It’s a fantastic day for cycling in Portland. I got up early to join friends on the Hawthorne Bridge for free pastries and coffee from Shift’s Breakfast on the Bridge crew. The sun welcomed cheery commuters and the conversation flowed as nicely as the hot coffee…
- Good to see Clarence Eckerson of BikeTV in town. His great bike movies are coming to Portland cable TV soon…
- Linda Ginenthal and Janis McDonald stopped by on the way to their work of making Portland a great place to bike (they both work in Transportation Options for the City of Portland).
- Dumpster Dave rolled up. He’s excited about his upcoming bike swap meet. It’s going down on May 14th at Free Geek and it’ll be followed by a dance party. Don’t miss it.
Saw some cool bikes too. Here’s a list of my favorites:
- Randy Albright’s 1970s Raleigh Folder. It’s in awesome condition and rides like a dream.
- John Beaston’s memorial bike. He’s plastered his Subaru with white ribbons for each soldier killed in Iraq and he had some left over for his bike. It’s a powerful statement.
- This red Cinelli had a few of us slobbering. I didn’t get the owner’s name, but she was mighty proud of her red beauty.
- Then Ian Stude from PSU Bike Co-op rolled up and stole the show. He has set up a brake-lever, cable-actuated bike bell on his bike that is just the coolest thing ever.
Click here to see all my photos from Breakfast on the Bridges.
After eating way too many pastries, I rolled up the Waterfront and stopped to soak up the blooming cherry blossoms. While there, I met Ericka, Rick and Amani Rickman enjoying a family ride. They were happy to let me snap a few photos of them.
I finally pulled myself away and headed home, only to be forced to stop at The Fresh Pot and snap these photos of people enjoying the sun (and the stellar bike parking!).
I leave you with this photo. Enjoy the weekend.
Broadway was also lovely — thanks, Timo and crew! For the first time, I planned to not have breakfast before stopping by, so enjoyed a donut and conversation in the sun.
Bummer…I bike on the Burnside, so I missed BontB!!! I’ll have to take a new route next month so as not to miss the fun.
Hawthorne, shmawthorne. O.k., we didn’t have filmmakers from New York on the Broadway, but we were graced by visits from two other Transportation Options folks – Lavinia Gordon (our Division Manager) and Dan Bower, the policy guy. We also got to wave to Tom Miller (Sam Adams’ chief of staff) and chew the fat with Roger Geller, the city Bicycle Coordinator.
It was great to have Evan stop by, and a little later Anna Scalera bolstered the BTA’s committment to breakfast as the foundation of bike activism. Y’all come on down next Last Friday and share the fun!
gosh I’m jealous…. I’ve been riding my bike to work over these bridges for 2 1/2 years now and I have yet to hit one of the breakfasts on the bridge(s)! I gotta get this on my calendar!