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Tonkin joins Mazza on world’s team

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Cross Crusade #2 - Alpenrose Dairy, Portland OR
[Erik Tonkin – more photos here]

Local racer and co-owner of Sellwood Cycle Repair, Erik Tonkin has just been named to the U.S. team for the 2006 UCI Cyclocross World Championships. He joins his wife Rhonda Mazza who was recently named to the women’s team.

Congrats to the world’s facest ‘cross couple! The big race is January 29 in Zeddam, the Netherlands.

I guess this is a good time to mention that Erik will soon have his own column here on BikePortland.org so you can read all the juicy details and race reports from the Netherlands. Stay tuned for more on this early next week.

Check out my photos of Erik and Rhonda in action (on bikes that is).

Cyclist sues TriMet

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[Photo from TriMet bus video]

Long time bike advocate and current city employee Randy Albright (seen here at a June Critical Mass ride) has filed a lawsuit against TriMet seeking damages of over $48,000. The suit, which was filed last Friday, details an incident which occured on the Hawthorne Bridge back in January 2004.

I recently met with Randy to get his side of the story:

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