[New on-street bike parking!]

On my way up Mississippi Street today I passed by a brand new, on-street bike parking facility at N. Beech Street, right in front of Amnesia Brewing. It’s very exciting to see this because it’s been in the works for over two years!
Ever since a similar bike-parking facility was put up [...]

PDOT and the Community Cycling Center have unveiled an ad they hope will ratchet up the visibility of their new “See and Be Seen” campaign.
Below is the ad they plan to unveil tonight at the Bike Light Parade, which is the official kickoff to the campaign:

Well, what do you expect? We asked for it.

Just caught this interesting announcement in the BTA Digest:
The Waypost, a European-style bar/cafe at 3120 N Williams (a few blocks south of Fremont), has declared December “Bicycle Love Month.” There will be endless happy hour for customers who arrive by bike, and a showing of the film “A Sunday in Hell” on December 14th. [...]

Today at City Council, Commissioner Sam Adams proposed an amendment to the city budget that would allocate $100,000 in seed money for a “Tour de Portland” style stage race.

I just received the bicycle citation numbers from the Portland Police Bureau Traffic Division (the Traffic Division writes 80% of all tickets in the Portland metro area). I took the numbers and made a few charts.

[The crux of the problem.]

The current Oregon statutes governing the operation of a motor vehicle in a bike lane are confusing and unclear. The Portland Police Bureau found this out the hard way and they want to find a solution and have the laws fixed for good at the upcoming legislative session in Salem. [...]

Today and tomorrow are the final days to enter November’s BikePortland Benefit Raffle. Thanks to the awesome guys at Cyclepath Bike Shop, up for grabs this month is a Redline 9-2-5 urban-assault, commuter bike. This is a great bike that comes with full fenders (with mud-flaps), a flip-flop singlespeed hub, mustache bars, and [...]

[Volunteers work hard to get used 600 bikes ready for the the CCC's annual Holiday Bike Drive]

This time of year, the headquarters of the Community Cycling Center on NE Alberta street is like Santa’s workshop; complete with elves, toys for the kids, and a magical sense of anticipation for the Big Day.

A group of Portland transportation activists are putting together a bid to try and persuade the World Carfree Network — the “hub of the global carfree movement” — that Portland would be an ideal place for their yearly conference, Towards Carfree Cities.

[Ira Ryan at the 2006 Made in Portland Bike Show]

A UK-based website called thewashingmachinepost has published a nice interview with Ira Ryan.
Ira is an up-and-coming local bike builder and former messenger who recently launched Ira Ryan Cycles, located in the basement of Weir’s Cyclery in North Portland.
Check out the interview.
If you can’t get [...]

Who will ever forget this guy? Not me. After my post a few weeks ago, I was amazed at how many people remembered seeing him. Readers chimed in from all over the country to say how impressed they were with the moxie and ingenuity behind this man and machine.

[The Aerorider]Photo: Ready to Ride

Flexcars are everywhere in Portland. So are bikes. So why not have Flexbikes?
I’m not talking about a snazzy, European style bike-rental program (like the one being discussed by Commissioner Sam’s office), I’m talking about pedal-powered vehicles that you’d rent when your regular, everyday bike just won’t cut it.
Portland cyclist [...]

[Greg Cowan, president of Castelli USA in their warehouse in downtownPortland.]

The Castelli name may not be as well-known as legendary bike racing heroes like Fausto Coppi or Gino Bartali, but their histories are forever intertwined. Back in the 1940s, Armando Castelli stitched clothing for both men.
When Coppi demanded something different — something that would [...]

My Perceptions of enforcement post last week spurred some interesting discussion. Curious about how the perception of my readers differed from the reality of statistics, I asked for people to guess how many tickets were written to bicyclists last month.
Of the 74 comments the average guess was around 60.
As promised, here are the official [...]

[Made with love by Elias Grey / Lemolo Bags]

BikeCraft II is shaping up nicely. I’ve just finished the event flyer (see below) and so far there are 15 confirmed vendors!
One of them is Elias Grey. He moved to Southeast Portland less than a year ago and he makes messenger bags under the name [...]

I’ve now transferred this site over to a new host and server.
The main site seems to be working fine, but there’s a major problem with the Forums and for some reason my event listings are not displaying properly. *Fixed them!
The site also seems a bit slow.
I am working on all of these issues and should [...]

In a statement released today by Messe Friedrichshafen, the company behind the Eurobike trade show has officially confirmed that they have cancelled plans for a September trade show in Portland.
Here is the full statement:

Starting today, Police officers in Missoula Montana will give away a free set of bike lights to cyclists stopped for not having them.
Sound familiar? It should. The program takes a page out of a similar program by the Portland Police Bureau that began over a year ago.

A reader just pointed out to that the New York Times has mentioned Portland’s bike scene yet again in their Saturday edition.
The first time is was all about our “cult-like” allegiance to cyclocross racing and now they cite a new report from Atlanta that says our “pedestrian and biker friendly” city is the main reason [...]

“Cyclcross fans’ race-day festivities rival those of Nascar and die-hard college football fans.”-from the New York Times article

The buzz about Portland’s vibrant cyclocross scene got much louder today when the venerable New York Times published an article on last week’s USGP race in Hillsboro.
Times reporter Oakley Brooks took advantage of the muddy conditions and rabid [...]

[11/26: Update - Here's the story]
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The front page of this Sunday’s Oregonian will feature a story about Portland’s bicycle industry.
The cover story and photo essay will report on how Portland has become a hotbed of activity for bike-related businesses; from frame builders and clothing designers, to major manufacturers like Chris King and Sapa Inc. [...]