New condition Silver 2006 Sirrus Specialized bike with used grey panniers, new pump, black rack on the back, odometer/speedometer, and lights on the front and back. I’m very sad with out it….
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Month: December 2007
In Long Beach, an oasis for bikes
The Bikestation in downtown Long Beach.
(Photos © Jonathan Maus)
(Photos © Jonathan Maus)
In downtown Long Beach, those who ‘go by bike’ don’t exactly get the red-carpet treatment.
The streets are wide, the cars go fast, and there are few bike-friendly routes. The safest place to ride is on the sidewalk, but that’s illegal.
Stolen Cannondale Road Bike
basket pedals
black tape
lights on it, front and back
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Guest article: How to get your bike smarts on the Opinion Page
Jessica Roberts
(Photo ©
Jonathan Maus)
(Photo ©
Jonathan Maus)
This article was written by Jessica Roberts. Jessica is the former metro area advocate for the Bicycle Transportation Alliance and she is now a planner for Alta Planning and Design.
Jessica previously wrote about the City of Portland’s bike parking fund.
In the article below, she offers insights on how to write effective letters-to-the-editor, and more importantly, how get them published.
New Year’s Day Ride
This New Years Day, roll out of bed late and join us at noon for the 50-year-old New Years Day Ride! We’ll start at the Battleship Oregon Memorial in Waterfront Park and will cruise on an easy, family friendly route around the river and through SE Portland, before returning to McCall’s Restaurant (currently closed to the public) for hot cocoa, snacks and cookies by the fireplace. Then there will be a slow-bike race, a track-stand competition, and other games.
The ride is a benefit for the Brett Jarolimek Memorial Fund, which will support bicycle safety projects over the coming years.
PLEASE RSVP either by emailing Michelle or by making an optional donation to the Fund online
Start: 12:00 pm, Battleship Oregon Memorial, SW Oak and Waterfront Park, Portland
End: 1:00 pm, McCall’s Restaurant, SW Main and Waterfront Park, Portland
Cost: Optional donation
Kids? Yes! Bring ‘em!
POTLUCK: This is also a potluck. If you have a tasty snack you’d like to share, please email Michelle – michelle (at) bta4bikes (dot) org) and let her know! Cupcakes and ants-on-a-log are already spoken for…
Shiftmas Pub Crawl & Solstice Ride
Annual Shiftmas/City of Blinding Lights/See and be Obscene/Xmas ships/house Pub Crawl & Solstice Ride
Stop 1: The World Famous Kenton Club – “Heaven in No Po” 2025 N Kilpatrick
Contact: Carye Bye – bikebat(at)gmail(dot)com
Support from home
My dear mom. She’s supported all my crazy endeavors through the years. When I wanted to be in the NBA she bought me high-priced sneakers and sent me to basketball camps. When I wanted to be a pro bike racer she showed up to races all over the state, cheering me on through thick and thin.
And now, even though I’m all grown up, the tradition continues. Check out this license plate frame she had made…
Stolen Specialized XR Comp
This is a Specialized commuter style bike. It’s absolutely huge and hard to miss. It has a River City Bicycles marker on it and disc brakes… the serial number is .
Sorry, no pic, but this is a distinctive ride.
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Stolen Specialized Stump Jumper M4
Stump Jumper M4 frame with Judy forks and 1″ Fat Boy tires. Clip-on fenders, Shimano SPD pedals, “Bi-Saddle” and Vetta wireless computer.
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California here I come…
Home.
…right back where I started from.
In a few hours I board a plane with my girls for a holiday trip to California. We’re headed to my mom’s house in the quaint, northern Orange County city of Cypress.
KATU takes on fixie ticketing issue
KATU, Portland’s ABC affiliate, ran a special “On Your Side” report last night on the fixed-gear bicycle brake issue.
The story was given the headline of “Are brakeless bikes safe to ride?”. Of course “brakeless” bikes are not safe. But are fixed-geared bikes technically brakeless? That depends on your definition of brake and it seems to me that the issue should focus on whether or not someone can safely stop their vehicle (a standard that is laid out in the law), not on what type of brake is used.
KATU unfortunately makes this into yet another story where people who ride bikes are portrayed as dangerous scofflaws who are just trying to “stick it to the man” (a phrase which was uttered by the KATU reporter in the story).
Council hearing on bike safety resolution canceled
Tonight’s City Council session where Commissioner Adams was scheduled to present a bike safety resolution has been canceled.
According to Roland Chlapowski, due to members of Council being sick and unable to attend, there will not be a quorom for the 6:00 hearing.
The session will be rescheduled and I will post the new date and time as soon as I can.