By Paul Andrews, BI editor on January 14, 2010
“That was no lady — that was my wife!” goes the old joke. We think of it sometimes when we read yet another news report identifying an errant rider of a bicycle as a cyclist. You know how it goes: Cyclist Robs Bank. Cyclist Charged With Indecent Exposure. Authorities Say Cyclist Killed While Turning Left [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Obama Bikes | Tagged Culture, cycling, cyclist
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on August 3, 2009
Calendar time: At City Hall this Friday a transportation summit will look at Puget Sound’s future transportation matrix, and how bike and other alternative forms will figure in. Here’s Cascade Bicycle Club’s take. Please come and share your views! Town Hall:
Visioning the Puget Sound Region’s Transportation Future.
Part III – State and Federal Perspectives [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Obama Bikes, Transportation | Tagged cascade bicycle club, Culture
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on June 29, 2009
SeattlePI.com: “With a $225,000 state trips-reduction grant, organizers handed out 200 free bikes, some gear and training lessons. About 265 people, who enlisted through 25 employers from King County, joined the program, which began last August.” Seattle Times: New bike racks in downtown Bellevue. Believe it or not, bike rack shortages are the single most [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Culture, Mountain Biking, News Cycle, Transportation | Tagged 3 feet please, Adventure Cycling, BC Bike Race, bike racks, Culture, REI
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on June 29, 2009
San Francisco bike policy is picking up momentum. Mayor Gavin Newsom, a true progressive who’s running for governor, is a big bike booster. The city Planning Commission and MTA (Municipal Transportation Agency) just gave thumbs up to the SF Bike Plan, prompting this observation from Newsom: “Already 6% of our commuters are bicyclists; that’s more [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Transportation | Tagged cascade bicycle club, Culture, Gavin Newsom, Portland, San Francisco, seattle, Transportation
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on June 12, 2009
Thanks to Bicycle.net for bird-dogging the cycling-illegal substances links. Self-injecting blood cheats pose a real problem for testing. This is where the cyclist freezes his own blood, saving it for a later date, and injects it on race day. Doing this with someone else’s compatible blood is generally detectable. With his own blood, well, that’s [...]
Posted in Racing, This Day in Doping | Tagged Bernard HInault, blood doping, Culture, greg lemond, Laurent Fignon, Tour de France
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on June 9, 2009
Spokane has approved its Master Bike Plan. Hooray! Gary Fisher, the Legend, just got operated on for a spot of skin cancer. He’s tweeting that everything’s fine. We wish him a full and speedy recovery! BikePortland.org: Portland’s World Naked Bike Ride, expected to draw 3,000 barebackers, is this Saturday. As is Vancouver’s. Folks from Seattle [...]
Posted in Culture, News Cycle | Tagged Culture, Gary Fisher, Spokane Master Bicycle Plan, World Naked Bike Ride
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on June 5, 2009
Kind of a light day for news, so here’s some weekend reading… San Francisco Chronicle: “When bike-skills instructor Bert Hill quizzes students at the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition’s ongoing Urban Cycling Workshops about the frequency of bicycle fatalities in the city, he says guesses generally range from five to 20 a year. In reality the [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, News Cycle | Tagged bikes and brew, Culture, national trails day, san francisco bicycling safety, steve peat
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on June 4, 2009
Cascade Bicycle Club says STP is sold out but sends you here for tickets. Three bills sounds a bit steep but it is for a good cause. Seattle P-I: Livestrong Challenge, in Seattle June 21, looking for volunteers. Signs of progress: Contra Costa Times reports that Los Angeles rethinks bike fees. Great roadtrip odyssey to [...]
Posted in Culture, Mountain Biking, News Cycle | Tagged cascade bicycle club, Culture, livestrong, rei recall, sotomayor, whistler
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on May 27, 2009
Seattle’s Cascade Bicycle Club will hold a “Bike Business Forum” hosted by Costco, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Starbucks, Group Health, Vulcan and Seattle Children’s Hospital at 11:30 a.m. next Wednesday (June 3rd) at the Seattle Children’s Research Institute downtown. John Mauro, the club’s commute director, will give a brief presentation, followed by discussion centered [...]
Posted in News Cycle, Rider Down | Tagged cascade bicycle club, Culture, Shimano
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on May 18, 2009
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Posted in Advocacy, Culture, Transportation | Tagged Culture, seattle bike to work day
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