By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 13, 2009
Marzocchi is recalling a run of their 888 downhill fork series, about 70 RC3 and RC3 WC in all. If you’ve got an 888 fork be sure to check this out — the fork can compress without rebounding on a hard hit. That could throw you off for a nasty face plant (so far the [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking | Tagged 888, bike fork, Bike Intelligencer, Marzocchi, Mountain Biking, recall, suspension
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 12, 2009
I’m in the camp that believes Lance benefitted from a lax and easily defeatable drug monitoring era in professional cycling. Since everyone else was doping too I’m not convinced he would not have won all those Tours anyway. But he should come clean. And now we get word that his deal with the renowned anti-doping [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking | Tagged anti-doping, Bike Intelligencer, doping, lance armstrong, Mountain Biking, mtb, paul andrews, Tour de France
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 12, 2009
As the Aussies like to say. Mountain bikers down under are rallying forces to help out victims of the widespread flash fires. Horrific video from these tragedies. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qa3V1VsZkYA&hl=en&fs=1]
Posted in Mountain Biking | Tagged Aussie, Australia fires, Bike Intelligencer, BikeRadar, down under, Mountain Biking, mtb, paul andrews
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 12, 2009
IMBA is rounding up the troops! http://www.imba.com/news/action_alerts/12_08/12_18_nps.html It always helps to personalize e-blasts like this. I favor a short and punchy sentence or two, showing you have some knowledge of the situation but not taking up too much of recipients’ time. Odds are every single email is not going to be read, they’re just ballot-tallying. [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking | Tagged imba, Mountain Biking, national parks, trail-building, trails
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 7, 2009
RC (Richard Cunningham) of Mountain Bike Action drools all over the new 6.5-inch travel Pivot Firebird on MBAction’s Web site. You have to chuckle at how RC tries to top himself with accolade after accolade, but here’s the kicker: “Those who have read this far might believe that we have exaggerated our report in favor [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on October 21, 2007
My first bike was a custom fat-tire special, built by hand by my grandfather in Seattle. I got it for my third-grade Christmas present. I rode it all over Seattle. It had no decals, no name, and was a bit big for me. It may have been made out of plumbing conduit but I loved [...]
Posted in Bikes
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on October 19, 2007
When you think pyramid, you think mystery, hardship, timeless and huge. And you think Pyramid Beer. Coincidentally enough, all the above also apply to mountain biking. Thus was Mire & Anthony’s annual pilgrimage to Pyramid Peak born. And thus, too, was conceived the Curse of the Pyramid. When I first tried three years ago to [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on September 25, 2007
DAY ONE: Cutthroat Pass It always mystifies me, when I do a ride I’ve done many times before, what I remember about the ride and what I forget. Because it seems the harder the ride is, the more I remember the good parts and forget the bad bits. You would think it would be just [...]
Posted in Tales from the Trail
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on September 12, 2007
A couple of years of riding a 35-lb. freeride bike had left me wondering if I would ever get back to alpine epics, the kind of riding that sucked me into mountain biking 15 years ago and turned me onto the great mtb community. Don’t get me wrong, I love White Flite, my pearl Intense [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking
