By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 15, 2009
LA Times: “Although cyclists are known for staying on top of their training heart rate zones and pedal cadence, increasing research suggests they should also pay attention to their risk of thinning bones.” Add osteopenia to the list of reasons to mountain bike instead of road ride. (I took up mountain biking partly because road [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking | Tagged bone density, hike-a-bike, Mountain Biking, mtb, mtber, osteopenia, Road Cycling
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 14, 2009
The New York Times takes a look at the latest electronic shifting iteration, from Shimano. Couple of interesting points: Time trialists can shift without changing position on the bars. But there is no manual override if the system fails. The article does not discuss weight or crash-worthiness, but Wired had this from an unidentified source: [...]
Posted in Transportation | Tagged bicycle, bike racing, e-shifting, electronic gear shifting, Mountain Biking, New York Times, Shimano, Wired
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 13, 2009
Check it out: guy has a home-made boom cam attached in front of his helmet with wide-angle lens on camcorder/camera. It’s interesting largely because it’s different, I think. Wouldn’t want to watch many videos this way but it is a unique (!) perspective. Thanks to BikeRadar.com. For my mountain biking videos, go to YouTube here.
Posted in Mountain Biking | Tagged Bi, dirt merchant, helmet cam, Mountain Biking, paulandrewsvideos, video, whistler, YouTube
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 13, 2009
Marzocchi is recalling a run of their 888 downhill fork series, about 70 RC3 and RC3 WC in all. If you’ve got an 888 fork be sure to check this out — the fork can compress without rebounding on a hard hit. That could throw you off for a nasty face plant (so far the [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking | Tagged 888, bike fork, Bike Intelligencer, Marzocchi, Mountain Biking, recall, suspension
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 12, 2009
I’m in the camp that believes Lance benefitted from a lax and easily defeatable drug monitoring era in professional cycling. Since everyone else was doping too I’m not convinced he would not have won all those Tours anyway. But he should come clean. And now we get word that his deal with the renowned anti-doping [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking | Tagged anti-doping, Bike Intelligencer, doping, lance armstrong, Mountain Biking, mtb, paul andrews, Tour de France
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 12, 2009
As the Aussies like to say. Mountain bikers down under are rallying forces to help out victims of the widespread flash fires. Horrific video from these tragedies. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qa3V1VsZkYA&hl=en&fs=1]
Posted in Mountain Biking | Tagged Aussie, Australia fires, Bike Intelligencer, BikeRadar, down under, Mountain Biking, mtb, paul andrews
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
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