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Portland bike culture like you’ve never seen it before

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The incomparable Carl Larson;
just one of many great images in the
Teams of Portland photo booth collection.
See them all here.

Portland-based and globally revered ad agency Wieden + Kennedy created the Teams of Portland exhibit and website to showcase a special piece of Portland’s bike culture.

The idea was to pay homage to the distinctive bike teams, clubs, and people that make our cycling scene so colorful and then present it to the thousands of people that came to town for the North American Handmade Bicycle Show that was held in Portland in early February.

In addition to a museum-like exhibition in the lobby of Wieden + Kennedy’s Pearl District headquarters, the Teams of Portland project included a robust website full of photos, videos, and specially created maps of Portland made by each team in the exhibit.

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Ride marks end of 2008 National Bike Summit

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This story is part of my ongoing coverage of the 2008 National Bike Summit. See the rest of my coverage here.


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(Photos © J. Maus)

The eighth annual National Bike Summit came to a close today with the traditional bike ride around the Capitol.

100+ riders were guided along by staff from the Washington Area Bicyclists Association (WABA) and were treated to a handlebars-eye view of bicycling conditions on the city streets, residential boulevards, and multi-use paths in and around Capitol Hill.

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“Freedom Ride” will protest Vancouver helmet law

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Roll On Columbia! ride

Vancouver Mayor Royce Pollard
modeling proper helmet behavior.
(Photo © J. Maus)

A twelve year-old Vancouver boy has organized a ride to protest the all-ages helmet law that was recently passed by the Vancouver City Council.

The ordinance, which makes helmets mandatory for everyone on a variety of human powered vehicles, was passed by a 5-1 vote. But that wide margin doesn’t seem to reflect how many Vancouverites feel about the law, as evidenced by several of the 155 comments that have been posted so far on my story about the Council’s decision.

One of those comments, by “Dread Pirate Roberts,” caught my eye. It took things one step further and suggested that a protest ride was in order:

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