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 June 28, 2009
Bummed to be missing the Fluidride Cup at Mt. Hood OR this weekend. Also bummed that I can’t be in B.C. for the start of the fabled, the legendary, the epic, the agonistic and ecstatic BC Bike Race today. And thirdly bummed that it’s so friggin’ hot out here in NorCal that this pobo can’t [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, News Cycle, Racing | Tagged BC Bike Race, Fluidride Cup series, lance armstrong, Tour de France
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on June 25, 2009
Just the kind of thing we all worry about: A bike rack failure on a bus going 60 mph. Cyclelicio.us dodged the bullet this time, but as we in the Seattle area know, the Sportworks racks have their “issues.” Los Angeles had a bike license fee, then rescinded it. Now they’re talking reconstituting it. Confusion [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Mountain Biking, News Cycle | Tagged king county metro, lance armstrong, los angeles bike fee, sportworks
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on June 24, 2009
Sorry all…I’ve been traveling, mountain biking, and collecting all sorts of new contacts. More later…but for now, here’s the newZ! The City of Seattle intends to complete the Burke-Gilman “missing link” for cyclists, as we noted, but it won’t be easy. From the Ballard Tribune: “Attendees at the meeting claimed that bicyclists do not need [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, News Cycle, Racing | Tagged best buy, burke-gilman, Burke-GIlman Trail, electric bike, Gary Fisher, joe breeze, klunkerz, mount ashland
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 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
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on June 5, 2009
Kind of a light day for news, so here’s some weekend reading… San Francisco Chronicle: “When bike-skills instructor Bert Hill quizzes students at the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition’s ongoing Urban Cycling Workshops about the frequency of bicycle fatalities in the city, he says guesses generally range from five to 20 a year. In reality the [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, News Cycle | Tagged bikes and brew, Culture, national trails day, san francisco bicycling safety, steve peat
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 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
Bill’s Trail in Samuel Taylor Park is a 4-mile, switchbacky joy ride through the redwoods. In what is being called a “historic opportunity,” mountain bikers have a chance to gain access to the trail, one of the first expansions in decades to riding in Marin, mountain biking’s renowned birthplace but also host to its bitterest [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Mountain Biking, News Cycle, Racing, Trail Access | Tagged bikewise.org, Giro d'Italia, Marin mountain biking, mclaren park, seattle times, SF Urban Riders
