Small pumkin orange Specialized trick bike. Brake only on front wheel. Very good condition. Alloy wheels.
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Well used kid’s mountain bike. Blue, shifters in handlebar grips.
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yellow eddie fisher mountain bike. excellent condition. Front shocks, no rear shock, conventional brakes. Mount for a removable basket on handlebars.
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1978 white Peugeot PR10. Reynolds 531 frame. Mafac Racer brakes with black hoods, gold brake levers, Stronglight crank, simplex derailleurs, newer seat. Decent condition.
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The view from Huntington Beach, California.(Photo © Jonathan Maus)

I’m still down here in sunny Orange County, California (Cypress to be exact).
The photo at right is from a ride I took with my stepdad and some of his friends to Huntington Beach over the weekend (more photos here). It was about 65-70 degress [...]

Blumenauer (shown here with Sam Adams’ chief of staff Tom Miller) visited Portland for a bike issue roundtable in July.(Photo © Jonathan Maus)

Former Portland City Commissioner and now U.S. Congressman Earl Blumenauer has garnered major media exposure in recent weeks.
In early December the Oregonian profiled his rising clout on Capitol Hill. The paper called [...]

We celebrate the new year with the Trash Mountain Boys live in the studio. We’ll also be asking for your new year bikey resolutions and hopes for a great bike town.
9-10AM, Wednesday, January 2nd
KBOO FM 90.7
Streamed live at KBOO.fm
Podcast here later that day

Mid-90s style hybrid. Hub generator on front wheel powering front and rear lights. Blue plastic tray attached to rear black metal rack. Old innertubes wrapped around crosstube. Black left-rear kickstand. Black plastic toe baskets. Stickers, including a yellow and green Hungarian bike club sticker on seat post tube. Black plastic fenders. Brass bell and [...]

Stolen Xmas eve: Blue and black early 80’s Pro Miyata. Drop handlebars with interrupter brakes. Black Brooks saddle, caradice bag with strap. Downtube shifters broken off - now has bar end shifters. DuraAce components. Front tube was painted black, as were the Miyata M’s on the lugs (or W’s, however [...]

Some jerk stole my beautiful tandem out of my yard yesterday afternoon!! I am very sad. It is an incredibly conspicuous bike, so I have hope that if everyone keeps an eye out, it WILL be found.
It’s a yellow Huffy tandem with ape hanger handlebars. It says “Sunny Day Ride” on the chain guard and [...]

It was really stupid of me to have a cable lock on burnside but it’s a learning experience. The handlebars are black with no tape, there it has a black seat that has electical tape on it, and front brakes.
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The Vanilla tricycle on display atthe 2006 Made in Portland Bike Show.(Photo © Jonathan Maus)

An upcoming exhibit at the San Francisco Museum of Craft and Design will feature a custom tricycle designed by Portland-based bike builder Sacha White.
According to an article in today’s San Francisco Chronicle, the exhibit, “New West Coast Design: Contemporary Objects,” will [...]

New condition Silver 2006 Sirrus Specialized bike with used grey panniers, new pump, black rack on the back, odometer/speedometer, and lights on the front and back. I’m very sad with out it….
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The Bikestation in downtown Long Beach.(Photos © Jonathan Maus)

In downtown Long Beach, those who ‘go by bike’ don’t exactly get the red-carpet treatment.
The streets are wide, the cars go fast, and there are few bike-friendly routes. The safest place to ride is on the sidewalk, but that’s illegal.

basket pedals
black tape
lights on it, front and back
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Jessica Roberts(Photo © Jonathan Maus)

This article was written by Jessica Roberts. Jessica is the former metro area advocate for the Bicycle Transportation Alliance and she is now a planner for Alta Planning and Design.
Jessica previously wrote about the City of Portland’s bike parking fund.
In the article below, she offers insights on how [...]

This New Years Day, roll out of bed late and join us at noon for the 50-year-old New Years Day Ride! We’ll start at the Battleship Oregon Memorial in Waterfront Park and will cruise on an easy, family friendly route around the river and through SE Portland, before returning to McCall’s Restaurant (currently closed to [...]

Annual Shiftmas/City of Blinding Lights/See and be Obscene/Xmas ships/house Pub Crawl & Solstice Ride
Stop 1: The World Famous Kenton Club - “Heaven in No Po” 2025 N Kilpatrick
Contact: Carye Bye - bikebat(at)gmail(dot)com

My dear mom. She’s supported all my crazy endeavors through the years. When I wanted to be in the NBA she bought me high-priced sneakers and sent me to basketball camps. When I wanted to be a pro bike racer she showed up to races all over the state, cheering me on [...]

This is a Specialized commuter style bike. It’s absolutely huge and hard to miss. It has a River City Bicycles marker on it and disc brakes… the serial number is .
Sorry, no pic, but this is a distinctive ride.
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Stump Jumper M4 frame with Judy forks and 1″ Fat Boy tires. Clip-on fenders, Shimano SPD pedals, “Bi-Saddle” and Vetta wireless computer.
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Home.

…right back where I started from.
In a few hours I board a plane with my girls for a holiday trip to California. We’re headed to my mom’s house in the quaint, northern Orange County city of Cypress.

KATU, Portland’s ABC affiliate, ran a special “On Your Side” report last night on the fixed-gear bicycle brake issue.
The story was given the headline of “Are brakeless bikes safe to ride?”. Of course “brakeless” bikes are not safe. But are fixed-geared bikes technically brakeless? That depends on your definition of brake [...]

Tonight’s City Council session where Commissioner Adams was scheduled to present a bike safety resolution has been canceled.
According to Roland Chlapowski, due to members of Council being sick and unable to attend, there will not be a quorom for the 6:00 hearing.
The session will be rescheduled and I will post the new date and time [...]

Christopher Heaps

The article below was written by Christopher Heaps. Heaps is a lawyer with Stoel Rives who has volunteered to carry out the “citizen-initiated citation” process (as outlined in ORS 153.058) to retroactively cite Lisa Wheeler (the woman who hit Siobhan Doyle at N. Interstate and Greeley back in October) for “failure to yield”.
The [...]

Get yourself in the holiday spirit on the Bike Gallery’s annual Holiday Lights Ride.
A slow paced, fun, family ride from our Hollywood store to the ever-popular Peacock Lane, the street where Portlanders have turned holidays lights into an art form. Helmets and lights are a must, decorations and bells are encouraged. We’ll be back [...]

Yes it’s happening after all. We’ll bike to some Christmas-y lit-up locations and spread the tidings of holiday pedal-power. We’ll
sing in all our off-key glory to popular tunes, but with cycle-centric lyrics. This is to be: a fun holiday ride, a chance to see holiday
lights with your favorite people, and an effort [...]

Coming to a car near you beginning January 2nd.

2007 Specialized Crosstrail Pro - stolen from secure parking garage.
Stock equipment:
RockShox Tora suspension fork
Carbon seatpost/handlebars
Avid Juicy 3 hydraulic disc brakes
Avid brake levers
Shimano LX front/Deore XT rear derailleurs
Shimano LX shifters
Specialized Borough XC 700c (hybrid) tires
Add-on equipment:
Mounting bracket for frame pump was attached to lower seat tube
Mount for bike light was attached to handlebars
Mount for computer [...]

Current TriMet buses can hold two bikes.(Photo © Jonathan Maus)

Looking for ways to add capacity for riders that like to bus and bike, TriMet officials say they’re currently testing racks that would hold three bikes (current racks have room for two bikes).
However, according to TriMet stategic planner Eric Hesse, initial testing has given them reason [...]