5 June 2009 Archives

Weekend Guide and Open Thread

Get those bungees ready. There are
two bike moves scheduled
this weekend.

Welcome to the weekend guide. From racing to a blessing, bike moves to bike camping — can you tell bike season is heating up?!

If we’ve left something out, please feel free to spread the word via the comments. Also, don’t forget to use the comments to share your adventures (or mis-adventures).

All Weekend Long

Mt. Hood Cycling Classic
This premier racing event started earlier in the week and it runs through Sunday. The action happens out near Hood River and the Dalles, so if you’re headed out that way, add this to your plans. There’s a time trial in the Gorge tomorrow (6/5) and then two tough road stages over the weekend.

Buffered Bike Lane with a bike symbol and arrow pointing forward

Poster for the event.

Tonight is First Friday just over the river in Vancouver and Angst Gallery (1015 Main Street) opens their new “Bike Love” show.

The show features bike-inspired artists from Portland and Vancouver and and it runs through June 27th.

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Gallagher’s “Monument” to bike shoes.
(Acrylic on canvas)

One of the artists invited to the show is Portland-based Erin Gallagher. Gallagher moved to Portland from Alaska about two years ago and has been duly inspired by our bike-loving ways. From her blog:

“It has been only two years since the move and yet in that short period an immense love of cycling seems to have captured Erin’s heart. This city’s collective enthusiasm for all things bike-y has spurred Erin to recreate it in her paintings.”

See more of Gallagher’s work on her blog.

Bike Love runs through June 27th at Angst Gallery on 1015 Main Street in Vancouver.

At Velo-City, it’s Portland’s ‘bike fun’ that wows the world

Portland Mayor Sam Adams at
the opening plenary of the
Velo-City conference last month.
(Photos: Greg Raisman)

With Pedalpalooza just a week away, it’s fitting to do a story about how Portland’s legendary bike fun created quite a stir at an international bike conference held last month.

Portland Mayor Sam Adams, along with his Chief of Staff Tom Miller and Bureau of Transportation traffic safety specialist Greg Raisman recently returned from the Velo-City conference in Brussels, Belgium. Velo-City brings together the top bike planners and experts from around the globe. With representatives from nearly 50 countries and numerous, high-level politicians from Europe in attendance, it is the premier bike conference in the world.

Prices are going up on lockers
managed by the City of Portland.
(Photo: PBOT)

Beginning July 1st, prices to rent a bike locker from the City of Portland will go up by over 100% — from $45 to $95 at the six-month rate.

The increases are a part of a slew of higher fees on everything from sidewalk cafe application fees to towing services in the City’s 2009-2010 budget that they expect will generate over $2.3 million in revenue in the coming fiscal year. According to budget documents, the City provides many services whose current fees do not “provide full cost recovery for the programs they support.”

Weekend Guide and Open Thread

All Weekend Long

‘Bike Love’ show opens tonight in downtown Vancouver

At Velo-City, it’s Portland’s ‘bike fun’ that wows the world

Bike locker rental fees set for big increase on July 1st

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