Mountain Biking
Pro slalom, downhill, slopestyle, cross-country and other mountain biking competition
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on March 7, 2009
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-k80ibA-fyw&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1] Salt Lake Tribune on the David Zabriskie hyper-burglary: “Both Carlisle and 39-year-old Leopold Howard have now been booked in connection with the case. Police say the two took various items from cyclist David Zabriskie’s home. Some of those belongings included two cars, a racing medal, an Olympic ring, 13 bicycles, computers, space legs and [...]
Posted in Culture, Mountain Biking | Tagged bike pulls car, burglary, Culture, david zabriskie, george w. bush, Mountain Biking, Portland
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on March 6, 2009
We may never know what really happened in the case of Sam Brown, a daredevilish Dylanesque kid with an impish smile from Revelstoke B.C. who apparently hanged himself last week in a Spokane jail after being arrested on a marijuana charge. What we do know is that a guy who could ride like an angel [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Rider Down
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on March 3, 2009
Not a huge ride today, although the weather was again unexpectedly mild. In the Northwest, “mild” means some sunshine came out and it got above 50. I dropped down Fremont Ave. to the Burke-Gilman Trail and tooled around the north end of Lake Union, winding up over in Montlake. The Montlake Bike Shop is a [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Today's Ride | Tagged Culture, evil bikes, Fluidride, local bike shop, seattle
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on March 3, 2009
Bad stuff happens: “TASMANIA Police are investigating an incident where a female mountain bike rider received injuries after hitting a wire that had been deliberately strung between two trees.” There was a similar incident in Marin last year. The local newspaper picked up on it, and it became a rallying point for mountain biking trail [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Culture, Mountain Biking, News Cycle, Trail Access | Tagged bike light, Culture, Daily Roundup, Jet Blast 1000, Mountain Biking, Rudy Project glasses
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on March 2, 2009
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flNLNpv7LUo&hl=en&fs=1]So I’m a mountain biker, right? Why wouldn’t I want to watch Kelly Saunders riding in the Elk Mountains? I watch tons of videos on YouTube and Vimeo and bike blogs, and they’re not really all that professionally done or even creative. So yeah, bring me an ad with a bike and it just might [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking | Tagged disintermediation, Elk Mountains, Kelly Saunders, Mountain Biking, Nature Valley
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on March 2, 2009
Well my opinion of Miley Cyrus has gone up. She and boyfriend ride to yoga class in Toluca Lake CA (not LA as the article states), and that can’t be bad. (Actually I’ve never had an opinion, having never heard her sing or anything else, so perhaps I should say, my opinion has been formed!) [...]
Posted in Culture, Mountain Biking | Tagged bed and breakfast, bike-friendly cities, Culture, Hannah Montana, Miley Cyrus, Mountain Biking, Mountain View
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on March 1, 2009
We’re entering into the 2009 bicycling season on a roll (so to speak!), with lots of talk about cyclist’s rights and trails access. The past week several data points passed our desk, including opening more trails on Tiger Mountain trail, PUMP’s newfound activism in Portland, Iowa legislation strengthening cycling awareness and safety, and Dave Wiens’ [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Mountain Biking, Tiger Mountain | Tagged Advocacy, bicyclist rights, Mountain Biking, Tiger Mountain, trails access
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on March 1, 2009
Co-founder and longtime fixture at the Downhill Zone Darren Brown is leaving to do other things, primarily contractor work, having sold the shop to Adam Schaeffer. Most of the “The Zone” will be pretty much the same, said Adam, who’s been wrenching with Darren for five years. Red-headed Adam’s hilarious riffs on everything from Jon [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking | Tagged Downhill Zone, Mountain Biking
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on March 1, 2009
Dave Wiens, the former mountain bike racer who currently specializes in distance competition and kicked Lance Armstrong’s ass at last year’s grueling Leadville 100, weighs in on bike advocacy after the latest Outside magazine’s profile on him: “The bottom line here in the Gunnison Valley today is that trail users, including our freeriding community, and [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Mountain Biking, Racing | Tagged Dave Wiens, lance armstrong, Leadville 100, mountain bike racing
