By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 27, 2009
You hate to see this from a trusted, respected brand. Salsa in cooperation with the Consumer Product Safety Commission is recalling Taiwan-made stems, the failure one of which resulted in a broken wrist. Three reports of breakage were investigated. CromotoStem has the full list of affected stems. About 8,600 units were produced. The second mountain [...]
Posted in Accessories, Mountain Biking | Tagged Bill Davidson, Elliott Bay Bicycles, mountain bike, Mountain Biking, Rockhopper, salsa, Specialized, stem recall
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 26, 2009
BikeRadar has the scoop. Some highlights: A single-lever, double-tap shifter setup similar to the road system. Smaller cage options (medium and short), given the reduced chainring capacity. Possibly carbon crank arms. Chainring teeth options speculated include 26/39, 28/42 and 30/44T. Cassette options: 11-32, 11-34, 11-36T. Bipartite rotors, alloy spider, steel donut. Here’s the visual:
Posted in Accessories, Mountain Biking | Tagged BikeRadar, gruppo, Mountain Biking, SRAM
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 26, 2009
The 2009 lineup is out, kicking off April 3 through 5 in Port Angeles. To get a feel join the Fluidride Forum and start planning! See y’all there! Be sure to check out the rockin’ vids (scroll down the first link)!
Posted in Mountain Biking, Racing | Tagged Fluidride, Fluidride Cup series, mountain bike racing, Mountain Biking, PinkBike, Port Angeles
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 26, 2009
True to forecast there was fluffy white stuff all round this morning. I guess in Seattle we still consider it a novelty, although we’ve gotten mercilessly dumped on this winter. Hopefully today’s spritz will quickly disappear. But having promised to get out and ride, and having a rep to uphold, and not wanting to disappoint [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Today's Ride | Tagged intense bicycles, lower woodland park, Maggie the Bichon, Mountain Biking, seattle, snow, snow biking
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 26, 2009
Anyone who has spent time in Portland marvels at how bike-friendly the place is. For all its bike-worthiness, however, it has been surprisingly stingy with singletrack for mountain bikes. This is even more curious when you consider one of the great bike shops on the West Coast, Fat Tire Farm, lies within the shadow of [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Trail Access | Tagged Fat Tire Farm, Forest Park, Mountain Biking, Portland, Trail Access
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 26, 2009
A recent Bike Intelligencer posting on Tiger Mountain access has generated a lively if not acrimonious discussion on the Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance Yahoo! forum. It seems there’s lots of energy to talk. Why not siphon that energy into action as well? As I posted to the list: A simple proposal: Whenever one of the [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Mountain Biking, Trail Access | Tagged EMBA, Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance, Mountain Biking, Tiger Mountain Issaquah, Trail Access
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 25, 2009
After a disastrously downpourish morning the sun came out this afternoon. By late day things were drying out considerably. I had to be at a 6:30 p.m. seminar at the University of Washington, so I decided to pop over from Fremont on the Burke-Gilman Trail. The 18-mile paved trail follows former railroad tracks around Seattle [...]
Posted in Today's Ride, Transportation | Tagged Burke-GIlman Trail, mountain bike, Transportation, University of Washington
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 25, 2009
About half of the 15,000 bicycles used in Paris’ innovative bike rental scheme have somehow disappeared, BBC reports. Apparently they’re not turning up on eBay! Still, the program — where you rent a bike from a rack for a nominal fee, then return it to another rack at your destination — is deemed a success. [...]
Posted in Transportation | Tagged bike rental, commuting, Culture, Paris, Portland, Yellow Bike Project
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 24, 2009
David Zabriskie, who finished second, that’s right, No. 2, in the recent Tour of California, obviously does a lot of traveling that takes him away from home. So it’s understandable that thieves would have an unattended house to target. What’s hard to believe is that they could take everything — cars, bikes, personal items, collector’s [...]
Posted in Racing | Tagged bike theft, burglary, david zabriskie, road racer, tour of california
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 24, 2009
Rain still threatening today after torrential a.m. dump, so I played cautious and did U District/Ravenna loop. Lots of variations here but I typically dart through Lower Woodland, up N. 45th St. through Wallingford, over I-5 and then cut up Brooklyn or University Avenue to Ravenna, dink around on the bike lane back to Green [...]
Posted in Today's Ride, Transportation | Tagged Downhill Zone, LBS, local bike shop, mountain bike, Transportation
