Our bikes were stolen from our locked shed in the Irvington neighborhood of NE Portland. The first one was a 2004 Trek Navigator, 16.5, red with grey, serial # ITK4C03907. The second one was a 2005 Trek Navigator, 18.5, blue with gold, serial #ITK4D05020. If you happen to come across either one [...]

[Aaron Tarfmann on his way to the store]

Portland has seen a bit of snow in the past few days. Of course I'm missing all the fun down here in California, but through the wonders of the Internet I have come across a few photos and reports of intrepid Portland cyclists braving the conditions.
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Holidaze got you down? Sick of the same old Christmas songs? These bikey carols will have you grinning with yuletide vibes in no time. They were written by esteemed Portland bike fun pioneers Amy Stork, Jim Waigand and Jeff Bernards. There's a PDF of these lyrics on the Shift website for [...]

I can't get to everything...

Carye Bye wants to get more folks on bikes. Check out her idea (and the great feedback) for a "bike buddy" program here in Portland.
The Wise Old Bicycle Guy is sick of bike theft and wants to start "un-stealing" bikes.
The Oregon Bicyclists Manual (PDF) has been updated and revised.

The Portland [...]

The Cross Crusade might be over but that's not the only cross series in town. Veloshop kicked off the season back in September and they'll bring it to an official close this Sunday (Dec. 18th) at Blue Lake Park.
This is the last of three Veloshop races this year and they've all been great [...]

Portland bikers, consider yourselves spoiled with bike fun. Here is a round-up of rides happening on the first day of 2006 (if you know of others, feel free to add them to the comments):
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The bike is a 2004 black Surly Cross Check. The Surly bike stickers are covered with electrical tape. There is a zoobomb sticker on the left side of the down tube

Peter Loewi is a regular BikePortland.org reader, PDOT intern, and dedicated Veloshop Team member (he once had his mouth wired in pink to show his team colors!).
When he noticed a recent NY Times Travel article on Portland made no mention of bikes he decided to give them a piece of his mind...and they printed it!
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The LDTMA (Lloyd District Transportation Management Association) recently held an open forum to discuss bike issues in the Lloyd District area. They invited several NE Precinct police officers and traffic division commander Bill Sinnott. During the Q&A session, someone asked to see a list of the most common bicycle infractions and the cost [...]

I'm down in Orange County visiting family and I won't be back until Dec. 29th. I've only been here about 5 days now, but I already miss Portland. We've rented a mini-van and I've done more driving in the past few days than I have for the past 6 months. Everywhere I [...]

Sam Adams has just posted a survey that allows you to weigh in on how you think the city's transportation money should be spent. This is an exciting opportunity to cast your vote and let the folks at City Hall know how strongly you feel about the key role of bicycle access in [...]

by Jessica Roberts, Metro Area Advocate for the BTA

I attended last night's budget forum, hosted by Commissioner Sam Adams.
I'm pleased to say that bicycling was well represented. Over 30% of participants arrived by bike, and it was clear through the course of the evening that this was a crowd that loves [...]

Chris Smith is full of great ideas lately. Earlier this month, he started working with the folks at KBOO radio to offer past and future episodes of the popular KBOO Bike Show as MP3s for our listening enjoyment. Now he's gone and put together an aggregate site called "The Portland Bike Channel". [...]

There's another new bike lane stencil that just hit Portland streets. This one was made to commemorate the University of Portland women's soccer team on their NCAA championship victory. It lives on N. Willamette Blvd.
I ride by there all the time so I look forward to introducing myself.

[Thanks to Roger Geller [...]

Some of you may remember that Joe Biel (founder of Microcosm Publishing) is working on a documentary about bike art. He was particularly interested in Portland's whimsical bike lane characters.
I just heard from Joe that after a few meetings and phone calls he was given the opportunity to design and lay out [...]

A few months ago I was smitten with PDX airport because of their new and vastly improved bike access. After reading my post, several folks were inspired to ride to the airport to take advantage of the new bike lane and enclosed long-term bike parking facility.
However now all that has changed. A few [...]

The Pedalpalooza craziness has already begun...and it's only December. Check out the new interactive feature over on the Shift website. You can make the bike fun action figures say anything you want.
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Chris Smith has posted PDFs and summaries of the presentations from the PSU Traffic and Transportation class. Several of them are bike-related and they provide great insight and ideas about how to improve biking conditions in Portland.
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The Southeast Precinct of the Portland Police Bureau have started a bike theft awareness campaign.
Officers have been standing on the Hawthorne Bridge in the early morning and passing out forms for cyclists to fill out and return to them. According to one cyclist, who was stopped last Tuesday at 6:30 AM, the [...]

Back in April the PBS show "GlobeTrekker" came to Portland. They highlighted Portland's eco-friendly transportation options and somehow ended up on a Zoobomb.
Dat Nguyen has found and posted the clip for all of us to enjoy (you'll need QuickTime to view it).
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