Racing
Pro road and mountain bike racing, as well as slopestyle and other bike competition
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on May 6, 2009
On one front, Lance Armstrong deserves huge accolades for going ahead with his racing plans despite a broken shoulder. He’s making the talk-show and publicity rounds, promoting his foundation and the fight against cancer, and generally playing the role of beneficent godfather of the sport, and that’s all good. On the other hand, you have [...]
Posted in Culture, Racing | Tagged Giro d'Italia, lance armstrong, Tour de France
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on May 5, 2009
Great racing at Port Angeles on Sunday, here‘s the results from Fluidride…congrats to winners Curtis Keene and Kirkland ace Katie Holden, and to local Issaquah/Renton star Luke Strobel on second place! The Marin place to be later this month is its annual Mountain Bike Film Festival & Party (Blowout!!!) on Sunday, May 17, in San [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, News Cycle, Racing | Tagged bicycle fatalities, Elle Macpherson, Fluidride Cup, Fluidride Cup series, Marin MTB film festival, Port Angeles
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on May 4, 2009
Having been out of town at the Sea Otter Classic, I’d missed the official opening date of April 13 (2 days earlier than usual) on Tiger Mountain, my favorite place to ride in the Seattle area. The sun was still out when I started, but a breeze was kicking up and the forecast called for [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Tales from the Trail, Tiger Mountain, Today's Ride | Tagged EMBA, Mountain Biking, preston, preston railroad grade, Tiger Mountain
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on April 30, 2009
Cascade is compiling a list of Bike Month events, here‘s the early release. Bike to Work Day on May 15th should be a barnburner this year! Bicycle Retailer: If what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, then Bike Magazine may have a second wind after all. Here’s the optimistic outlook. The potential darker truth: Print [...]
Posted in Culture, News Cycle, Racing | Tagged bike month, cascade bicycle club, Giro d'Italia, lance armstrong, Tour of Gila
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on April 29, 2009
A bevy of new Evil Revolts came in yesterday at Fluidride’s shop on south Lake Union. The shop is putting in a white-on-black showroom to highlight the new frames with the revolutionary pivot design from Dave Weagle of DW-link fame. Here’s a closeup (note the logo detail at the bottom bracket). There’s tons of buzz [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Racing | Tagged evil bikes, Fluidride, Jerry Knight
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on April 20, 2009
“Freedom Riders,” a new film from KGB Productions and Gravnetic unveiled Saturday evening at Sea Otter courtesy of IMBA, represents a real step forward in mountain biking’s effort to gain the legitimacy it richly deserves. The film looks at compromise efforts in the Bridger Teton National Forest near Jackson WY to open hugely popular but [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Videos | Tagged bridger teton national forest, EMBA, freedom riders, imba, lithium, Mountain Biking, ritalin, skullfuck
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on April 20, 2009
One of the toughest mountain bikers in the world is not a guy. Last year she gave up a dominating career in mountain biking to train for the BMX event in the Olympics, tore out her knee, put off surgery and gutted it out to a bronze medal. She’s Jill Kintner, born in Seattle, 1999 [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Road Trips | Tagged dual slalom, jill kintner, Mountain Biking, Sea Otter
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on April 17, 2009
Bike sharing in Denver? From Bicycle Retailer: “Will 65 kiosks housing 1,000 bikes alter this sprawling Western city’s attitude toward bicycles and commuting?” Bike sharing clearly is a popular idea, the main challenge being “shrinkage” (theft). Even when the bikes are painted yellow, as in Portland, or used in densely urban areas, as in Paris, [...]
Posted in Culture, Mountain Biking, News Cycle | Tagged bike sharing, mountain biking by 198, sea otter classic
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on April 16, 2009
Back to Santa Cruz for a tour of Forest of Nisene Marks, billed as the leading host of lyme-disease carrying ticks in the state (1 in 5)! Well, that one won’t make the tourist promos, but anyone with their share of run-ins with ticks knows that proper precautions avert a lot of trouble. Stay on [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Road Trips, Today's Ride | Tagged aptos, Mountain Biking, Nisene Marks, santa cruz california
