By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 16, 2009
Lance’s time trial bike was stolen in Sacramento, where he is competing in the Tour of California. If you see it, be sure to report it to police. It’s got his name on it. I’d hate to be Lance, going to his insurance company and being asked what the value of the claimed item was. [...]
Posted in Racing | Tagged lance armstrong, road racing, Stolen bike, time trial bike, tour of california
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 15, 2009
HeraldNet: “Snohomish County pays $300,000 to settle cyclist’s claim.” 300 large isn’t a bad payout, all things considered. The cyclist was dressed in dark clothing and had no lights on the bike, according to the article. The lessons are obvious. The problem for cyclists is always having to defend ourselves, no matter what the circumstances, [...]
Posted in Rider Down, Transportation | Tagged bicycle accident, bicycle settlement, Rider Down, Snohomish County, Transportation
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 15, 2009
Just a week to go to the annual swap-o-rama on Saturday (Feb. 21) at Magnuson Park, sponsored this year by Seattle’s marvelous Cascade Bicycle Club. Come early (doors open around 9 a.m., I say “around” because they never seem to be quite on time), because there’s always a long loonnnnggggg line. (Or come around 9:30 [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking | Tagged bike swap, cascade bicycle club, Mountain Biking, mtb, Road Cycling, seattle
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 15, 2009
LA Times: “Although cyclists are known for staying on top of their training heart rate zones and pedal cadence, increasing research suggests they should also pay attention to their risk of thinning bones.” Add osteopenia to the list of reasons to mountain bike instead of road ride. (I took up mountain biking partly because road [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking | Tagged bone density, hike-a-bike, Mountain Biking, mtb, mtber, osteopenia, Road Cycling
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 14, 2009
Making the rounds: a University of South Florida dean who makes $384,000 a year is caught on camera in an incident police are investigating. The dean pleads “lapse in judgment” but his explanation begs the question: If he was so concerned about helping his comrade, why didn’t he just buy him a new or used [...]
Posted in Culture | Tagged bicycle, bicycle theft, police investigation, St. Petersburg Times, Stolen bike, university dean, University of South Florida, YouTube
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 14, 2009
The New York Times takes a look at the latest electronic shifting iteration, from Shimano. Couple of interesting points: Time trialists can shift without changing position on the bars. But there is no manual override if the system fails. The article does not discuss weight or crash-worthiness, but Wired had this from an unidentified source: [...]
Posted in Transportation | Tagged bicycle, bike racing, e-shifting, electronic gear shifting, Mountain Biking, New York Times, Shimano, Wired
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 13, 2009
Check it out: guy has a home-made boom cam attached in front of his helmet with wide-angle lens on camcorder/camera. It’s interesting largely because it’s different, I think. Wouldn’t want to watch many videos this way but it is a unique (!) perspective. Thanks to BikeRadar.com. For my mountain biking videos, go to YouTube here.
Posted in Mountain Biking | Tagged Bi, dirt merchant, helmet cam, Mountain Biking, paulandrewsvideos, video, whistler, YouTube
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 13, 2009
Ballard News-Tribune tribute to a road racer and commuter, Kevin Black, who was killed riding on 24th Avenue Northwest in Ballard the morning of Feb. 5. It’s still unclear what exactly happened, and we’ll update you as the police conclude their investigation. Riding in any metro area is perilous, but my observation from years of [...]
Posted in Rider Down, Transportation | Tagged ballard, bicycle death, biker down, Rider Down, seattle, Transportation
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
