By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 15, 2009
Just a week to go to the annual swap-o-rama on Saturday (Feb. 21) at Magnuson Park, sponsored this year by Seattle’s marvelous Cascade Bicycle Club. Come early (doors open around 9 a.m., I say “around” because they never seem to be quite on time), because there’s always a long loonnnnggggg line. (Or come around 9:30 [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking | Tagged bike swap, cascade bicycle club, Mountain Biking, mtb, Road Cycling, seattle
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 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
