Racing
Pro road and mountain bike racing, as well as slopestyle and other bike competition
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on January 19, 2010
In a lot of ways, Black Diamond Bike & Backcountry’s shop jump-started the freeride revolution in southeastern King County. The shop had the maps, helped build the network, sponsored the races, worked to maintain the trails and sold the bikes that made the whole thing pop ‘n sizzle. When it opened its doors eight years [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking | Tagged black diamond bike and backcountry, black diamond bikes, freeride revolution, town of black diamond king county
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on January 19, 2010
Alexander Vinokourov’s drug ban is over, so like Michael Rasmussen, he’s ready for another go on the Tour. Vino says he won’t be pursuing a title, but if something should happen to team leader Contador, we would assume all bets are off. The Tour de France 2010 is shaping up as the biggest Dopers Reunion [...]
Posted in This Day in Doping | Tagged alexander vinokourov, blood doping, michael rasmussen, tour de france 2010, tyler hamilton
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on January 18, 2010
Lance Armstrong is dropping the idea of personal doping tests (our impression was that he never began them). And why not. He isn’t going to change anyone’s mind about the past by testing clean now. And as Joe Papp and others have revealed, there are so many ways to beat the system’s drug testing that [...]
Posted in Lance's Chances, This Day in Doping | Tagged blood doping, cozy beehive, joe papp, lance armstrong
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on January 18, 2010
Inspiring: Thousands join Lance’s Twitter ride Down Under. I’m trying to think if I’ve ever seen 5,000 cyclists in a peloton. It must have been quite a sight. Perspiring: British dude wheelies for 8 miles, claims world record. Aspiring: The Schleck brothers take aim on this year’s Tour. We’re big fans of Andy Schleck and [...]
Posted in Lance's Chances, Mountain Biking, News Cycle, Racing | Tagged Andy Schleck, lance armstrong twitter rides, mark weir, sam hill
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on January 17, 2010
The show schedule for “Women of Dirt,” the much-anticipated feature movie on downhill/freeride grrllzz, is starting to round out. The worldwide premiere will be Feb. 5th in Seattle, and Cyclelicio.us broke news that the film’s California premiere will be in Santa Cruz Feb. 28 at the Rio Theater on Soquel (Yokota promises more details, including [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Videos | Tagged aptos post office jump park, awesome land women of dirt, galbraith mountain, galbraithmt.com, mark brent, mtbchick.com
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on January 17, 2010
From an alert issued by the California State Parks System… I was riding in Arastradero today and the rangers were all over, battening down the hatches. “Don’t expect much in the way of riding weather through the end of the month,” one told me. We at Bike Intelligencer ride when sane mortals rest. But this [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, News Cycle, Trail Access | Tagged cycling storm, cycling weather, mountain biking storm
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on January 15, 2010
You have to love this: Newly elected Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn riding his bike to a press conference. Thanks to BikeHugger for the pix. When we wondered last August whether Seattle could get a mayor “who actually rides,” we were expressing more hope than expectation. Now it’s breakthrough reality. Images like this do wonders to [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Mountain Biking, News Cycle, Obama Bikes, Trail Access | Tagged bikehugger, bikingbis, fanatik bikes, galbraith mountain, Momentum magazine, seattle mayor bike commuter, seattle mayor mike mcginn, whimps
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on January 12, 2010
Big bike rally Saturday in Palo Alto to protest the hate-cyclist page on Facebook. Riders will convene at Facebook headquarters near California Avenue and Bowdoin Street. This is a residential area called College Terrace where the locals may well join the protest. Facebook is not well liked. Its employees sucked up all available parking for [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Mountain Biking, News Cycle, Obama Bikes, Videos | Tagged $290, 000 speeding ticket, Bicycle Leadership Conference, Facebook anti-cycling page protest, reckless endangerment of cyclists, The Next Generation DVD
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on January 12, 2010
Over at Cozy Beehive, former pro cyclist Joe Papp unveils the secrets pros use to defeat anti-doping controls. It’s a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the cycling world’s subterfuge. One point I’d like to see Joe or someone else close to pro cycling address: Just how much looking the other way goes on. I’ve discussed this [...]
Posted in This Day in Doping | Tagged alberto contador, blood doping, cycling, joe papp, lance armstrong, Tour de France
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on January 11, 2010
The Tour de France is just only a mere six months away! Time to start ramping up the Clash of Titans trash talk between Lance and Bert! We’re glad to see Lance’s comments about beating Contador in the Tour this year. This kind of stuff is great for building commercial sponsorship, media attention and the [...]
Posted in Lance's Chances, Racing | Tagged alberto contador, lance armstrong, tour de france 2010
