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stolen sometime before 1.26.07 from inside my apartment building on gilsan .
Brand new flat black cruiser re-make, with really wide chrome handlebars, glossy red rims, slightly rounded back wheel nuts (oops!), large front and back fenders and 68 spoke wheels…looks exactly like this picture
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This is a big black bike. Heavy duty Bontrager tires. It has kind of a maroonish color for the writing. It says GF, and OPIE. Please help!
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On Monday, the Senate Judiciary Committee in Salem will hold a public hearing on Bill 299 (full text here).
Between March 2007 and spring of 2009, TriMet will be constructing the new I-205 MAX line that will connect PSU with points east to Clackamas County.
A reader just forwarded me a two-page info sheet that details the bike path detours along the 6.5 mile stretch.
You can view the map on TriMet’s website (opens to a PDF).
They also detail improvements ODOT will make to the multi-use path once the light rail line is completed. Among them is a new bridge:
“A new elevated crossing will be constructed over SE Foster Road and SE Woodstock Boulevard, increasing continuity and safety for pedestrians and bikers.”
Stay up to date with the project at TriMet.org/i205.
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Chris King Precision Components™, manufacturer of bicycle components, is seeking a Maintenance Mechanic Assistant to work in our manufacturing facility. We have a factory filled with an incredible variety of beautiful machinery requiring constant attention and care. There are ultra high precision gear driven machines from the 50’s, and the latest in cutting edge CNC machines found no where else in the world. We take great pride in our machinery and the people that maintain this equipment must take pride in their work. No cheap tools, no hacking things together, do the job right.
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Chris King Precision Components™, manufacturer of bicycle components, is seeking a general building maintenance and facilities assistant to work in our manufacturing facility. We take great pride in the work we do and the people that maintain our building must take pride in their work too. No cheap tools, no hacking things together, do the job right. We are not looking for an expert in construction or facilities work. We need an outstanding individual with 3 to 5 years of general building/facilities construction experience.
Chris King Precision Components™, manufacturer of bicycle components, is seeking qualified applicants for a Customer Service Representative Lead position to maintain our high quality customer service standards. The Lead will assist the Sales Supervisor in the maintenance of day-to-day activities, tracking customer interactions, report generation and analysis, project support, running daily meetings and general department leadership.
Since so many of wonderful, smart, and eminently-employable folks visit this site every day, I frequently get contacted by HR people wanting to post job announcements.
They rarely warrant their own post, and I’ve never had a good place to put them…until now.
Behold, the new BikePortland Job Listings.
So here’s the deal. If your company or non-profit wants major exposure (60,000 visits so far this month) for key positions, you can have them listed on BikePortland.org. These are paid listings and jobs will run for 30 days.
In case anyone gets the wrong impression after my post about Berkeley’s bicycle boulevard efforts, I thought an update on Portland’s progress was in order. Here are a few things I’ve come across just in the past week or so.
SE Foster Bypass Bicycle Boulevard
With strong leadership from Commissioner Sam Adams, City Council recently decided to allocate one-time funds to create a new bicycle boulevard to bypass SE Foster Road. Adams’ office listed a safe Foster Blvd. bypass as one of their top priorities. Back in November they said:
Classic 1993 Bridgestone MB, Purple, modified for city cruising with single speed, straight handlebars, fenders (silver-colored plastic), and a rear rack.
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On Wednesday I met with John Canda to hear his perspectives on how bikes might play a larger role in community policing.
John is the Mayor’s youth crime prevention czar. Prior to that, he led the Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods, one of six coalitions that oversees 12 neighborhoods.
We met in the Humboldt neighborhood, just blocks from where John was born and raised and where his parents still have a home.
First, let me explain something. Recent attacks are what sparked my action on this issue, but I do not believe there is a rampant crime problem nor a major trend of random attacks on cyclists in the N Vancouver/Williams area. My interest is in the bigger picture.