Archive for February, 2007
Wednesday, February 28th, 2007
Job Title: City of Portland Environmental Policy Director/Liaison to the Bureau of Environmental Services for Commissioner Sam Adams
Qualified applicants will have experience with environmental policy, familiarity with Commissioner Adams and the Bureau of Environmental Services, and a demonstrated ability to build working relationships with and between citizens, interest groups, and businesses from all perspectives. […]
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Wednesday, February 28th, 2007
Green Gary Fisher 2003 Wahoo medium bike. Road tires. Ergonomic seat. Toe cages. Rear rack.
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Wednesday, February 28th, 2007
womens univega mountain bike, dark navy blue. has an downward angled womens crotch bar, letters saying univega are white outlined in red. there used to be a sticker on the handle bars, where it used to be is sticker residue/peel.
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Wednesday, February 28th, 2007
Job Title - Bicycle Mechanic/ Sales person
Company/Organization - 21st Avenue Bicycles
Job Description
Experienced Bicycle Mechanic/ Sales person 21st Avenue Bicycles is looking for a bicycle mechanic/ sales person to cover the register and sales floor. Must have previous shop experience. Please apply in person 10-5 monday-friday. Please have resume ready 21st Avenue Bicycles 916 NW 21st […]
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Wednesday, February 28th, 2007
Job Title - Sales Coordinator
Company/Organization - Free Geek
Job Description
Do you like organizing computer hardware? How ’bout working with other brilliant people to improve systems, while recruiting and teaching other brilliant people how to do the stuff you’ve already learned? All while helping customers, with a big grin on your face? Well, our Sales Coordinator position […]
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Wednesday, February 28th, 2007
One year old Timberline LTD GT blue in color, cable lock cut and taken from a locked shed
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Wednesday, February 28th, 2007
[On-street bike parking, like this one at N. Shaver and N. Mississippi Streets, could be coming to SE Belmont.]
If all goes as planned, SE Belmont Street between 33rd and 34th will gain two new on-street bike parking facilities. The facilities would be similar to ones already in place in the Mississippi St. neighborhood near the […]
Neighborhoods, Bike Parking, Southeast, News, Infrastructure, Advocacy, Front Page | Comments (32)
Tuesday, February 27th, 2007
[Metro Councilor Rex Burkholder presents his resolution calling for more alternatives to be considered in the Columbia River Crossing process.]
The Columbia River Crossing Task Force has just voted 26-7 in favor of a resolution created by Rex Burkholder, and passed by Metro Council, asking that they include another alternative besides their $6 billion dollar […]
Politics, Columbia River Crossing, News, Advocacy, Infrastructure, Front Page | Comments (19)
Tuesday, February 27th, 2007
[This is the third in a series of four interviews with local bike builders who are exhibiting at the North American Handmade Bicycle Show next weekend (March 2-4) in San Jose, California. Read previous interviews with Ira Ryan and Tony Pereira.]
[Joseph Ahearne in his shop.]
Joseph Ahearne of Ahearne Cycles has come a long […]
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Tuesday, February 27th, 2007
If you ride on the Esplanade and the Springwater Corridor south of OMSI you know that there’s a ton of construction going.
In addition to the Big Pipe Project, ODOT is currently working on a $64 million project to replace the MLK/Grand Viaduct.
In the next few weeks, ODOT will establish an official construction […]
Neighborhoods, Enforcement, Southeast, Police, Infrastructure, News, Front Page | Comments (34)
Tuesday, February 27th, 2007
Dan Kaufman of CrankMyChain Cycle TV tipped me off about a new web TV series based on Portland’s bike culture.
[The Bicyclist is a new web TV series based on Portland’s bike culture.]
“The Bicyclist” will premiere March 1st and is the work of Carl and Sharon Jameson of Craftmaster Independent, a Portland-based video production company.
According to […]
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Tuesday, February 27th, 2007
Like any minority, as we work to move bicycles from an “alternative” mode of travel to a more widely used and mainstream transportation choice, we will be forced to defend deeply entrenched misconceptions and negative stereotypes.
Even in Portland, America’s most bike-friendly city, many folks still lump anyone who uses a bicycle into one big group […]
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Monday, February 26th, 2007
A key vote will be made tomorrow by the Columbia River Crossing Task Force. The 39-member panel will vote on how to move forward into the next phase of the project.
Chris Smith of PortlandTransport.com has covered this issue (with skepticism) very closely, I’ve expressed my grave concerns and have urged a shift in thinking […]
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Monday, February 26th, 2007
[Coming to North Plains March 5-6.]
Next week, Portland will host the largest slope-style mountain bike competition in the U.S.
The Wham Bam Thank You Jam will take place at the HindsightMX Indoor Motorcross Park in North Plains (just a few miles West of downtown Portland) and is expected to attract over 50 of the […]
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Monday, February 26th, 2007
[This is the second in a series of four interviews with local bike builders who are exhibiting at the North American Handmade Bicycle Show next weekend (March 2-4) in San Jose, California. Read about Ira Ryan in the first installment.]
[Tony Pereira of Pereira Cycles.]
Tony Pereira hopes to continue his winning ways at the Handmade […]
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Sunday, February 25th, 2007
[A scene from Portland’s Car Free Days last September.]
The city of Portland has been chosen to host the 2008 Towards Carfree Cities conference. The conference is a project of the World Carfree Network and it aims to “bring together people who are promoting practical alternatives to car dependence.”
Portland will be the first U.S. […]
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Sunday, February 25th, 2007
Has black Jannd rake
Armadillo tires
Schock absorber seat post
Had Ortlib panniers at time of theft
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