The TriMet/bike incident has the spread across the country, but unfortunately of all the parties involved only the cyclist has made a statement. TriMet has been silent (they sent me a statement but it did not address this issue specifically), the driver is deceased, the passenger has not been found, and no witnesses have [...]

[From the Oregonian]

It's been a crazy week around here.
The Randy Albright/TriMet thing has spilled over from my site to the local media, the blogosphere, and now to the national media (someone saw the video on Fox TV in Utah). The result is an avalanche of comments (101 on this blog at last [...]

I don't think this could have come at a better time. Misinterpretations of bike laws are the basis of many false arguments. Now that ODOT has finally published a summary of all the bike laws pertaining to bikes in the Oregon Revised Statutes this shouldn't be as much of a problem.
You can [...]

After I posted Austin Ramsland's great checklist for what to do after you've been hit, a few people wondered if we could make a portable version. Thanks to the help and suggestions of readers, I found out about PocketMod, a nifty little service that can convert PDFs into handy, wallet-sized booklets.
I downloaded the [...]

Tonight is the Super Legal Ride created by super-advocate Elly Blue. The first one got some media attention (Portland Mercury and KGW-TV) and its goal and execution has come into question on the Shift email list.
The debate revolves around whether or not it's a good idea for cyclists to advocate for a new law [...]

As I just reported, there's a contingent from Portland going to the National Bike Summit in Washington D.C..
I've been wanting to go the the Summit for years but never really considered it until now. The schedule looks awesome and just think of all the bike people, the ideas, the conversations! Imagine me explaining [...]

Portland has been given the opening slot to kick off the National Bike Summit being held March 1-3 in Washington D.C.. According to the official schedule, a "distinguished panel of Oregonians" will be telling the crowd (a who's who of advocates, lobbyists and industry leaders) how to make their communities more bike-friendly and how [...]

The BTA's long-awaited website is live. I think you'll like it. I do. Big kudos go out to the talented folks at Grapheon Design for donating their skills to the cause.
I think it's pretty cool they've got a blog. Evan just posted something about the Albright/TriMet thing that's worth a [...]

Ever wondered what the guys from CHUNK 666 do on New Year's Eve? Check out this video I found over on the CHUNK blog.
PSU just installed 110 new bike racks. Read all about it in their campus newspaper.

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The Portland State University Bike Co-op is a tiny, self-service shop located in a parking garage in downtown Portland. It opened up in October 2004 and it serves the estimated 1500-2000 daily bike riders at PSU. I stopped by yesterday to check it out...all 136 square feet of it. Yes, that's small. [...]

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I'm happy to announce that local professional 'cross racer Erik Tonkin will be publishing a weekly column here on BikePortland.org. Well, not exactly here...I went and made him his own space.
He's gotten off to a great start with this article about how his friends help beat him up in mock races around [...]

Did anyone notice the posts to the Portland forum on OregonLive.com in response to the Albright/TriMet lawsuit? I clicked on them just out of curiousity. Wow. They reveal the dark underbelly of how some Portlanders feel about cyclists. I'm not posting these to get cyclists all pissed off, I just think [...]

As expected, the local media is all over the Randy Albright/TriMet lawsuit I reported on last Friday. (By the way, if you haven't checked in a few days, that post has sparked some spirited discussion that is well worth a read).
KGW (our local NBC) ran a story with the TriMet video and an [...]

The Ecotrust Building is hosting a small alternative transportation display. If you haven't made it over there, I snapped a few photos. It's a nice display but I was hoping it would be in the main area near the pizza place. Turns out it's in an upstairs hallway. Not as [...]

What would I do without my friends?
Last year and this year, they’ve helped me stage a pseudo but otherwise full-on ‘cross race, so Rhonda and I could get in a serious training effort as we prepare for ‘cross worlds. Yes, life in general is easy with such willing (and clearly none too bright!) pals, [...]

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Have you come across a unique, hand-built, custom frame identified as Lacquement?
Mine was stolen around 30th and Killingsworth.
Please contact okie at comcast net if you happen upon this bike.
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An interesting movie is coming to the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) on March 6th. It's called "Wired to Win" and according to the film's website:
"the film combines spectacular live-action footage with cutting-edge computer graphics and medical imagery to demonstrate how each brain responds to experience and challenge in ways we're only [...]

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One reason Portland is such a great biking town is that bikes have been a part of the landscape for well over 100 years. Case in point; in my office I've got a framed version of the "Cyclists' Road Map of Portland" dated 1896 (more photos here). It's a really cool map and [...]

[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 [...]

[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 [...]