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By Paul Andrews, BI editor on September 27, 2009
Another edition of Interbike has come and gone, and a good time was had by all. Lots of 29ers, lots of carbon, lots of improved this and streamlined that. But if there is anything that Interbike 2009 will be remembered for, it’s that there isn’t anything Interbike 2009 will be remembered for. Unlike past Interbikes, [...]
Posted in Accessories, Interbike, Mountain Biking | Tagged 29er, Camelbak, GoPro Hero, Ibis HD, Interbike, Santa Cruz Tallboy, thule bike racks, Turner RFX
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on September 25, 2009
It’s hard to know what to make of the 29er explosion on display at Interbike this week. Most boutique manufacturers are coming out with 29-inch models, and Lenz even was showing a 29er downhill bike — 7 inches of long travel (really long when you consider the bigger wheels) with a 26-inch mod kit for [...]
Posted in Accessories, Interbike, Mountain Biking, Racing | Tagged 29er, downhill mountain bike racing, Lenz, Santa Cruz Bicycles, steve peat, tubeless bicycle wheels
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on September 24, 2009
Following up on our previous post re the carbon conniptions at Interbike, some random links: The belt drive gets a thumbs up. Some folks questioned my skepticism about the Gates carbon drive system, pointing out its proven service for motos, lawnmowers and the like. I say give me a year with this thing on a [...]
Posted in Accessories, Interbike, Mountain Biking, News Cycle | Tagged 29er, Ellsworth, gates carbon drive, magnetic pedals
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on September 23, 2009
When it comes to cycling, carbon, which used to be called carbon fiber, which was actually a technical implementation of plastic, is becoming the new metal. From the early 1990s days of carbon road frames that pioneering manufacturers like Watsonville, CA-based Kestrel and big-name companies such as Look and Trek built, carbon has made inroads [...]
Posted in Accessories, Culture, Interbike, Mountain Biking | Tagged carbon fiber, Gary Fisher, Gates belt drive, Ibis Mojo, Interbike, Jeremy Honorez, Kestrel bikes, pivot firebird, Santa Cruz Bicycles
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on September 21, 2009
Improving Vegas bike access? Wonderment of wonderments… Interbike and Bikes Belong, which is a national coalition of industry retailers and suppliers, are ponying up $50,000 over the coming two years to improve bicycling conditions in Las Vegas, host of the annual Interbike trade show. Bike lanes, trip counters and other enhancements are on the way. [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Interbike, Obama Bikes | Tagged Bikes Belong, Interbike, Las Vegas cycling
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on September 21, 2009
I’m on the road to Interbike and have only sporadic connectivity. That’s my excuse and I’m sticking with it. Anyway, the bike world’s big wheel keeps on turnin’ … IMBA is coming to the Point Reyes National Seashore this weekend for trail work with Chris and Leslie Kehmeier of the Subaru Trail Care Crew. It’s [...]
Posted in Accessories, Culture, Interbike, Mountain Biking, News Cycle | Tagged bike magazine, Cedric Gracia, David Byrne, Ellsworth Moment, imba, Interbike, pivot firebird
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on September 8, 2009
PinkBike: Cove Bikes spy shots of its 2010 line, basically tweaking the quiver. They’re all here, the STD, the Hummer, Sanchez, G-Spot, Handjob … all well and good, but Foreplay for an MX bike? Aren’t the gromz kinda young? Well I guess that’s one way to start a conversation… Race Face will be there with [...]
Posted in Culture, Interbike | Tagged Cove Bikes, Interbike, Race Face, Watch26.tv
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on September 8, 2009
PinkBike has video of the Worlds, including Brit legend Steve Peat’s long-awaited triumph. Peaty may be the only guy I’ve seen on a podium drinking more champagne than he sprayed, but to those who know and love the guy, they’d expect nothing less. If you want to know why Peaty was so emotional after his [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, News Cycle, Racing, Rider Down, Videos | Tagged alberto contador, Clay Porter, downhill world championships, steve peat
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on September 7, 2009
Before the weekend’s rains hit, Jim Lyon and I took a day to do some classic high-country mountain biking, the kind everyone did before Whistler, North Shore and Galby changed the mountain-bike scene. We must have run across a dozen marmots (whistling pigs) in the meadows, waddling languidly around and engaging in their high-pitched, eerie [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Tales from the Trail, Today's Ride, Videos | Tagged entiat, glacier peak wilderness, grouse pass, mountain bike video, Mountain Biking, pugh ridge, whistling pigs
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
