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By Paul Andrews, BI editor on June 4, 2009
As the riding season heats up, the roadway interface between bikes and vehicles is getting dicier. Drivers unused to seeing so many bikes on the road make decisions as though bikes didn’t exist. And there are riders either new to the pursuit or rusty from a winter-long layoff who need to keep in mind that [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Culture | Tagged bike accidents, bike safety
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on June 4, 2009
Cascade Bicycle Club says STP is sold out but sends you here for tickets. Three bills sounds a bit steep but it is for a good cause. Seattle P-I: Livestrong Challenge, in Seattle June 21, looking for volunteers. Signs of progress: Contra Costa Times reports that Los Angeles rethinks bike fees. Great roadtrip odyssey to [...]
Posted in Culture, Mountain Biking, News Cycle | Tagged cascade bicycle club, Culture, livestrong, rei recall, sotomayor, whistler
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on June 1, 2009
Can the personalized, trustworthy “LBS (local bike shop) experience” be translated to the Web? Backcountry.com is convinced enough the answer is yes that it’s offering two new Web sites aiming to do just that. Hucknroll.com (for mountain bikers) and RealCyclist.com (roadie) will strive to scrub up the bike Web retailing business, offering only quality stuff [...]
Posted in Culture, Mountain Biking | Tagged backcountry.com, hucknroll.com, Mountain Biking, realcyclist.com, Road Cycling, web discount
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on May 31, 2009
The 2009 Giro d’Italia is history, with Lance Armstrong finishing in a solid and respectable 12th place, 16 minutes off the pace after a middle-of-the-pack showing on the final rainy stage. Now all eyes, and maybe even the traveling soap opera that has become Team Astana, shift to the Tour de France, starting July 4 [...]
Posted in Culture, Racing | Tagged Giro d'Italia, lance armstrong, Leadville 100, Tour de France
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on May 29, 2009
Portland’s great mountain biking club, PUMP (Portland United Mountain Pedalers), has joined the “Alliance” movement among mountain biking organizations, changing its name to Northwest Trail Alliance and following in the footsteps of Seattle-based Backcountry Bicycle Trails Club’s changeover to Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance last year. The idea here is to emphasize mountain biking’s outreach to [...]
Posted in Culture, Mountain Biking, News Cycle, Tiger Mountain | Tagged Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance, hilary duff, kate hudson, northwest trail alliance, Tiger Mountain
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on May 28, 2009
As we exit Bike Month with a big party this afternoon and an Alki Beach “Spectacular” on Sunday, the cycling events calendar is really starting to heat up. How nice of the weather to cooperate! Another 5-star weekend is forecast as we roll into June. Some events worth noting: From 4 to 7 today at [...]
Posted in Culture, Mountain Biking, Racing | Tagged bike and brew leavenworth, cascade bicycle club, mountain bike racing
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on May 26, 2009
That’s the lament offered by Bernhard Kohl, an Austrian cycling star and last year’s Tour de France king of the mountains winner, as he departs the sport after being banned for doping: “I doped voluntarily in a system in which you cannot win without doping. The weeks after [being caught] were tough for me. But [...]
Posted in Culture, Racing, This Day in Doping | Tagged bernhard kohl, cycling, doping, Tour de France
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on May 25, 2009
Steve Peat has been out of his mind lately, winning consecutive World Cup titles to surpass Nicholas Vuilloz’s “unbeatable” record and now tacking on the Lisbon Downtown race over unbelievable cobblestones for the 8th (yes, that’s an eight) year in a row. Yes he’s the “old guy” on the circuit, but that just makes him [...]
Posted in Culture, Mountain Biking, News Cycle, Racing | Tagged ski to sea, slow bicycle movement, steve peat
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on May 20, 2009
Cascade Bicycle Club in partnership with standout Web community-builder Phil Mitchell has inaugurated a group Web site (mashup) to track bike hazards, thefts and accidents. The aim is to alert the cycling community and city authorities to problem areas with the hope that something can be done to ameliorate them. The site is called Bikewise.org. [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Culture, Transportation | Tagged bikewise, cascade bicycle club, mashup, phil mitchell
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on May 20, 2009
Cycling racer Steve Larsen passed away at the age of 39 Tuesday night in an untimely death initially blamed on a heart attack. Now word comes that the autopsy found no evidence of a heart attack, but the exact cause remains under investigation. In any case, Larsen died too young and is a testament to [...]
Posted in Culture, Mountain Biking | Tagged bend or, david ca, maxxis, steve larsen
