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By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 2, 2009
The bike tax bogeyman has reared its senseless head in Portland. Bad place to raise that canard. BikePortland.org is on the case and has major media alerted. Publicola: Bikes will be allowed on Seattle’s new light rail trains after all on opening weekend, after the Cascade Bicycle Club organized a huge protest. Erica C. Barnett [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Culture, Mountain Biking, News Cycle, Transportation | Tagged bike bumping, bike levy, Bike tax, california state park closures, caltrain, cascade bicycle club, sound transit
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 2, 2009
This Day in Drugs: Thomas Dekker is out of the Tour for doping…in 2007! Think the UCI honchos are trying to send a message here? Wonder how many of Lance’s old samples they have lying around, waiting for some new technology to analyze? BC Bike Race, Day 3: Morons are removing course flags to screw [...]
Posted in Culture, Mountain Biking, News Cycle, This Day in Doping | Tagged BC Bike Race, cascade bicycle club, Dave Wiens, lance armstrong, thomas dekker, Tour de France, tyler farrar
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 1, 2009
Velo News interview. Lance is still talking like he could win. He’s “not confident” like he was for 6 and 7, he admits. But he’s not willing to say he’ll lay down for Contador. “The road will decide.” Watch the video and compare his right shoulder (the injured one) with his left. The guy does [...]
Posted in Culture, Mountain Biking, News Cycle, Racing | Tagged 29er, alberto contador, BC Bike Race, Fluidride Cup, knolly delirium, lance armstrong, Tour de France
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on June 29, 2009
SeattlePI.com: “With a $225,000 state trips-reduction grant, organizers handed out 200 free bikes, some gear and training lessons. About 265 people, who enlisted through 25 employers from King County, joined the program, which began last August.” Seattle Times: New bike racks in downtown Bellevue. Believe it or not, bike rack shortages are the single most [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Culture, Mountain Biking, News Cycle, Transportation | Tagged 3 feet please, Adventure Cycling, BC Bike Race, bike racks, Culture, REI
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on June 16, 2009
Lance Armstrong’s Livestrong Challenge hits Seattle on Sunday. Ride or not, you can help make a difference! Check it out… Philly cyclists raised a ruckus about speed and unsafe conditions on Martin Luther King Way. Now they’re updating city’s responsiveness. First person, albeit pseudonymous, report on the World Naked Bike Ride in Portland, from Seattle’s [...]
Posted in Culture, Mountain Biking, News Cycle | Tagged bike magazine, downieville, lance armstrong, livestrong seattle, philly cyclists, publicola
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on June 15, 2009
World Naked Bike Ride goes off without a stitch! Yet it remains uncovered by the media! Portland had to take top honors, although curiously unlinked by Google and Bing, which put Chicago, Sydney and other cities ahead in their queues. According to BikePortland.org, some 5,000 semi-clothed and all-naked (hey, they got photos!) riders showed up. [...]
Posted in Culture, News Cycle | Tagged chicago, denver, naked bicycling, new york, Portland, World Naked Bike Ride
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on June 12, 2009
DrunkCyclist updates a Biker Down thread and legal test of 3-feet-please in Arizona. This is one to watch. See comments section as well. Key line: “He may not have meant to do what he did, but he is still responsible.” BikePortland.org riffs on USA Today piece on Google’s move to put bike paths on Streetview. [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Culture, Mountain Biking, Obama Bikes, Rider Down | Tagged 3 feet please, Kidical Mass, lance armstrong, pedalpalooza, Rick Perry
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on June 11, 2009
Drug scandals are in the air over international cycling. Hmmm…must be about time for the 2009 Tour de France! Bernhard Kohl, recently banned for two years, quitting the sport entirely, weighs in on rampant corruption among the peloton. Lots of riders involved. “What were the French authorities going to do? Delete the overall classification for [...]
Posted in Culture, This Day in Doping | Tagged bernhard kohl, cycling drugs, greg lemond, lance armstrong, Tour de France, uci
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on June 10, 2009
The Cascade Bicycle Club’s victory in the Burke-Gilman “missing link” case today represents something big for the cycling community. Cyclists are used to losing in cases like this. Used to losing in court when it comes to a motorist’s or cop’s word against theirs. Used to losing bike lanes, as on Stone Way North, in [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Culture, Obama Bikes, Transportation | Tagged ballard, Burke-GIlman Trail, Cascade Bicycle Club Seattle
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on June 9, 2009
Spokane has approved its Master Bike Plan. Hooray! Gary Fisher, the Legend, just got operated on for a spot of skin cancer. He’s tweeting that everything’s fine. We wish him a full and speedy recovery! BikePortland.org: Portland’s World Naked Bike Ride, expected to draw 3,000 barebackers, is this Saturday. As is Vancouver’s. Folks from Seattle [...]
Posted in Culture, News Cycle | Tagged Culture, Gary Fisher, Spokane Master Bicycle Plan, World Naked Bike Ride
