Trail Access
The urban freeride boom, the bike park boom, rogue trails, gray trails, authorized and unauthorized trails
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on September 9, 2009
They’re back logging again on Tiger Mountain, which this time means that the Northwest Timber Trail is closed for the year. This wasn’t supposed to happen. The logging was not supposed to start till after Oct. 15, the beginning of the trail’s seasonal closure (till April 15). But with the economy improving and price of [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Mountain Biking, Trail Access | Tagged Mountain Biking, Tiger Mountain, trail closure
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on September 5, 2009
BikeHugger has video of the West Seattle Bridge Critical Mass, riding one of the busier elevated roadways in Seattle. Police escort helped prevent incidents. Tim Banning reports on MTBR.com regarding the 2009 Kettle Crest Advocacy Fest, aimed at protecting a prime singletrack haven in eastern Washington from being turned into wilderness. Keep an eye on [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Mountain Biking, News Cycle, Trail Access
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on September 2, 2009
The good, the bad and the better all got plenty of air time last night at perhaps the biggest communal gathering ever of the Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance at Duthie Hill, which by the way is coming along nicely as a miniature Whistler mountain bike park in the Issaquah highlands. Upwards of 100 folks turned [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Mountain Biking, Obama Bikes, Trail Access, Videos | Tagged Duthie Hill mountain bike park, Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance, Mountain Biking
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on August 31, 2009
The mtb wars in Marin continue apace. KTVU provides a video report (linked by Cyclelicio.us) updating tensions between mountain bikes and hikers. The report winds up being fairly sympathetic to the biking side, which is something of a surprise. Typical mainstream reports slant the blame toward the bikers. One bromide does pop back up, concerning [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Mountain Biking, Obama Bikes, Trail Access | Tagged Marin mountain biking, trail booby traps
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on August 27, 2009
The Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance, in the midst of member turmoil and a leadership shakeup, has reached out to followers to submit questions and raise concerns before next Tuesday’s Town Hall summit at 6 p.m. at Duthie Hill Lodge. Contact information is on the Evergreen Web site. “We’ve received a great deal of input already, [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Mountain Biking, Obama Bikes, Trail Access | Tagged BBTC, duthie hill, Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance, John Lang
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 July 28, 2009
See Kranked’s latest “Revolve” mountain-biking film and benefit your trails at the same time — head for North Bend Theater Thursday evening at 6:30 and enjoy the show! See a blind rider do jumps at Whistler! Find out how Jamie Goldman got fired from Santa Cruz Bicycles! Watch in dumbfounded wonder at how Lance McDermott [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Trail Access, Videos | Tagged Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance, Kranked Revolve
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 21, 2009
Lake Tahoe Forest Service officials are warning against unauthorized trail building, but they still don’t get it. They suspect “ongoing illegal trail-building has risen significantly with the increased popularity of mountain biking and newer, better equipment.” While those are factors, the real reason trail building is increasing is because the Forest Service and other official [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Mountain Biking, Trail Access | Tagged freedom riders, imba, Lake Tahoe mountain biking
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 21, 2009
In the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle, a car driver took out two cyclists in a classic dooring incident. I was just thinking the other day how lucky I am never to have gotten doored. Then I almost got doored twice in three days… (Thanks to MyBallard.com) In Ottawa, a minivan took out 5 cyclists in [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Culture, Mountain Biking, News Cycle, Rider Down, Trail Access, Videos | Tagged iPhone bicycle apps, Kranked, lance armstrong, Leadville 100, steve peat
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 9, 2009
I spent yesterday exploring Marin trails with a couple of locals. The Marin that gets depicted on the maps and in the guide books is a mere appetizer to the feast of Marin mountain biking that actually exists. The “public” mountain-biking Marin naturally shunts riders onto the well-trammeled routes, mostly on Mount Tamalpais, in the [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Mountain Biking, Obama Bikes, Trail Access | Tagged Camp Tamarancho, China Camp State Park, Marin County mountain biking, Mount Tamalpais
