By Paul Andrews, BI editor on December 12, 2010
Ikea’s employees get new bikes for Christmas, but are they safe?
Posted in Bike business | Tagged Gary Fisher, ikea christmas bikes, ikea mountain bikes, joe breeze
By BikeIntelligencer staff on August 10, 2010
Around the world of cycling in 80 phrases.
Posted in News Cycle | Tagged bikejuju, bikingbis, cedar river trail renton, dead baby downhill, Gary Fisher, joe breeze, Leadville 100, lebron james cyclist, Mount Tamalpais, pine mountain
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on June 23, 2010
The Man himself says no way is he ready for a Monty Python farewell.
Posted in Personalities | Tagged Gary Fisher, monty python holy grail, monty python holy grail i'm not dead yet
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on January 29, 2010
If you try to run down a cyclist in your car but somehow miss, never fear. You can always go for strangulation. In L.A., a booming promise that “The culture of the car ends now!” No throwing projectiles, no verbal abuse, no cutting within 3 feet … and yes! No strangulation! “(No) making physical contact [...]
Posted in Advocacy, News Cycle, Obama Bikes, Rider Down | Tagged alliance for biking & walking, awesome land women of dirt, Cyclelicious, ecovelo, Gary Fisher, ipad, marin dirt bowl
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on November 29, 2009
FAIRFAX CA — I’ve ridden the annual Turkey Day mountain bike ride, or “Appetite Seminar,” in Fairfax maybe half a dozen times over the years, and each one has been different in its own wonderfully unpredictable way. But Thursday’s edition will top my list for a long time to come. My Seattle friend (and former [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Today's Ride | Tagged Appetite Seminar, charlie cunningham, Gary Fisher, Jacquie Phelan, joe breeze, john loomis, Marin County mountain biking, scot nicol
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on September 23, 2009
When it comes to cycling, carbon, which used to be called carbon fiber, which was actually a technical implementation of plastic, is becoming the new metal. From the early 1990s days of carbon road frames that pioneering manufacturers like Watsonville, CA-based Kestrel and big-name companies such as Look and Trek built, carbon has made inroads [...]
Posted in Accessories, Culture, Interbike, Mountain Biking | Tagged carbon fiber, Gary Fisher, Gates belt drive, Ibis Mojo, Interbike, Jeremy Honorez, Kestrel bikes, pivot firebird, Santa Cruz Bicycles
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on June 24, 2009
Sorry all…I’ve been traveling, mountain biking, and collecting all sorts of new contacts. More later…but for now, here’s the newZ! The City of Seattle intends to complete the Burke-Gilman “missing link” for cyclists, as we noted, but it won’t be easy. From the Ballard Tribune: “Attendees at the meeting claimed that bicyclists do not need [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, News Cycle, Racing | Tagged best buy, burke-gilman, Burke-GIlman Trail, electric bike, Gary Fisher, joe breeze, klunkerz, mount ashland
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
