🚨 Please note that BikePortland slows down during this time of year as I have family in town and just need a break! Please don't expect typical volume of news stories and content. I'll be back in regular form after the new year. Thanks. - Jonathan 🙏
“I am going to do my best to get this started and push it as far as I can.”
–Racer Steve Brown
Steve Brown — the local developer* whose vision for an indoor track racing facility in Portland is making the rounds in the cycling community — has put his money where his mouth is.
In an email he just sent to the Oregon Bicycle Racing Association (OBRA) mailing list, he has announced intentions to move forward with the velodrome idea and has asked the community for support.
The recent announcement that Eurobike is planning a Portland trade show caught many people off guard. Everyone that is, except staff of the Portland Oregon Visitors Association (POVA).
Portland Racing — the folks behind the MTB Short Track series — have teamed up with Team Veloshop and Kruger’s Farm on Sauvie Island (just 10 miles north of Portland) to bring us Kruger’s Crossing on Sunday, December 3rd.
[*Welcome Treehugger readers: Don’t miss this follow-up story about Brian’s motorhome bike.]
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BikePortland.org reader Bob Crispin sent in these photos after seeing this wayward pedaler on the streets of Northeast Portland.
Oregonian columnist and bike nut Jonathan Nicholas writes in this morning’s paper that a Portland developer* would like to see an indoor velodrome come to downtown Portland.
The developer,* Steve Brown thinks Portland would be a perfect place for an indoor track racing facility. He told Nicholas,
“It’s not hard to imagine combining the excitement of bike racing and beer to create something much more entertaining than the Blazers.”