News Cycle
All the news that’s fit to bike … we leave out the stuff you’re not interested in reading
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on January 9, 2010
The Facebook protest against bike-hate continues to grow. Now there’s a “Help REMOVE this HATE GROUP against cyclists!” tribe. All instructions included. The outrage targets a Facebook page showing violence against cyclists as an appropriate traffic-management technique. Speaking of hate: That deranged L.A. physician who doorstopped a group of cyclists with his car last summer [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Mountain Biking, News Cycle, Obama Bikes, Videos | Tagged BikePortland.org, bikingbis, cyclelicio.us, dr. christopher thompson road rage, Fatcyclist, portland cycling
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on January 7, 2010
Tomb of the Unknown Cyclist: A Palo Alto bicycle rider killed by a CalTrans vehicle Dec. 19 still is not being identified by authorities, who claim a policy of notifying next of kin before making an identity public. Apparently no one can find the guy’s next of kin. Wouldn’t it make more sense to publicize [...]
Posted in News Cycle, Rider Down | Tagged bike library, snow cycling, vehicular homicide law, vulnerable user law
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on January 6, 2010
Folders are hot! The ugly ripple effect when a major retailer closes its doors. Bicycle insurance: Idea whose time has come? With more folks, especially Gen/pick your letter/ers, relying on bikes only for transportation, maybe so. If it does happen it will tell us something about a major demographic shift. Insurance always runs the numbers [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Mountain Biking, News Cycle | Tagged bicycle insurance, Dave Wiens, folders, marin dirtbowl.net
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on January 4, 2010
Police are seeking witnesses to reckless driving — injured cyclist accident near Redmond. Police are looking for a “newer red Honda Odyssey.” Someone out there knows, time to step forward and do the right thing. And there’s a TV report. Note that one of the riders has a seat cam but apparently wasn’t using it [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Mountain Biking, News Cycle | Tagged bicycle accident, bicycle violence, bikingbis, gene bisbee, sextagenarian cyclist, vulnerable user law
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on December 31, 2009
Mark Weir‘s Marin home burned to the ground. He and his family are safe, thankfully, but what a loss… Best wishes to the Weir clan. Ooof…bike sales down 5 percent in October, shipments down 11 percent. It’s gonna be awhile before we dig out of this hole, folks. On the brighter side, Mountain Bike Action‘s [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, News Cycle | Tagged bicycle sales, evil bikes, jimmy mac, mark weir, mountain bike action, steve smith, top 10 bike names of all time
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on December 30, 2009
Anyone who has worked for bicycle advocacy knows how hard it is to get any legislation passed whatsoever involving freakin’ bicycles. So it was with drop-jaw wonderment that we noticed a new law expanding bicyclist rights in 2010. That’s right. In Big Bear, it is now perfectly legal to ride a bike without a bicycle [...]
Posted in Advocacy, News Cycle, Obama Bikes | Tagged big bear bike law, elliptigo, eric carter, fruita fat tire festival, logan owen, los angeles bicycle plan
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on December 29, 2009
Guy gets beat over the head with a bicycle … did the cops ask victim, “Were you wearing a helmet?” The Capitol Hill Seattle Blog is tracking what happened to the neighborhood Bike Corral. NY Times writeup on Danny MacAskill is also about how YouTube makes celebrities out of everyday folks … the way newspapers [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, News Cycle | Tagged bike corral capitol hill seattle, bikesnobnyc, Danny MacAskill, mountain bike action magazine, rc, unicycle
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on December 28, 2009
If a picture is worth 1,000 words, this would be a gimongous post. Enough said. The bicycle as an anti-theft device. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9r6nd9ruNA&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1] A bicycle without a fork. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qiR7E3dpjk&hl=en_US&fs=1&] The bicycle as a levitation device. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbJ1sseQVbY&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1]
Posted in Mountain Biking, News Cycle | Tagged Danny MacAskill, forkless bicycle, thieves foiled by bicycle
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on December 27, 2009
Pinkbike comes to Aptos and discovers a whole new world out there… Welcome Jordan! Speaking of Aptos, we were riding there the day before Christmas Eve, coming down the road in Forest of Nisene Marks, when who should pass us driving up but Cam McCaul & the boyz, pickup full of bikes ‘n lads. It’s [...]
Posted in Advocacy, News Cycle, Obama Bikes, Videos | Tagged aptos mountain biking, bike sharing, cascade bicycle club, Chris Kovarik, folders, Mobiky
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on December 26, 2009
Please consider taking the BikePortland pledge. Jonathan & crew run a great blog, must reading here at Bike Intelligencer. And while you’re at it, the Ghost Bikes Film Project is a worthwhile cause as well. BikeJuju photo contest winners. Amazing, amazing shots. BikePure: Trying to reboot a soiled sport. SeattleLikesBikes: Making cyclists 2nd class citizens. [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Mountain Biking, News Cycle, Obama Bikes, This Day in Doping | Tagged bikejuju.com, BikePortland.org, BikePure, seattlelikesbikes, sexier cyclists
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