle, Rider Down | Tagged Crankworx 2009, Dan Savage, Ironman triathlon, lance armstrong, The Stranger
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on August 17, 2009
Today’s heroes: Septuagenarian cyclists still going strong, an inspiration to all of us callow sexagenarian cyclists. Mark the calendar: Seattle Bike-In is this Sunday at Cal Anderson Park on Capitol Hill. Cycle Killer, qu’est-ce que ce? On September 28, David Byrne will be at Town Hall with his new book, Bicycle Diaries. A $30 ticket [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, News Cycle, Racing | Tagged Crankworx, Dave Wiens, David Byrne, jill kintner, lance armstrong, Leadville 100, Seattle Bike-In
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on August 15, 2009
Brandon Semenuk must wonder what it’s going to take for him to win in his home town of Whistler. In a surprise Kokanee Crankworx 2009 Slopestyle outcome Saturday, Greg Watts, a tricks specialist from the Santa Cruz-Aptos cabal in California, upset Semenuk, who was fresh off his second straight Crankworx Colorado victory and obviously hoping [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking | Tagged Brandon Semenuk, Greg Watts, Kokanee Crankworx 2009
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on August 15, 2009
The Puget Sound region’s leading mountain bike club, the Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance, is undergoing some Obama-like “change you can believe in” as a result of membership turmoil we reported on last month. The latest shocker: Executive director John Lang is resigning as of Sept. 1. Lang’s arrival in the spring of 2008 marked a [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Mountain Biking, Obama Bikes, Trail Access | Tagged Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance, Jennifer Lesher, John Lang, Jon Kennedy
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on August 15, 2009
Wow, can Seattle homey Jill Kintner get any higher? Following up on her stunning win in the dual slalom last weekend at Whistler, Jill completely crushed her competition in the Giant Slalom yesterday (Friday) above Whistler Village. When we say “crushed,” we mean smoked. Pummeled. Bashed. Destroyed. Her final margin: A whopping 3.91 seconds over [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Racing | Tagged dual slalom, giant slalom, jill kintner, Kokanee Crankworx 2009, Melissa Buhl
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on August 14, 2009
…but wishing I could be in two places at once, as long as the other one was Leadville Colo. Some quick links, then I gotta go RIDE! PinkBike has the rundown on the big Slopestyle course tomorrow. It may be tamer than last year, but that’s probably good. Too many crashes last year. Looking it [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, News Cycle | Tagged Dave Wiens, Kokanee Crankworx 2009, lance armstrong, Leadville 100, Travis Brown
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on August 12, 2009
Posted in Bikes
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on August 10, 2009
The trails got a light dusting of rain Saturday night/Sunday morning but barely showed a trace by afternoon. Hey, who’s doing trail work up there? They weenied out one of my favorite step-ups, the lower bridge at Iverson, and are in the process of smoothing out the jumpy final section on Iverson. I’m sure these [...]
Posted in Tiger Mountain | Tagged iverson trail, Tiger Mountain
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on August 10, 2009
You have to credit Lance Armstrong on one point: He doesn’t make excuses. Since declaring his shoulder a non-factor just a couple of weeks after “Home Depot” hardware surgery drilled and screwed and plated it together again, the subject has not even come back up. Watching videos of interviews and the Tour, however, I thought [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Racing | Tagged Crankworx, Juliet Macur, lance armstrong, Leadville 100, New York Times
