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Yesterday I got a sneak peek at how bikes mix with the gleaming and futuristic new Portland Aerial Tram. Built by a cooperative effort between PDOT and OHSU, the new tram carries people from a new OHSU health center on the South Waterfront up to OHSU's Kohler Pavillion.
I was [...]

[One of ten blue bike lanes in Portland.]

I recently got an email from a reader who was curious about Portland's blue bike lanes. I did a little research and decided to share my findings with everyone.
The City of Portland -- with a grant from ODOT -- first experimented with blue bike lanes back in [...]

[Car-less Northwest Portland.]Photo by Kate Gawf

Portland blogger Kate Gawf recently snapped some photos of a rare occurrence in Northwest Portland; car-less streets. Thanks to the annual "Leaf Day" clean-up, all cars in the usually "parked-up" and densely populated neighborhood vanish for just a few hours.
Here's more from Kate, followed by another photo:
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BTA Policy Director Scott Bricker has announced their 2007 legislative agenda and the "overarching concern" is safety. They will move three bills and hope to partner with legislators to make them into law.
Here are the three bills (with my comments following each one):
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In case you're still searching for the perfect gift for the bike lover in your life, here are some awesome, locally-made, bikey gift ideas.
BikePortland.org Postcard Set

[One of five postcardsin my set.]

Spread the beauty of bikes in Portland with one of my postcard sets. Each set comes with five postcards that have been printed on [...]

[B:C:Clettes on MomentumMagazine cover]

By now, you've surely heard of the Sprockettes -- Portland's very own mini-bike dance troupe who have won many fans for their energetic, sexy, and synchronized street routines.
But what you may not know, is that the same infectious charm that has made them a must-see in Portland, has also inspired other ladies [...]

[Jeff Bernards, founderof "Get Lit"]

Jeff Bernards' "Get Lit" program continues to inspire other cities to give out free lights to cyclists.
A few weeks ago, I shared the news that a similar program has cropped up in Missoula, Montana. Now, the Sacramento Area Bicycle Advocates (SABA) have adopted a similar program they call [...]

Small dent on the top bar of the bike. Front and back racks. Tire pump was attached, as well as an odometer, side mirror, and light.
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it is a red bike 26inch wheel
it has a different bolt on the left crank
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has very bad brakes and does not shift very well. has platform pedals but eggbeater click-ins
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Looks pretty new. Abandoned at house near SE 50th and Division. Tell us what type of air valves caps it has and we will gladly return it!
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[Wendy Williams at the Halloween Cross Crusade Race]

Wendy Williams -- of the River City Bicycles cyclocross team -- has won the women's Masters 35-39 National Championship title at Cyclocross Nationals held today in Providence, Rhode Island.
This caps an exceptional year for Williams, who has ridden consistently at the top of the pack throughout the cyclocross [...]

[Shared Route logo.]

Ever wanted to get up to Seattle with your bike? Everyone knows about Amtrak, but trains are slow and why not try something new?
Jacob Rosenblum recently told me about his new service called Shared Route -- a "biodiesel passenger shuttle between Portland, Olympia, and Seattle" which was covered in the Willamette Week [...]

[*Update: Please read this comment for my mea culpa on this post.]

[Photo of IKEA Netherlands, courtesyEvan Manvel/BTA]

As I first reported over a year ago, retail giant IKEA will soon have a Portland location.
I'm already looking forward to their tasty Swedish meatballs, lingonberry jam, and 75 bike racks they plan to install, but now comes word [...]

[Former Mayor Bud Clark andCongressman Earl Blumenauerat 2006 Alice Awards.]

The BTA is busily working on plans for their big Alice B. Toeclips Awards party and auction. Last year, the formal event -- which is the BTA's big annual fundraiser -- packed the Oregon Convention with a who's-who of Portland's bike scene.
This year's event will [...]

[Officers Quick (L) and Pickett (R) on Hawthorne Blvd.]

Back in October I joined Officers Rob Quick and Robert Pickett of the Portland Police Bureau for a bike-along.
Pickett and Quick are on the Southeast Portland Bike Patrol whose enforcement boundaries cover everything from SE Hawthorne Blvd. to I-84, and I-205 down to the Esplanade.
I wanted to [...]

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What do I love most about Portland's bike community? That's impossible to answer, but very high on the list would have to be bike moves.
Last night, amid dark and drizzly skies, a cheery group of people showed up to help Ernie Wisner move from his place near SE Belmont and [...]

Older chromed Miyata bad chrome at BB shell, size 56. Chrome threaded fork with surly torsion bars, old school schwinn grips red and green.. White Velocity Deep V machined rims with black Surly hubs. Super Mighty cranks with Time ATAC pedals. Full fenders and a Silver WTB saddle.
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