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Brand: TrekModel: 1100Color:blueSize:52cmPhoto: http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/2336/dsc05279r.jpgStolen in Portland, OR 97215Stolen:2009-06-18Stolen From: SE Belmont & SE 51st. inside my house.Neighborhood: BelmontOwner: Julia SpahleOwnerEmail: spahleism@gmail.comDescription: bontranger seat post, blue selle italia saddle, full shimano 105s biopace crank set, continental tires, matrix wheels,shimano ultegra pedals, one yellow water bottle cage, yellow fizik handle bar tape, a cycle oregon band around [...]

Year: 1980'sBrand: CiloModel: men's road frameColor:yellow/blueSize:51cmSerial: n/aPhoto: http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a231/twinky78/rfdp1.jpg?t=1245378294Stolen in Portland, OR 97212Stolen:2008-10-28Stolen From: Chevron on MLK & NE FremontNeighborhood: EliotOwner: Emily O'ConnorOwnerEmail: emwings@gmail.comReward: $100Description: unique Cilo frame, lugged, porter bars, blue track grips, large wire basket, 6 one-of-a-kind spoke cards, "ride fast die pretty" & "emily b. wings" blue decals on top tube. selle [...]

Brand: ScottModel: Reflex 30Color:blue/silverSerial: GH578884Stolen in Portland, OR 97204Stolen:2009-06-18Stolen From: Powell + 33rdNeighborhood: Creston-KenilworthOwner: Lauren KempOwnerEmail: laurencfkemp@yahoo.comDescription: Not sure the exact size, but frame is fairly short and there is a black rack over the rear tirePolice record with: 0953859This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

[Welcome to your daily Pedalpalooza rundown. We'll post each day's events and rides here, so you can plan, email them to your friends, etc...
See all our Pedalpalooza coverage here and follow the latest updates on Twitter.
Click ride title for full details... have fun out there!]

Rep. Jim Oberstar speaking at the 2007 National Bike Summit.(Photos © J. Maus)

Today -- the man who just two years ago stood in front of 2,000 Cycle Oregon riders in lycra shorts (after he himself battled the day's grueling climb) and told them he would "thread the language of bicycles into the federal transportation bill" [...]

Portland's Platinum award is a draw for tourists.(Photos © J. Maus)

Travel Portland has announced that they'll give the City of Portland their top tourism promotion award at their 30th annual Tourism and Hospitality Industry Awards Celebration being held next week at the Oregon Convention Center.
Travel Portland -- a private non-profit that works to promote the [...]

[This ride was part of Pedalpalooza. See more of our Pedalpalooza coverage here.]

Dedicated Gorge riders were rewarded with this spectacular scenery.(Photos by Dan Liu)

[Thanks to event organizer Matt Picio of Cycle Wild for providing this recap via the Shift list.]
Last night, Tomas Quinones and I held Cycle Wild's 5th Bike Camping 101 class. We held this class at last year's Pedalpalooza in Colonel Summers Park, and we returned there for an encore presentation. In
2008, we had [...]

Year: 2005Brand: FeltModel: F55Color:Black/YellowSize:56cmPhoto: http://www.wiggle.co.uk/images/felt-f55-08.jpgStolen in Portland, OR 97201Stolen:2009-05-28Stolen From: Bike was stolen from the parking garage of the 200 Market Building (the Black Box) in downtown Portland, located @ 200 SW Market St.Neighborhood: SW DowntownOwner: Kyle HunterOwnerEmail: heitz1978@gmail.comReward: 100Description: Black Felt F55, with yellow grip tape. Full Ultegra 9-speed double, BOA carbon bottle cages, [...]

About 25 riders converged downtown over the lunch hour yesterday for a tour around some public works of art, led by Ben Foote of ON Gallery.
Many of the pieces were funded by the the state's 1% for Art rule, which requires publicly funded projects to spend 1% of their budget on public art. This includes [...]

[Steve Cardno is the project manager for the London Cycling Network Plus (LCN+) project. After meeting Portland Bureau of Transportation traffic safety specialist Greg Raisman at the recent Velo-City conference, Cardno decided to spend his vacation here to soak up our bike-mosphere. He stopped by our office on Monday for a chat.
I asked him [...]

Year: 2005Brand: EZ Racer TandemModel: Front wheel ONLYColor:Black rimSize:20" Sun SL-1Photo: http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/4iHrBoQPPbUj-TVp-KO4ug?feat=directlinkStolen in Portland, OR 97221Stolen:2009-06-17Stolen From: Sidewalk just west of SE Water Ave. on Main St. Near Eastside EsplanadeNeighborhood: SE Portland, just north of OMSIOwner: Mark LiebeOwnerEmail: mark.liebe@gmail.comDescription: ONLY wheel is missing. Front black rimmed tandem wheel with disc brake left behind [...]

[Welcome to your daily Pedalpalooza rundown. We'll post each day's events and rides here, so you can plan, email them to your friends, etc...
See all our Pedalpalooza coverage here and follow the latest updates on Twitter.
Click ride title for full details... have fun out there!]

[Thanks to ride leader Jill for reporting on Monday's Dandy Warhols Ride, via the Shift list. See bottom of post for a video of the ride!]
It took an entire day to recover from the marathon Dandy Warhols ride. What was planned to be about a 2-hour event instead turned into about a 7-hour odyssey when [...]

[This report provided by Pun-ishment ride leader Matt Picio, via the Shift list.]
About 40 people showed up last evening for the Pun-ishment ride, expecting games, prizes, and bad puns. They got the last one, and a promise of a ride to a secret mystery destination, but the ride ran
late and the mystery destination was [...]

As a follow-up to our story yesterday, about volunteer organizers of the epic Pedalpalooza Kickoff Naked Bike Ride and Party not making enough from the event to cover the bills, comes this update (emphasis mine):
From the entire Pedalpalooza Kickoff Party organizing team, thank you for the monumental response in the way of thanks, offers to [...]

U.S. DOT Secretary Ray LaHood.(Photo © J. Maus)

U.S. Transporation Secretary Ray LaHood issued a statement today proposing an immediate, 18-month "highway reauthorization" to the current transportation bill.
The proposal is being made in an attempt to replenish the ailing Highway Trust Fund that could run out of cash by late August.
Also, beyond the [...]

[Thanks to BikePortland intern J.R. (Jonathan Reed) for reporting on last night's Remedial Ride. Apparently 80 people showed up -- twice last year's turn out!]

Frites from Potato Champion(Photo: Jonathan Reed)

Approximately 45 people on bikes gathered at Colonel Summers park at 7:00pm Tuesday for a Pedalpalooza event called the "Remedial Ride 2." Ride organizer Ben's description [...]

Clever Cycles owner Dean Mullin at the Tapas Ride last night.- Slideshow below/Photo gallery - (Photos © J. Maus)

Portland is a city known for many things; including food, fashion, beer, music, and of course, bikes. At last night's Tapas Ride, we did our part to cover three of those.
The ride was organized and led [...]