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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 17, 2009
Is bike thievery on the rise along with burglaries and robberies — another sign of hard economic times? No statistical data yet but anecdotal evidence suggests yes. The above photo was taken near a bike rack at the Caltrain station in Menlo Park CA. Cyclelicio.us reports on a brazen thief caught in the act in [...]
Posted in Accessories, Culture, Mountain Biking | Tagged bike locks, bike theft, kryptonite
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 16, 2009
BikeHugger has a post on an unfortunate crash involving a rogue bike rider at the Redmond Derby Days criterium last weekend. The comments queue sheds a bit of light, particularly the posts by an injured rider, but this thing needs to be sorted out. (Another blog post calls the rider a kid who “just wanted [...]
Posted in Culture, Mountain Biking, Racing | Tagged mountain bike, Redmond Derby Days criterium, shitbike
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 15, 2009
I’ve been traveling from the San Francisco Bay Area to Seattle the past few days — got in some great rides in Ashland OR — so need to do some catching up. Fortunately the blogosphere never sleeps! Biking Bis gives a great recap of the Seattle-to-Portland double century. Jacquie Phelan is riding and writing her [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Culture, News Cycle | Tagged ballard, BikeSport, Bruce Rosar, Jacquie Phelan, Seattle-to-Portland Bicycle Classic
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 9, 2009
Update: A bit of a letdown that Schleck never made a move…or anyone else for that matter. If the pack continues to let Astana dictate the race it will be another boring Lance ride to Paris (conceding that Alberto will take Yellow). The Tour hits the mountains tomorrow, and Lance is serving notice that Contador [...]
Posted in Culture, Racing | Tagged alberto contador, Andy Schleck, lance armstrong, Tour de France
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 9, 2009
New York Times: Germany’s new cycling star hopes to put Germany’s doping troubles behind Germany. The question being: Since when are doping problems restricted or disproportionate to Germany? Statistically, does Germany even surpass other countries in doping problems? As a friend put it recently, doping in pro cycling is big news as long as it [...]
Posted in Culture, Racing, This Day in Doping | Tagged doping, lance armstrong, synacthene, Tour de France
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 8, 2009
Cyclelicious reports on lunch with Paul Andrews…wait a minute, that’s me! Actually it is I who should be reporting on lunch with Richard Masoner, founder of Cyclelicio.us and one of the pioneers of bike-news blogging. As the estimable Jonathan Maus of BikePortland.org put it in an interview with Bicycle Times: “One of the first blogs [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Culture, Mountain Biking | Tagged BikePortland.org, Cyclelicious, Jonathan Maus, Richard Masoner
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 8, 2009
Seattle Times: Portland will try again with a bike sharing program. Details still sketchy, but remember, this is the city that drew attention for a “yellow bike” sharing program. Crudely yellow-painted bikes were made available for free — ride it where you need it, leave it there for the next rider. But theft and other [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Culture, News Cycle | Tagged BC Bike Race, bike parking with showers, Cyclelicious, Portland bike sharing, YouTube police assault
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 7, 2009
The cycling world was poised for Lance Armstrong to return to the yellow jersey after a 4-year hiatus today, but he missed by .18 of a second. You have to wonder if Alberto Contador didn’t quite give 100 percent, knowing a TT win would put Lance in the center of the cycling universe. Lance and [...]
Posted in Culture, Racing | Tagged Fabian Cancellara, lance armstrong, Tour de France
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 6, 2009
This Day in Doping: Lance Armstrong will be “particularly monitored” for doping violations throughout the Tour. Not that monitoring “particularly works,” given the rampant abuses, but the UCI wants to at least keep up appearances. The “particularly monitored” Tom Boonen was kicked out of this year’s tour for cocaine use, then reinstated. (Rightly so, since [...]
Posted in Culture, News Cycle, Rider Down, This Day in Doping | Tagged bicycle fatality, Bicycling magazine, lance armstrong, Tour de France
