By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 12, 2010
It’s not often you get legends like this together on one ride.
Posted in Videos | Tagged Danny MacAskill, Hans Rey, steve peat
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on April 22, 2010
Some big names are rumored on the way to Port Angeles for the kickoff of the Pro Gravity Tour this weekend.
Posted in Mountain Biking | Tagged dee atherton, Luke Strobel, mick hannah, Port Angeles Pro Gravity Tour, rachel atherton, steve peat
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on March 16, 2010
Stevens Pass Mountain Bike Park is closing in on 2,000 Facebook fans. Steve Peat just passed 5,000 Twitter followers. BikeHugger has over 1,000 Facebook fans. My dog loves me.
Posted in Culture | Tagged bikehugger, steve peat, stevens pass mountain bike park
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on November 18, 2009
MTBR’s Top Ten YouTube MTB vids: My faves of the list: Chris Duncan showing how to jump, good stuff. He’s right about the elbows. The Klunkerz clip. No. 1 is the much viewed Danny MacAskill urban trials clip. The others are mostly flash and crash. Somehow the list missed my No. 1, the Hans Rey/Steve [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Videos | Tagged Chris Duncan, Danny MacAskill, Hans Rey, klunkerz, mountain bike videos, Pete Fagerlin, sam brown, steve peat
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on September 25, 2009
It’s hard to know what to make of the 29er explosion on display at Interbike this week. Most boutique manufacturers are coming out with 29-inch models, and Lenz even was showing a 29er downhill bike — 7 inches of long travel (really long when you consider the bigger wheels) with a 26-inch mod kit for [...]
Posted in Accessories, Interbike, Mountain Biking, Racing | Tagged 29er, downhill mountain bike racing, Lenz, Santa Cruz Bicycles, steve peat, tubeless bicycle wheels
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on September 8, 2009
PinkBike has video of the Worlds, including Brit legend Steve Peat’s long-awaited triumph. Peaty may be the only guy I’ve seen on a podium drinking more champagne than he sprayed, but to those who know and love the guy, they’d expect nothing less. If you want to know why Peaty was so emotional after his [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, News Cycle, Racing, Rider Down, Videos | Tagged alberto contador, Clay Porter, downhill world championships, steve peat
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on September 6, 2009
Finally, after a nonpareil career where the only vacancy in the trophy case was the world championship, Steve Peat outclassed a stellar field to earn his first striped jersey. The powerful Brit led a brilliant top 5 — Greg Minnaar, Mic Hannah, Fabien Barel and Sam Hill — in Canberra, Australia, to take home the [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Racing | Tagged evil bikes, Luke Strobel, mountain bike racing, steve peat, steve smith, world championships
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 21, 2009
In the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle, a car driver took out two cyclists in a classic dooring incident. I was just thinking the other day how lucky I am never to have gotten doored. Then I almost got doored twice in three days… (Thanks to MyBallard.com) In Ottawa, a minivan took out 5 cyclists in [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Culture, Mountain Biking, News Cycle, Rider Down, Trail Access, Videos | Tagged iPhone bicycle apps, Kranked, lance armstrong, Leadville 100, steve peat
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on June 5, 2009
Kind of a light day for news, so here’s some weekend reading… San Francisco Chronicle: “When bike-skills instructor Bert Hill quizzes students at the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition’s ongoing Urban Cycling Workshops about the frequency of bicycle fatalities in the city, he says guesses generally range from five to 20 a year. In reality the [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, News Cycle | Tagged bikes and brew, Culture, national trails day, san francisco bicycling safety, steve peat
