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By Paul Andrews, BI editor on March 21, 2009
The Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance is showing video of Wade Simmons at Colonnade. Pretty cool, but I’m thinking it’s a teaser or trailer or something. Several clips are repeated and the good stuff flashes by too quick or is off-angle. Watch for a better take in something commercial soon. Anyway, here ’tis — Bell helmets [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Videos | Tagged colonnade, Mountain Biking, video, Wade Simmons
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on March 20, 2009
I was out making my usual rounds through the U District when whoa! a mini-Katrina! It got really dark, then fat raindrops started falling and within 138 seconds I was in a veritable deluge. I ducked into Fluidride to sit it out and founder Simon Lawton asked if I needed anything. Um, what did he [...]
Posted in Culture, Today's Ride | Tagged Culture, seattle
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on March 19, 2009
Bicycle Retailer & Industry News: Iron Horse goes down. We’ve known for some time the company was on the ropes — as a friend put it, “How did those guys screw up so bad?” Iron Horse helped make the DW-link and could’ve rode that, um, horse to surefire success. But somehow it never found quite [...]
Posted in Culture, Mountain Biking, News Cycle | Tagged bikes and chicks, Culture, Dave Wiens, Iron Horse, lance armstrong, Leadville 100
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on March 19, 2009
Today’s ride took me all around north Seattle, but the highlight was riding through the University of Washington campus. I was practicing some “skinny” riding on the raised curbs by the entrance when a crop of trials bikes grommed on by. Little low-slung single speeds with no seats. I knew exactly where they were headed, [...]
Posted in Culture, Today's Ride | Tagged Culture, trials, University of Washington, william h. gates hall
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on March 18, 2009
Not Your Average Bike Messenger: “Joking around, I changed my Facebook status to “How Many Drunks Will I Run Over Today With My Bicycle?” I got some funny responses throughout the day while I was riding, including “not enough” “extra points if they are wearing orange,” and “be a human pinball machine.” Biking Bis:”A Washington [...]
Posted in Culture, Mountain Biking, News Cycle, Videos | Tagged 3 feet please, Culture, days of dirt, Mountain Biking
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on March 18, 2009
Today I had errands that took me up north to the Greenwood District. While cruising through I saw a wonderment in the window of a local store on Greenwood Ave. N. just north of N. 85th St. The shop turned out to be a Mexican grocery market and restaurant called La Conasupo. The shirt from [...]
Posted in Culture, Today's Ride | Tagged AIG, Culture, soccer
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on March 18, 2009
At the past weekend’s Seattle International Bike Expo I connected up with Phillip Ross and Jamie Nichols of Metrofiets. A great bike blog, AustinOnTwoWheels, had asked me to look them up and post something. My piece went up today. So what do I think of Metrofiets? If I didn’t have a car, I’d definitely be [...]
Posted in Culture | Tagged bakfiets, box bike, cargo bike, Culture, metrofiets
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on March 17, 2009
Today’s ride: Mucho errands, so I popped over to the U District by way of Fremont and the Burke-Gilman Trail, then my standard Ravenna Way — Green Lake ride home. Uneventful for once, and the sun was even out. I did enjoy the sign in Gregg’s Greenlake Cycles. But I have to say, I’m going [...]
Posted in Culture, Today's Ride | Tagged Culture, lance armstrong
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on March 17, 2009
ElectricBike: “Japan Electric Bicycles Booming” Battery technology is leading the way, but the high price of fuel is pushing it along too. Top drivers: Delivery services and rental firms. Cannondale is recalling road bikes lacking spoke protectors. Doesn’t seem like that big a deal but there you have it. The law’s the law… Bicycle Times, [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Culture, Mountain Biking, News Cycle, Rider Down, Transportation | Tagged bicycle times, cannondale, Culture, david meek, electric bike, Mountain Biking
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on March 16, 2009
After a miserable morning the sun came out a bit, giving a window for a quick run around the U District and north Green Lake. I saw a fellow cyclist almost get nailed by what I like to call a “darter” — a driver who guns the engine to cross a busy street, only to [...]
Posted in Culture, Today's Ride | Tagged Culture
