From the Willamette Week:
“Jennifer Knight pleaded no contest Wednesday to three citations she received in rural Washington County on June 9. At 12:49 pm that day, she hit and killed bicyclist Timothy O’Donnell, 66, of Aloha.

Knight, 26, received a fine of over $1,000 for driving with a suspended license, careless driving and passing in a […]

2007 Kona Cinder Cone Mountain Bike. Has Wellgo clip on pedals.
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road bike, white speckled gray with a silver pannier rack, 105 components, soft dent in the top tube
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Dingo rides the Burnside Bridgeduring a recent bike parade.(File photo)

Because of a tricky construction project on the Burnside Bridge, Multnomah County officials have decided to close the entire span to cars for three weeks in July.
And according to Mike Pullen from their Public Affairs Office, the bridge will remain open to bicycles […]

Pereira in Mountain Bike Magazine.Photo: Dave Roth

Local bike builder Tony Pereira is having a dream year.
Last winter he found a great new shop space near SE 24th and Belmont and in March he took home coveted trophies from the North American Handmade Bike Show for his gorgeous,”Roaring 29′er”, fillet-brazed, mountain bike.
A relative newcomer to Portland’s […]

[Updated: 10:56am, 6/30]
The Portland Mercury blog reported an incident this morning that happened yesterday afternoon between a TriMet LIFT bus (the smaller ones used for transporting disabled riders) and a bicyclist near the intersection of NE Multnomah Street and NE Grand Avenue (Google Map of location).
Here’s an excerpt from the account published by the […]

I’ve been trying different options for my new commute from North Portland to SE 8th and Main. One of them takes me all the way down N Vancouver until it intersects with Broadway.
That intersection (here it is on Google Maps) can be a daunting place on a bike (see photo below). It gets […]

Leader of SWTrails, Don Baack.(File photo)

The serpentine, hilly, and narrow roads that make up most of southwest Portland are a far cry from the idyllic bike boulevards of inner southeast Portland.
But that hasn’t stopped a year-long effort by citizen activists and a group called SWTrails from working to create similar bike-friendly streets in […]

The following job opportunity was listed this week on the BikePortland Job Listings:

Job: Physical Therapist - Running/Triathlon specialist
Company: Herriot Sports Performance

For a complete list of available jobs, click here. If you’d like more information about the BikePortland Job Listings, contact me, or visit the Job Listings page.
You can sign up for the all […]

20 year old street-bike. Gray-blue colored. Good working condition, breaks probably need some adjustment.
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So, if anyone sees someone on a dark blue/shimmer cannondale frame with a silver glitter deteriform (I dont know, its a local band, I’m not from here) sticker on the top tube, right side, it’s stolen. The handle bars are drop and wrapped with bicycle inner tubes and turns the thiefs palms black. Ghetto single […]

16″ ladies frame
blue and silver
has rack and bag
Trek model 7100
and I love my bike!!!!just 1 hour outside of garage
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Back in February I shared the news about an effort to bring two new on-street bike parking “corrals” to SE Belmont.
This morning, PDOT crews began the installation! Here are a few photos sent to me by Bill Stites, who has been instrumental in making this happen:

Looking west from SE 34th St. (in front of […]

I was surprised last week when Senator Floyd Prozanski introduced a vehicular homicide bill (SB 1058) with just a week left in the session. Knowing how long it takes to push a bill through the system, it was obvious the bill had no chance of passing.
So what was the point? I wondered the […]

Seattle writer Mike McCann will read his contribution from, “Cycling’s Greatest Misadventures” at Powell’s Books on Hawthorne (3723 SE Hawthorne) tonight at 7:30.
The book was just released by Casagrande Press and was edited by Erich Schweikher, a local cyclist and professor of composition at Portland Community College.
Schweikher spent a year collecting hundreds of submissions and […]

[ June 28, 2007; 7:30 pm; ] @ Powell’s Books on Hawthorne (that’s 3723 SE Hawthorne)

Seattle writer Mike McCann will read his contribution to the newly released “Cycling’s Greatest Misadventures”

This is a 1995/1996 Kona single speed cruiser that has an extra tube under the top tube that runs from the downtube to the seat post tube. It also has bmx-like rear drop-outs and Schwalbe Marathon tires, the back one being brand new. The basket on the front is the biggest Wald brand basket. There […]