Mountain Biking
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By Paul Andrews, BI editor on June 11, 2009
You see the strangest things mountain biking. We were taking a breather at the Crossroads, where the Devils Gulch and Mission Ridge trails intersect near the top, when a young couple pushing K-Mart specials came striding down the DG side. He was in front, she behind. Both were pushing their bikes … down the trail. [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Tales from the Trail | Tagged Devils Gulch, leavenworth, Mission Ridge, Mountain Biking
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on June 5, 2009
Last night, as temps hit 94 in Bellevue, I went out to ride with IMBA (International Mountain Bicycling Association) and EMBA (Seattle’s Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance) at Paradise Valley, the recently reopened Conservation Area past Woodinville near Maltby. Back in the day I rode Paradise occasionally, recalling it as a cross between an Appalachian firing [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Tales from the Trail, Trail Access | Tagged EMBA, Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance, imba, Mountain Biking, Paradise Valley
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
Over on MTBR.com, Jon Kennedy of Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance has a post updating the group’s efforts to increase access to Tiger Mountain. Jon and I spoke yesterday, and I came away encouraged by EMBA’s efforts to raise awareness and integrate mountain biking interests with trail planning in the region, and especially on Tiger. Jon [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Mountain Biking, Tiger Mountain, Trail Access | Tagged Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance, Tiger Mountain
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 Northwest Timber Trail on Tiger Mountain is closed again, this time for logging prep work near the upper trail. The good news is that the damage involves (so far) just one section, a yarding line just above where the trail starts to drop for good, and that a mid-June reopening is “expected.” I put [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Tiger Mountain, Trail Access | Tagged Mountain Biking, Tiger Mountain, Trail Access
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
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
