By Paul Andrews, BI editor on September 2, 2010
A new bike from a young company attests to Seattle’s burgeoning homegrown-bike business.
Posted in Bike business | Tagged Downhill Zone, downhill zone adam schaeffer, mark landsaat, noble bikes, noble bikes f4, seattle bike business
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on June 15, 2010
Having to wait for my Easton carbon Haven wheels means I won’t know for sure till sometime later this year, so I did a dry run with cheaters.
Posted in Bikes | Tagged bike diet, Downhill Zone, Pivot Cycles, pivot firebird
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 20, 2009
[Note: Pivot will be bringing its bike fleet to Bothell Ski & Bike on Saturday and St. Edwards Park on Sunday (July 26 and 27) for demo-ing from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. I bought a 6.5-inch Firebird with the DW-Link in mid-June and have ridden it virtually daily. It confirmed what my Ibis Mojo [...]
Posted in Accessories, Mountain Biking | Tagged Chris Cocalis, Downhill Zone, Pivot Cycles, Roaring Mouse Cycles
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on June 1, 2009
Kudos to Seattle’s Cascade Bicycle Club for making Bike Month 2009 the best in history! Lots of visibility, good press, great vibes, indelible memories and institutional progress over the past 31 days. Good going guys… On Thursday I went by the UW Hubbub at University Way and 41st for some free Lara bars and Honest [...]
Posted in Advocacy | Tagged cascade bicycle club, Downhill Zone, national bike month, Roaring Mouse Cycles, UW Hubbub
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on March 1, 2009
Co-founder and longtime fixture at the Downhill Zone Darren Brown is leaving to do other things, primarily contractor work, having sold the shop to Adam Schaeffer. Most of the “The Zone” will be pretty much the same, said Adam, who’s been wrenching with Darren for five years. Red-headed Adam’s hilarious riffs on everything from Jon [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking | Tagged Downhill Zone, Mountain Biking
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 24, 2009
Rain still threatening today after torrential a.m. dump, so I played cautious and did U District/Ravenna loop. Lots of variations here but I typically dart through Lower Woodland, up N. 45th St. through Wallingford, over I-5 and then cut up Brooklyn or University Avenue to Ravenna, dink around on the bike lane back to Green [...]
Posted in Today's Ride, Transportation | Tagged Downhill Zone, LBS, local bike shop, mountain bike, Transportation
