[ February 2, 2007; 6:00 pm; ]

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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[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 […]

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 […]

[ February 10, 2007 to February 11, 2007. ]

[ February 11, 2007; ]

[Mark Duff in action atAlpenrose 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 […]

[PDOT map of planned improvements.Click for larger view.]

Over the weekend, Evan Manvel from the BTA joined neighborhood leaders, PDOT traffic safety staff, and City Commissioner Randy Leonard on a ride to envision improvements on a bicycle boulevard route that will bypass SE Foster Blvd.
Evan shares this map (at right, click for larger view) which details […]

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

Reader Ben Schoenberg 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 […]

[Scan of BTA’s Alice Awards party invitation.]

Portland is ga-ga for Amsterdam these days. Within days of bringing you the news of Portland’s first shipment of Dutch Bakfietsen, now comes the BTA’s Alice Awards party invitations.
The iconic Dutch windmill is prominent on the front of the invite (see above), and inside the BTA explains why […]

[By Elly Blue]

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 […]

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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Silver and blue; red led flasher mounted to seat post. Bike was in fully fenced side yard and not visible from the street.
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Blue w/silver; red led flasher mounted to seat post. Bike was in fully fenced side yard and not visible from the street.
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Chris Smith mentioned this yesterday, but I just noticed an interesting story buried in the Metro Section of today’s Oregonian.
Here’s the gist.
Metro is in the midst of their Regional Transportation Plan update. According to Metro, this plan is,

“a blueprint to guide transportation investments in the Portland metropolitan region for the next 20 years.”
The plan […]

[A road in North Plains.]

Yesterday, the BTA’s Senate Bill 299 — which includes a provision about requiring a minimum three-foot passing distance — got its first debate on the floor of the Judiciary Committee in Salem.
A reporter from the Associated Press was there and filed a report that was picked up by the Oregonian.
The story […]

[Bakfietsen. They’re here.]Photo: Clever Cycles

Todd and Dean of Clever Cycles must be giddy with excitement. Their much-anticipated first shipment of Bakfietsen (Dutch for “box bikes”) have arrived!
Soon, Portland will be crawling with these cool bikes and people will embrace the function, fashion and utility that many families in Amsterdam have already discovered.
It was […]