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Day: June 5, 2007
Pornography of the Bicycle
@ 26th and SE Clinton (Clinton St Theater)
the sexiest bicycle culture on earth.
Revphil, revphil at gmail daht comm, Portland Underground Film Festival
Low Hanging Limbs
@ Hawthorne and Esplanade (Ramp from the eastbound Hawthorne Bridge to the Esplanade)
(After Mocktails)
Do you duck in the bike lane? Do you just want to be leafed alone? Come along with your pruners and snippers as we improve bike lanes for taller riders. We’ll trim branches and limbs to 6ft above the bike lane. Let me know if you have a location where cyclists are at risk for being wacked by branches. Depart from Mocktails location.
Aaron Tarfman, aaron at yourbodypower daht oh are gee, www.yourbodypower.org
Police on Bikes
@ SE 34/SE Taylor (Sunnyside Park [Behind Sunnyside School])
The Southeast Precinct Bicycle Patrol will set up slow-speed cone courses that officers must pass to become bicycle certified. Bring your bike and helmet and give ’em a try! We will also demonstrate some of our dismounts and even crashing drills. And we’ll do our best to answer questions about bike safety, traffic laws, and any neighborhood issues.
Officer Robert Pickett, 503-823-2143
Stray Cat Pirate Expedition
@ The abandoned dock! (South of I-5 bridge, west side of river)
Ahoy Mateys! A scavenger hunt with treasure maps and mystery trials. All bikes classes welcome. Pirate gear required. Your cunning and treachery can get you further than speed. Trophies for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, Best/worst pirate, DFM, DFL, and secret booty. So ready your cannons, sharpen your cutlasses and eyes, and full pedals ahead, Arrrr!
Nature Boy And Marc, natureboy444 at yahoo daht comm, 503-816-1747
Mocktails on Hawthorne
@ East end of Hawthorne Bridge
Stop on a by for a relaxing on non-alcoholic cocktail and snacks.
Dat Nguyen, dontbecreepy at gmail daht comm, www.shift2bikes.org
Breakfast on the Bridges
Broadway Bridge / Hawthorne Bridge (North side)
Not just for Last Fridays anymore! Come have breakfast with other bikey folks and enjoy better views than any coffee shop in town. A year-round tradition since 2003, but more of it – Every Friday during Pedalpalooza!
Timo, timolandia at gmail daht comm, shift2bikes.org/breakfast.shtml, 503-805-1321
Night of the Living Donut
@ 232 NE 28th Ave (Staccato Gelato)
Get coffee, then ride
The very first donut ride of Pedalpalooza ’07! Get your calories on in an evening tour of Portland’s finest donuterias. Get in condition for a month of Breakfast on the Bridges with this ride.
Canadians may be especially interested: http://www.uoguelph.ca/research/news/articles/2002/hole_story_on_donuts.shtml
Not for the faint of stomach.
Cap’n Pastry, timolandia at gmail daht comm, donuts?
Kickoff Parade!
@ NW Johnson & 10th (Jamison Square)
Come early to meet / Decorate your bike / At 7:00 we ride!
Kick it off! Bring out the bike love on a costumed, decorated, escorted Bike Parade.
Shift, dontbecreepy at gmail daht comm
Bakfiets/Cargobikes Pre-Parade Meet-up
@ 1036 NW Hoyt St (Low Brow Lounge, then Jamison Square @ 10th and Johnson)
Meet at bar then go to Jamison Square to decorate bikes.
Gathering all bakfiets, CAT cargobikes, and workbikes, etc. for group ride together as part of Pedal Palooza kick off parade. Bring kargo and kids.
Todd Boulanger, oulanger at excite daht comm, www.bakfiets.nl/, 360-281-0944
Tall-Bike Making Workshop
@ 4205 NE 14th Ave
Come work and learn how to make a tall-bike for the Stumptown Joustdown that following weekend. Please bring ur own projects. A good tall bike starts with two good mountain bikes (with most of the components still there) and wide steering tubes. Donations are gladly accepted. Hosted by Turbo and Fecal-B-rone Benjamin (Jah-Lover). 4205 NE 14th Ave at 10:00 (start early to get it done!).
Turbo, morganic007 at yahoo daht comm
Rose Festival permit allows restriction, diversion of cyclists
In doing some research for my story about Casey Martell being thrown out of Waterfront Park for riding his pedicab, I came across the Rental Contract and Facility Usage Permit that the Rose Festival has purchased (for $89,760) from the Parks Department.
The permit — which includes, “Salmon Street Spring Fountain and all Park walkways,” contains a section that grants the Rose Festival the right to restrict bicycle access to the Esplanade.
“The Portland Rose Festival is allowed to restrict such uses as, inclusive but not limited to, persons riding bicycles, persons vending without a Park permit, persons riding skateboards or roller blades and any reasonable restrictions to insure public safety.”
The permit goes on to make a special stipulation for bike commuters,