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The 2008 Mt. Hood Cycling Classic Needs Volunteers and Hosts
The Mt. Hood Cycling Classic, a Gorge classic, is back again this year and kicks off in less that a month! This world class professional cycling race gears up Tuesday, May 13 and finishes on Sunday, May 18. Check [...]

Some amazing opportunities have been posted on the BikePortland Job Listings in the past week. Want to work as a coordinator for the One Million Bicycles movement? How about getting your foot in the door at Yakima or Chris King Components -- two of the largest (and coolest) locally based bike companies?
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"I'm a very pro-bicycle candidate."--Mayoral candidate Sho Dozono during a televised debate

Mayoral hopefuls Sam Adams and Sho Dozono debated on prime-time local network television on Monday. Part of the format included a series of questions that were submitted online by KGW viewers.
Dozono hasn't said much about bikes during his campaign. The only time [...]

Looking across NW Flanders over I-405 -- not quite an intersection, yet.(Photo © J. Maus)

Portland Mayor Tom Potter has issued a statement clarifying his opposition to the plan to re-use the Sauvie Island Bridge span as a human-powered vehicle crossing over I-405 in Northwest Portland.
Perhaps wanting to build some momentum for his position [...]

Meet John at the PSU Farmers Market for a bike ride this Saturday, April 26 at 1:00 p.m. From there, we’ll ride to City Hall, the Portland Boathouse, Lucky Lab Brewery, Lone Fir Cemetery, the Eastbank Esplanade and Steel Bridge, Boise-Eliot Elementary, and then finish at Amnesia Brewing on N. Mississippi Ave.
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This Saturday, Seasons -- a new mountain bike movie from The Collective -- will debut at the McMenamins Bagdad Theater in Southeast Portland.
The event is being hosted by Fat Tire Farm. Check out the trailer below...
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This Saturday, Seasons -- a new mountain bike movie from The Collective -- will debut at the McMenamins Bagdad Theater in Southeast Portland.
The event is being hosted by Fat Tire Farm. Check out the trailer below...
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This just in from local race promoter Jim Anderson:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:
JIM ANDERSON
RACE ORGANIZER
503-975-8229
JIM-ANDERSON@COMCAST.NET
www.racemondaynight.com
Bicycle races at Portland International Raceway start up for the summer – Featuring an introduction to bicycle racing clinics for women!
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Bike Farm is a non-profit, member-supported bike shop based in Northeast Portland. The group launched their services back in November and now they're ready to spread their wings and celebrate a successful first six months.
Since November, Bike Farm has achieved official non-profit status and has served the community through weekly "open shop" hours, maintenance [...]

Construction is underway on ODOT's I-5 Delta Park Project, and that means much-needed safety improvements are on their way to N. Rosa Parks Way (formerly Portland Blvd.).
As part of project's $60 million budget, $1 million was set aside for a "Community Enhancement" fund. Among other things, that fund will pay for ODOT to stripe [...]

[Please note that we've changed the name of our family biking column from "Carfree Families" to "Car-Less Families". This is the third article in the ongoing series written by Marion Rice. Read the others here.]

(Photos © J. Maus)

From my perspective, there is nothing better than tooling around town with my toddler on the [...]

(Image: Autoliv Inc.)

According to an article published on Tuesday by Reuters' Amsterdam news bureau, the Dutch Cycling Federation is calling on political leaders to urge the automobile industry to begin installing airbags on the hoods of cars.
The story reports that,
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BicyclingHub.com is an online bike apparel retailer based in Portland. Back in November, the company opened a retail store at the corner of Taylor and Water Avenues in Southeast Portland.
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Job Description: One Million Bicycles National Coordinators
Title: National Coordinator: Bicycle Giveaway
Reports to: Executive Director: Joe Kurmaskie
Job purpose:
To plan, coordinate, approve, oversee and monitor progress of collection, rehab, safety check and distribution of 1,000,000 bicycles and/or new/returning riders with bikes in 50 states and Washington DC.
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Job Description: One Million Bicycles National Coordinators
Title: National Coordinator: Rallies
Reports to: Executive Director: Joe Kurmaskie
Job purpose:
To plan, coordinate, oversee and monitor progress of upwards of 300 rallies in 50 states and Washington DC.

Key responsibilities and accountabilities:
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(Website will be launched May 1).

The coalition working to create the massive bike event known as One Million Bicycles needs to hire two national coordinators -- one to oversee an estimated 300 rallies in 50 states and the other to oversee a program to give away 1,000,000 bicycles.
Do you love bikes and want to be [...]

I've been sent a link to this video of an automated bike-parking elevator in Japan by at least 10 people, so I figured I should share it...
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The brothers will battle it out in the name of bikes.(Photo: Widmer.com)

The Portland Office of the Transportation is gearing up for National Bike Month in May.
PDOT (in coordination with Shift and the BTA) has 13 events planned throughout the month (see full list below) including a bike/car race on May 1st that will [...]

Press Release below from the Office of Transportation:
MEDIA ADVISORY
For Immediate Release
April 24, 2008
Is Biking Faster than Driving to Work? Widmer Brothers Kick Off Bike Month Celebration
(PORTLAND, OR) – Kurt and Rob Widmer will help the Portland Office of Transportation kick off National Bike Month with a friendly bike/car commuter “challenge” on Thursday, May 1st at [...]

PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release Contact: Tom Miller, 503-823-1121
April 23, 2008 Or: Shoshanah Oppenheim, 503-823-1125
ADAMS, LEONARD, AND SALTZMAN FILE ORDINANCE TO ACQUIRE AND RELOCATE SAUVIE ISLAND BRIDGE
(PORTLAND, OR) – The Portland Office of Transportation (PDOT) announced today that City Commissioners Sam Adams, Randy [...]