By Paul Andrews, BI editor on March 17, 2009
ElectricBike: “Japan Electric Bicycles Booming” Battery technology is leading the way, but the high price of fuel is pushing it along too. Top drivers: Delivery services and rental firms. Cannondale is recalling road bikes lacking spoke protectors. Doesn’t seem like that big a deal but there you have it. The law’s the law… Bicycle Times, [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Culture, Mountain Biking, News Cycle, Rider Down, Transportation | Tagged bicycle times, cannondale, Culture, david meek, electric bike, Mountain Biking
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on March 16, 2009
Revelstoke Times: “We heard that he was in jail one minute and the next, he died,” said a soft-spoken Lou Brown, who indicated he has trouble understanding how his son ended up dead while in a ‘suicide-proof’ jail cell. “[The jailers,] they’re supposed to be responsible for your life.” We talked previously about the wild [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Culture, Mountain Biking, News Cycle, Transportation | Tagged 3 feet please, Culture, e-scooter, internal gearing, Mountain Biking, nude cycling, sam brown
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on March 13, 2009
Seattle Times: “Man rams Seattle police officer with car.” And guess what — the guy was actually arrested! I guess there are times when “no citation was issued” does not apply… The government paradox: If you try to save the state money by commuting on your bike, you could have your state car taken away. [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Culture, Mountain Biking, News Cycle | Tagged Culture, H. G. Wells, Jessica Alba, Mountain Biking
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on March 11, 2009
The Seattle P-I, which unfortunately is on the verge of closing its print publication, has a long feature on Seattle’s mountain biking organization, the Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance. Formerly it was the Backcountry Bicycle Trails Club, but the organization has grown beyond being a club to a liaison with user groups, legislation, government officials and [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Mountain Biking, Trail Access | Tagged Backcountry Bicycle Trails Club, Culture, Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance, Mountain Biking, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on March 11, 2009
Seattle Times: “Attacks spur rider awareness.” The Times, in another example of why we need newspapers, covers the followup bicycle event promoting alertness to muggings around Sam Smith Park near the I-90 tunnel. “We’re not trying to make people paranoid about their safety, but we are trying to stress awareness,” said David Hiller, the Cascade [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Culture, Mountain Biking, News Cycle, Racing, Transportation | Tagged bicycle mugging, Culture, deflation, high school mountain biking, Mountain Biking, portland bicycle registration, seattle times, sidi
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on March 7, 2009
So far the Great Recession hasn’t deflated the bike biz. Bike shops up and down the West Coast say their sales, while not blowing off the doors, are holding up better than expected. They cite a number of reasons, starting with gas prices and ending with the joy of riding when the pocketbook is depressed. [...]
Posted in Culture, Mountain Biking | Tagged bicycle business, Culture, Mountain Biking, recession
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on March 7, 2009
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-k80ibA-fyw&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1] Salt Lake Tribune on the David Zabriskie hyper-burglary: “Both Carlisle and 39-year-old Leopold Howard have now been booked in connection with the case. Police say the two took various items from cyclist David Zabriskie’s home. Some of those belongings included two cars, a racing medal, an Olympic ring, 13 bicycles, computers, space legs and [...]
Posted in Culture, Mountain Biking | Tagged bike pulls car, burglary, Culture, david zabriskie, george w. bush, Mountain Biking, Portland
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on March 3, 2009
Bad stuff happens: “TASMANIA Police are investigating an incident where a female mountain bike rider received injuries after hitting a wire that had been deliberately strung between two trees.” There was a similar incident in Marin last year. The local newspaper picked up on it, and it became a rallying point for mountain biking trail [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Culture, Mountain Biking, News Cycle, Trail Access | Tagged bike light, Culture, Daily Roundup, Jet Blast 1000, Mountain Biking, Rudy Project glasses
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on March 2, 2009
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flNLNpv7LUo&hl=en&fs=1]So I’m a mountain biker, right? Why wouldn’t I want to watch Kelly Saunders riding in the Elk Mountains? I watch tons of videos on YouTube and Vimeo and bike blogs, and they’re not really all that professionally done or even creative. So yeah, bring me an ad with a bike and it just might [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking | Tagged disintermediation, Elk Mountains, Kelly Saunders, Mountain Biking, Nature Valley
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on March 2, 2009
Well my opinion of Miley Cyrus has gone up. She and boyfriend ride to yoga class in Toluca Lake CA (not LA as the article states), and that can’t be bad. (Actually I’ve never had an opinion, having never heard her sing or anything else, so perhaps I should say, my opinion has been formed!) [...]
Posted in Culture, Mountain Biking | Tagged bed and breakfast, bike-friendly cities, Culture, Hannah Montana, Miley Cyrus, Mountain Biking, Mountain View
