By BikeIntelligencer staff on April 23, 2010
Bike salmon, Brompton’s success, the Pedouin journey, Streets for All Seattle & more …
Posted in News Cycle | Tagged bike salmon, brompton, imba, pedouin journey, pedro's, portland forest park, publicola, streets for all seattle, streetsblog
By BikeIntelligencer staff on April 4, 2010
A peloton of cycling links from round the world …
Posted in News Cycle, Rider Down | Tagged bicycle accident insurance, bicycle sundays, bike library, bikehugger, bikingbis, cascade bicycle club, ecovelo, imba, ipad, Marin mountain biking, mobile blogging, seattlelikesbikes, sfstreetsblog
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on November 22, 2009
The Plains of Abraham, a desolate, stark romp through the death zone of the Mount St. Helens inferno nearly three decades ago, is a miraculous testament to Nature’s ability to resuscitate itself. Now it’s an officially recognized IMBA Epic as well. I’m happy because it gives me another epic to add to my IMBA quiver, [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Road Trips | Tagged imba, IMBA epics, Plains of Abraham
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on September 21, 2009
I’m on the road to Interbike and have only sporadic connectivity. That’s my excuse and I’m sticking with it. Anyway, the bike world’s big wheel keeps on turnin’ … IMBA is coming to the Point Reyes National Seashore this weekend for trail work with Chris and Leslie Kehmeier of the Subaru Trail Care Crew. It’s [...]
Posted in Accessories, Culture, Interbike, Mountain Biking, News Cycle | Tagged bike magazine, Cedric Gracia, David Byrne, Ellsworth Moment, imba, Interbike, pivot firebird
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 21, 2009
Lake Tahoe Forest Service officials are warning against unauthorized trail building, but they still don’t get it. They suspect “ongoing illegal trail-building has risen significantly with the increased popularity of mountain biking and newer, better equipment.” While those are factors, the real reason trail building is increasing is because the Forest Service and other official [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Mountain Biking, Trail Access | Tagged freedom riders, imba, Lake Tahoe mountain biking
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on June 5, 2009
Last night, as temps hit 94 in Bellevue, I went out to ride with IMBA (International Mountain Bicycling Association) and EMBA (Seattle’s Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance) at Paradise Valley, the recently reopened Conservation Area past Woodinville near Maltby. Back in the day I rode Paradise occasionally, recalling it as a cross between an Appalachian firing [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Tales from the Trail, Trail Access | Tagged EMBA, Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance, imba, Mountain Biking, Paradise Valley
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 March 25, 2009
New details keep surfacing in the Lance Armstrong broken collarbone mishap. Instead of the earlier reported “clean break,” it now appears the bone broke into “multiple fragments.” Lance is putting his best hype forward, saying he expects to … what? be ready? ride part of? win? … the Giro. It isn’t clear. But as long [...]
Posted in Culture, News Cycle, Racing | Tagged Culture, imba, lance armstrong, Sea Otter
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 12, 2009
IMBA is rounding up the troops! http://www.imba.com/news/action_alerts/12_08/12_18_nps.html It always helps to personalize e-blasts like this. I favor a short and punchy sentence or two, showing you have some knowledge of the situation but not taking up too much of recipients’ time. Odds are every single email is not going to be read, they’re just ballot-tallying. [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking | Tagged imba, Mountain Biking, national parks, trail-building, trails
