Stolen Bridgestone Unknown

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Red/white beat-up-looking Bridgestone, pictured logos now covered with stickers (“My other car is a bicycle”, “One Less Car”, “Reuse before recycle”, “Expect Resistance”). 21 speed. Hybrid-style tires.

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KOIN covers safe passing bill

[Screenshot from KOIN story.
Go here to find video.]

BTA Director Evan Manvel reports that their Senate Bill 299 (PDF here) got some airtime on Portland’s CBS affiliate KOIN-TV yesterday.

I watched the video clip and they do a solid job covering the issue. I’d recommend watching it. They have some interesting on-the-street interviews, some words from Evan, and even some in-studio chit-chat.

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Bishops Barbershop gives bike-friendly discount

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Reader Isaac Harris just sent in word that Bishops Barbershop (3724 SE Hawthorne) is now offering a discount for hearty winter cyclists.

Show up with proof that you rode and you’ll get 10% off (or $2) your haircut and “our infinite respect” says store manager Crystal Eppinger. She adds that the deal may not fly at all locations just yet.

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Racer launches new bike company

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[Mark Duff in action at
Alpenrose Velodrome in Portland.]

Mark Duff is well-known in the Oregon road and track racing scene. Since moving here from Colorado six years ago, he’s been a consistent top performer in both disciplines and has been involved with racing for over two decades.

Now, the 39 year old former owner of a construction company is switching gears and launching Veloforma, a new bike company headquarted in Banks, a small rural town in Washington County 26 miles West of Portland.

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Juggling store is "serious" about unicycles

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[This Torker Unistar will set
you back $85-105.]

Reader Ben S. wrote me yesterday to tell me about Serious Juggling.

Besides all manner of juggling paraphernalia, the Northeast Portland store (and online shop) has a big selection of unicycles.

Ben says they’ve sold unicycles for 10 years now and that they can special order anything your unicycling heart desires.

Think only clowns unicycle? Not in Portland. According to Ben,

“Unicycling is growing in Portland as a fun way to commute or go trail riding. There was even a group that did Bridge Pedal last year.”

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Proximity is key to our future

For a broader perspective on transportation, look closer to home.

Discussions of bicycling and transportation revolve naturally around, well, transportation. But involved citizens might be better advised to focus less on mobility, and more on staying put and focusing on what’s right next door or down the street. Or, more to the point, on what ought to be there, but isn’t.

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Stolen specialized hardrock comp

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Mostly Yellow with disconnected front derailer, and shifter removed. Gold Hell bent handle bars. Seat has minor tears. Aluminum rear rack and A front fear. Deore rear derailer with rapid fire shifter that doesn’t show gears accurately.

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