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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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.
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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 [...]

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 [...]

Christopher Heaps

The article below was written by Christopher Heaps. Heaps is a lawyer with Stoel Rives who has volunteered to carry out the "citizen-initiated citation" process (as outlined in ORS 153.058) to retroactively cite Lisa Wheeler (the woman who hit Siobhan Doyle at N. Interstate and Greeley back in October) for "failure to yield".
The [...]

Get yourself in the holiday spirit on the Bike Gallery's annual Holiday Lights Ride.
A slow paced, fun, family ride from our Hollywood store to the ever-popular Peacock Lane, the street where Portlanders have turned holidays lights into an art form. Helmets and lights are a must, decorations and bells are encouraged. We'll be back [...]

Yes it's happening after all. We'll bike to some Christmas-y lit-up locations and spread the tidings of holiday pedal-power. We'll
sing in all our off-key glory to popular tunes, but with cycle-centric lyrics. This is to be: a fun holiday ride, a chance to see holiday
lights with your favorite people, and an effort [...]

Coming to a car near you beginning January 2nd.

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2007 Specialized Crosstrail Pro - stolen from secure parking garage.
Stock equipment:
RockShox Tora suspension fork
Carbon seatpost/handlebars
Avid Juicy 3 hydraulic disc brakes
Avid brake levers
Shimano LX front/Deore XT rear derailleurs
Shimano LX shifters
Specialized Borough XC 700c (hybrid) tires
Add-on equipment:
Mounting bracket for frame pump was attached to lower seat tube
Mount for bike light was attached to handlebars
Mount for computer [...]

Current TriMet buses can hold two bikes.(Photo © Jonathan Maus)

Looking for ways to add capacity for riders that like to bus and bike, TriMet officials say they're currently testing racks that would hold three bikes (current racks have room for two bikes).
However, according to TriMet stategic planner Eric Hesse, initial testing has given them reason [...]

The BTA's Stephanie Noll at E. Burnside and 16th.(Photo © Jonathan Maus)

Students at Buckman Elementary School in Southeast Portland have taken traffic safety into their own hands.
Carrying signs that read "Students are Crossing", the third and fourth-graders have held several awareness actions to draw attention to the unmarked intersection of East Burnside and 16th Avenue; [...]

We're having a campaign get-together this Wednesday (12/19). Please come down and join us (preferably with $5 in your pocket, but you're welcome either way):
5:30-7pm
Wednesday, 12/19
Sound Grounds Coffee
3711 SE Belmont St

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Inside A Better Cycle(Photos © Jonathan Maus)

A new bike shop has opened its doors in Southeast Portland.
Last Saturday was the first day of business for A Better Cycle located at 2324 SE Division Street (just east of Seven Corners intersection).
I stopped on my way to work this morning and met co-owners Aaron Truman and Tim [...]

Last Friday, City Commissioner Sam Adams told the Portland Tribune that he has decided to not refer his Safe Sound and Green Streets transportation funding initiative to voters. Instead of including the proposal in the May primary elections, Adams will seek approval directly from City Council in January.
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[*Updated 12/19, 9:42 am]
Wednesday night at 6:00pm, (*NOTE: This Council session has been rescheduled) City Commissioner Sam Adams will present a resolution and report about bike safety to City Council that outlines "initial City policy improvements and engineering enhancements undertaken to increase bicycle safety in response to recent bicyclist fatalities."
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Painter Jason Varney in the Coat shop.(Photos © Jonathan Maus)

For small, independent framebuilders, each bike that rolls out of the shop takes months to create. From getting to know the customer and purchasing and prepping the frame tubes, to welding and laboring over all the details.
Then, at the end of that process, the frames [...]

Man O War rear hub from recent replacement. Kenda Karumba tires. An after market silver chain ring. 5 balck links on the normally silver chain.
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Mountain Bike. Some of the purple paint has faded to white. "Smiths Meat is Murder" sticker on frame.
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Silver w/blue Trek 7300 with front basket and Adams trail-a-bike mounting bracket on seatpost. Cable with padlock in basket.
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(Photos courtesy Jason Gately/PDX Int'l Airport)

A new bike and pedestrian path that connects the Portland Airport to Marine Drive opened today.
As promised back in June, the new 12-foot wide, half-mile long asphalt pathway runs between Marine Drive and Northeast Frontage Road and connects with the existing bicycle and pedestrian path that serves PDX.
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