21 inch commuter bike,w/ silver and black fenders, black fork shocks, seat shock, oversized pedals, t…
More Info:http://finetoothcog.com/site/bike_matches/196
Day: September 27, 2006
Stolen Trek 7300FX
Silver Trek woman’s bike, 17″ frame. The seat is scratched in the back on one side and the grip on th…
More Info:http://finetoothcog.com/site/bike_matches/195
Stolen Giant Lady Giant Express DX 17
Kickstand, Full fenders (black and white flowered.)Towni Hawaii
Rack alloy universal black, bracket …
More Info:http://finetoothcog.com/site/bike_matches/194
Sneak peek at stolen bikes on Google Maps
As promised when I introduced my partnership with Finetoothcog, web programming guru Michael Jones of Code in Motion has been hard at work trying to integrate your stolen bike listings into a Google Map interface.
It’s not quite fully functional just yet, but this morning he sent me over a sneak preview of an actual Google Map that he has populated with 113 stolen bike listings from September (believe it or not, we’ve had 174 bikes listed this month, but only 113 of them had adequate address information).
Stolen Klein Q Pro Carbon
52 cm Klein racing bike, 8 speed Dura Ace, Speedplay pedals, Terry Butterfly saddle, included saddleb…
More Info:http://finetoothcog.com/site/bike_matches/192
Checking in on my visitor stats
It’s been almost a year since I last shared information about my visitor statistics. Given everything that has happened on this site, one year ago seems like ancient history so I figured it was time to reflect on how traffic to this site has grown.
[Monthly visits to BikePortland.org]
Vintage Ritchey bicycle recovered
[Officer Jim to the rescue]
Photo: Jack Newlevant
Photo: Jack Newlevant
I’m happy to share that yet another bicycle has been recovered due to this site and the vigilance of our bike community. This time the bike was the beloved, vintage Ritchey belonging to Jack Newlevant. He has documented the story well on his personal website. Here’s an excerpt from his story:
“I locked my 1986 (Tom) Ritchey “Outback” and my helmet with a fairly heavy cable to an 8-ft tall signpost in front of a nice restaurant in downtown Portland on Tuesday 8/22/06. The bike, helmet, cable & padlock were all gone an hour later.
Cycling fashion and the gender divide
Last week I ran into Natalie Ramsland of Sweetpea Bicycles at a backyard party. We both bike a lot for transportation or work, and were talking about how we choose our clothes based on their bike-worthiness.
Natalie said she chooses all her jeans by testing whether or not she can fit her U-lock in the back pocket. (She’ll even run outside to her bike to check, if the salespeople will let her.) Someone standing with us pointed out that a lot of thought goes into pocket design on women’s jeans, from a stylistic perspective. Natalie laughed, and said if she cared about that, where would she put her lock?