Mountain Biking
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By Paul Andrews, BI editor on December 21, 2009
Over at SeattleLikesBikes, Michael Snyder offers an intriguing analysis of the “sharrows” issue. We don’t like sharrows, never have, and SLB uncovers yet another reason why: Inconsistency of implementation. It’s bad enough that sharrows send mixed signals to both cyclists and drivers. As Snyder shows, rules governing sharrow placement are not even applied consistently. Be [...]
Posted in Accessories, Advocacy, Mountain Biking, Rider Down | Tagged bicycle bob, niki gudex, pastajet, seattlelikesbikes, sharrows, six six one
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on December 17, 2009
Over the holidays the incredible news machine that is Bike Intelligencer inevitably slackens as cyclists of all bent don funny little pointed sticks or funny fat flat sticks and head for trails covered by snow. We of course ride in snow. But we of course are nuts. In any case, the holidays seem like a [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Road Trips, Tales from the Trail | Tagged Little Basin Creek ride, Seattle SuperSonics John Hummer, stanley idaho mountain biking, Sun Valley Mountain Biking
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on December 16, 2009
Over the holidays the incredible news machine that is Bike Intelligencer inevitably slackens as cyclists of all bent don funny little pointed sticks or funny fat flat sticks and head for trails covered by snow. We of course ride in snow. But we of course are nuts. In any case, the holidays seem like a [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Road Trips, Tales from the Trail | Tagged boundary creek ride, elephant's perch bike shop, stanley idaho mountain biking, Sun Valley Mountain Biking
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on December 15, 2009
DrunkCyclist is in Skagit Valley. What is he thinking! Fat Cyclist continues to live the dream! RC reviews the new Stan’s ZTR Crest wheelset and Raven tires… perceptive comments as always. Bernie Hoffacker, founder of Palo Alto Bicycles and an industry icon, died December 5 at Stanford Hospital. Back in the day, Palo Alto Bicycles [...]
Posted in Culture, Mountain Biking | Tagged Bernie Hoffacker, DrunkCyclist, fat cyclist, Momentum magazine
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on December 15, 2009
Bike naming is a vastly underappreciated art. You have a situation where companies have an unparalleled opportunity to market themselves, to make a lasting impression about their company, bike culture and their customers, and to celebrate an industry. And then what do they come up with? Trek. Specialized. Giant. The XTC. The NR. The Y-33. [...]
Posted in Accessories, Mountain Biking | Tagged top 10 bike names
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on December 14, 2009
Soquel Demonstration Forest is a ridge-top network of trails in the northernmost section of Forest of the Nisene Marks, a prime mountain biking haunt near Santa Cruz CA. I’ve spent the past couple of weeks exploring the Demo Forest, as it’s called. If you haven’t been there, or it’s been awhile, here’s what you’re looking [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Tales from the Trail | Tagged braille trail, santa cruz mountain biking, soquel demo forest, soquel demonstration forest
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on December 14, 2009
First off, I’m not a fan of stocking stuffers, generally speaking. If something isn’t worth putting under the tree, then really, why bother? Think about it: Growing up, did you ever get a stocking stuffer you really got excited about? Again, it all goes back to our opening theme of want v. need. Stocking stuffers [...]
Posted in Accessories, Culture, Mountain Biking | Tagged Bike Brake, Gorillapods, Joe Bender mountain bike, Mountainsmith Cyber II, ODI grips, Planet Bike Superflash, PurelyCustom valve caps, Ratchet Rocket, REI
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on December 11, 2009
Any of us who went through puberty know that 16-year-old girls are the toughest, strongest, orneriest creatures on earth. So here’s a mountain-biking version who did an unintentional 90-foot huck and lived to tell the tale, when she’s back up and around anyway. It also helped that she’s Scottish of course. Said the Welshman. Have [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Mountain Biking, News Cycle | Tagged fat cyclist, giant bicycles, livestrong, wrongful death cyclist suit
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on December 10, 2009
Hearkening back to our original theme of need v. want, the subject of bike armor straddles both worlds indecisively. If you care about that certain maniacal aggro or freeriding mountain biker on your list, you are going to want to get him or her something she or he may really need but might not really [...]
Posted in Accessories, Mountain Biking | Tagged brian lopes signature series, mountain bike armor, mountain bike pads, six six one evo
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on December 9, 2009
Our next gift suggestion for that amazing nonpareil cyclist on your list seems at first glance to have nothing to do with bicycles. It’s an iPhone. Here’s the deal. It used to be when I went out for a ride I would have to pack my phone, a camera, a digital recorder (for reminders, thoughts, [...]
Posted in Accessories, Mountain Biking | Tagged iPhone, iphone cycling apps, iphone mountain biking apps
