5 January 2006 Archives

Weekly link roundup

Buffered Bike Lane with a bike symbol and arrow pointing forward

Shawn Granton needs help updating his awesome zine, the Portland Bicycle Culture Primer.
Update on “Super-retiree” Alan Koch: He has now ridden every Portland street from I-205 to the Willamette River. Congrats Alan, keep us posted!
Major changes brewing at the Community Cycling Center with the recent departure of their main man, Daniel Bohn.
Check out this VeloNews article with a photo of local racer Erik Tonkin’s Belgian fan club! (thanks Mark)
Help bring bikeTV to cable in Portland! Check out this message from Mr. bikeTV himself, Clarence Eckerson.
Great to know that the new Sauvie Island bridge will be nice and wide and bike friendly.

CHUNK 666 ride report on napkins

Just noticed this interesting New Year’s Eve ride summary written on napkins by CHUNK chronicler, Silken.

It’s sort of hard to read but I think this napkin (#3 of 5 in the series) says:

“Later, Ian and his tallbike did a slow motion crash on Karli. She cried a lot but then drank a beer and cussed him out…Dookie couldn’t make it up a hill and he and his tallbike went over a barrier and into a blackberry bramble…”

Read the full story and see all five napkins on the CHUNK blog…

Bike theft problem hits home

Just realized that my bike got stolen last night. It was unlocked in my backyard (I know, my mistake) and they walked right up, detached the Burley trailer and made off with it.

It was a kooky, unique bike (see photo and specs below) that had sentimental value and good, quality parts. It had front and rear pannier racks, a really bad black spray paint job, BikePortland.org stickers, red handle…oh forget it. Now I know why people feel like this.

Weekly link roundup

CHUNK 666 ride report on napkins

Bike theft problem hits home

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