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Dan Kaufman of CrankMyChain Cycle TV has put together this fun Mini Bike Winter promotional video. It includes footage from last night's Zoobomb (can you say cold and gravelly?), deep thoughts from Zoobombers, and narration from a strange-sounding Reverend Phil.
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[Rhonda Mazza, shown here in Hillsboro on 10/15/06, pedaled to 11th place at the Cyclocross World Championships.]

Yesterday, Portland's royal couple of cyclocross, Rhonda Mazza and Erik Tonkin raced in Belgium at the Cyclocross World Championships.
According to reports, Rhonda came in 11th and Erik battled to a very respectable 43rd place against the best cross racers [...]

[From today's Oregonian. Read the article.]

For the second time in a row, Oregonian columnist Renee Mitchell has devoted her column (which appears on the front page of the Metro section) to the power of the pedal.
Last Wednesday she wrote about how the community came together to recover Erin Greeson's $2,000 stolen bike. Now, in [...]

[A cyclist is dwarfed by the majesty of Mt. Hood.]

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["Heed the Moronic Dictum" by C.H.U.N.K. 666 and "Go By Bicycle #3" are part of the Library's new zine collection.]

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It's been forever since I last posted a stolen bike recovery story.
This time, the story comes from S. Renee Mitchell's column in the Oregonian last week. She has the story of Erin Greeson's high-end carbon-fiber racing bike getting nabbed from New Seasons in Sellwood:
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(SE - near the Bagdad)
Hey CLers~~
Need people to keep their eyes out for my bike, stolen from my basement in the past 24 hours. Please call the cops, or me at 503-757-0227 if you have seen it, or have any info that could lead to its recovery.
The bike is a larger, gray/smoke colored Marin [...]

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).
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[Detail of detour map.Click to download]

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 [...]

THIS JOB HAS BEEN FILLED AS OF 2/14/07
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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

[All signs point to more bike boulevards]

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 [...]

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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[John Canda, head of the Mayor's Office on Youth Crime Prevention]

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 [...]