By Paul Andrews, BI editor on May 1, 2009
The last-minute bike legislation keeps rolling in: Wisconsin passed a “dooring” law that will aid cyclists by clarifying lack of liability in a dooring incident and enabling cyclists to press for damages in court. Washington has a law governing dooring, albeit not explicitly in cycling cases. Good discussion on the Cascade Bicycle Club board, thanks [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Culture, News Cycle, Transportation | Tagged bike month, cascade bicycle club, dooring
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 28, 2009
Traveling back from the hugely successful Sea Otter Classic and brought back to Seattle some digitally compressed California sunshine, 1,000/1 ratio enabling an entire afternoon of sunlight to be transported in a container the size of a bike water bottle. US Patent No. A3587468bbT It’s all in the algorithm. I have enough in store to [...]
Posted in Culture, News Cycle | Tagged 3 feet please, cascade bicycle club, David Hiller, Giro d'Italia, lance armstrong, Tour of Gila
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on March 31, 2009
Cascade Bicycle Club is promoting “Drive to Work Day” on, er, April 1st. ‘Nuf said. But while you’re chuckling, duck on over to the Seattle cycling club’s site and, in all seriousness, take the 2009 “Report Card on Cycling” survey. It’s quick and will be of tremendous help in setting cycling’s agenda for our city. [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, News Cycle, Videos | Tagged cascade bicycle club, Fluidride, Mountain Biking, sea otter bicycle classic, seattle
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on March 12, 2009
Bike Expo, coming up this weekend, is a great place to see the latest gear, check out the bling factor, run into old friends and take in fascinating workshops and talks. But it’s also a good place to shop. Here’s how to “Do the Expo,” based on my experiences over the years. Although it’s tempting [...]
Posted in Culture, Mountain Biking | Tagged cascade bicycle club, Culture, seattle bike expo
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 15, 2009
Just a week to go to the annual swap-o-rama on Saturday (Feb. 21) at Magnuson Park, sponsored this year by Seattle’s marvelous Cascade Bicycle Club. Come early (doors open around 9 a.m., I say “around” because they never seem to be quite on time), because there’s always a long loonnnnggggg line. (Or come around 9:30 [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking | Tagged bike swap, cascade bicycle club, Mountain Biking, mtb, Road Cycling, seattle
