By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 6, 2009
Twitter is all a-tweet with carping about Lance’s move today in the Tour. Lance rode off with a breakaway that opened a nearly 40-second gap on the peloton, which included most of the favorites. Good old Lance, you can always count on him to do the right thing in the clutch! Lance of course is [...]
Posted in Racing | Tagged alberto contador, lance armstrong, Team Astana, Tour de France
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 6, 2009
This Day in Doping: Lance Armstrong will be “particularly monitored” for doping violations throughout the Tour. Not that monitoring “particularly works,” given the rampant abuses, but the UCI wants to at least keep up appearances. The “particularly monitored” Tom Boonen was kicked out of this year’s tour for cocaine use, then reinstated. (Rightly so, since [...]
Posted in Culture, News Cycle, Rider Down, This Day in Doping | Tagged bicycle fatality, Bicycling magazine, lance armstrong, Tour de France
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 5, 2009
First-ever Washington State rider in the Tour dang near pulls off one of the huge upsets of this year’s epic. Invincible Mark Cavendish nosed out Wenatchee’s Tyler Farrar at the finish line, but Farrar served notice he’ll be continuing their ongoing, and sharpening, rivalry. Let’s hope next time (could be tomorrow!) Tyler can pull the [...]
Posted in Racing
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 3, 2009
Update: Turns out the last rider mentioned hailed from Oregon. BikePortland.org has the details. A bad 4th of July run-up for cyclists: In Seattle, a cyclist was hit and killed on Dexter, the major north-south bike conduit in the city, clearly marked with wide bike lanes in both directions. Police took driver in for alcohol [...]
Posted in Rider Down | Tagged dead cyclists, riders down
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 2, 2009
The bike tax bogeyman has reared its senseless head in Portland. Bad place to raise that canard. BikePortland.org is on the case and has major media alerted. Publicola: Bikes will be allowed on Seattle’s new light rail trains after all on opening weekend, after the Cascade Bicycle Club organized a huge protest. Erica C. Barnett [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Culture, Mountain Biking, News Cycle, Transportation | Tagged bike bumping, bike levy, Bike tax, california state park closures, caltrain, cascade bicycle club, sound transit
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 2, 2009
This Day in Drugs: Thomas Dekker is out of the Tour for doping…in 2007! Think the UCI honchos are trying to send a message here? Wonder how many of Lance’s old samples they have lying around, waiting for some new technology to analyze? BC Bike Race, Day 3: Morons are removing course flags to screw [...]
Posted in Culture, Mountain Biking, News Cycle, This Day in Doping | Tagged BC Bike Race, cascade bicycle club, Dave Wiens, lance armstrong, thomas dekker, Tour de France, tyler farrar
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 1, 2009
Velo News interview. Lance is still talking like he could win. He’s “not confident” like he was for 6 and 7, he admits. But he’s not willing to say he’ll lay down for Contador. “The road will decide.” Watch the video and compare his right shoulder (the injured one) with his left. The guy does [...]
Posted in Culture, Mountain Biking, News Cycle, Racing | Tagged 29er, alberto contador, BC Bike Race, Fluidride Cup, knolly delirium, lance armstrong, Tour de France
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on June 29, 2009
SeattlePI.com: “With a $225,000 state trips-reduction grant, organizers handed out 200 free bikes, some gear and training lessons. About 265 people, who enlisted through 25 employers from King County, joined the program, which began last August.” Seattle Times: New bike racks in downtown Bellevue. Believe it or not, bike rack shortages are the single most [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Culture, Mountain Biking, News Cycle, Transportation | Tagged 3 feet please, Adventure Cycling, BC Bike Race, bike racks, Culture, REI
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on June 29, 2009
San Francisco bike policy is picking up momentum. Mayor Gavin Newsom, a true progressive who’s running for governor, is a big bike booster. The city Planning Commission and MTA (Municipal Transportation Agency) just gave thumbs up to the SF Bike Plan, prompting this observation from Newsom: “Already 6% of our commuters are bicyclists; that’s more [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Transportation | Tagged cascade bicycle club, Culture, Gavin Newsom, Portland, San Francisco, seattle, Transportation
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on June 28, 2009
Bummed to be missing the Fluidride Cup at Mt. Hood OR this weekend. Also bummed that I can’t be in B.C. for the start of the fabled, the legendary, the epic, the agonistic and ecstatic BC Bike Race today. And thirdly bummed that it’s so friggin’ hot out here in NorCal that this pobo can’t [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, News Cycle, Racing | Tagged BC Bike Race, Fluidride Cup series, lance armstrong, Tour de France
