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Day: November 8, 2005

Stolen: Grey Specialized

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Someone stole my bike two days ago. It is a specialized hard rock sport grey 2005. It is stock but it looks like it has been used a good bit. I was at wired coffee shop 39th and lincoln when a man with bolt cutters took my bike and started heading SEish.

Please help I have no car and no cash to buy a new one. If you have any advise about hot shops I can check out or any segestions where I can look please help.

The S/N is P4EE42048…

PLEASE if you see it will you call the cops and send me an email at UrbanDrops@gmail.com, or put a post on here.
Thank you all so much,
Jon

It’s cold. You need gloves.

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It was in the low 30s this morning. Ouch. Without a good pair of gloves for your morning commute, it makes it awfully easy to climb into the car.

Resist the tempation! Embrace the cold, morning air!

Ayleen over at the ORBike Blog is collecting comments and recommendations about which gloves work for both cold and rain. Good tips. Check them out and check back for the complete list in a few days.

Cyclists are agressive, arrogant freeloaders

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Check out this letter in the recent Portland Tribune:

Bicycles are nuisance, and their riders rude

The bicycle’s contribution to clean air is at best infinitesimal and is probably negative because bicycles, bicycle lanes, etc., slow traffic and increase congestion. However, the bicycle lobby continues to receive the support of city, county and state politicians, a tribute to the power of small, vociferous, self-serving, special interest groups. By the demeanor and actions of the majority, bicycle riders could best be described as aggressive, arrogant, freeloading outlaws.

Don Robison
Southwest Portland

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