Brand: KlienModel: PulseColor:OrangeSerial: bs61021Stolen in Portland, OR 97214Stolen:2009-06-01Stolen From: Was stolen out of the garage in back of the house I live in. I believe it was taken by one of the drunking room mates who was in a black out and took it to a joy ride to a strip club or something [...]

Rep. Carolyn Tomei

Last time we checked in on HB 2377, it was on its way to easy passage on the House floor.
It got through the House at the end of April by a vote of 38-22. Since then, it has had one reading in the Senate, bounced around to committees and work sessions [...]

Project will improve lighting on I-205 path.(Photo © J. Maus)

Thanks to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (a.k.a. the federal stimulus bill), the bike and pedestrian path that runs along Interstate 205 will be getting a $2.5 million makeover.
Most of the money will go toward new lighting on a 3.6 mile stretch of the [...]

Year: 2008Brand: ScottModel: CX TEAMColor:BLACKSize:LARGEPhoto: http://www.togoparts.com/items/images/item-1198567665.jpgStolen in portland, OR 97201Stolen:2009-06-5Stolen From: Building was stolen from inside of my condo. Sw Portland 18th and jeffersonNeighborhood: goose hollowOwner: Daniel MurphyOwnerEmail: danmurphy@hotmail.comReward: 200Description: Off the shelf 2008 Scott CX Team. Black with neon yellow lettering. Crank Bros. egg beater pedals.Police record with: Officer DickinsonPolice reference#: 09050327This registrant has [...]

Gallery owner Leah Jackson was all smiles after the crowded opening to her Bike Love art show.(Photos © J. Maus)

Here's a quick recap of a few events this past weekend.
Friday night I rolled across the I-5 Bridge to catch the tail end of the opening night reception for "Bike Love," a showing of bike art [...]

Riding naked. Oh what a feeling.(Photo © J. Maus)

It's less than one week from one of the most epic rides on Portland's bike calendar (and with all the amazing rides we have, that's really saying something).
Yes, the annual World Naked Bike Ride (WNBR) commences this Saturday night. In 2007 we had about 800 people [...]

Rick Smith, creator of the popular web-based comic series Yehuda Moon & The Kickstand Cyclery, is coming to Portland.

Clever Cycles (908 SE Hawthorne Blvd.) will host the event and Smith will sign books and will have t-shirts and prints of individual strips available for purchase.

High speed rail, the demise of the car in the US, its rise in China, Bush's transportation policies, free bikes, carfree in Canada, a repealed bike license law, disgustingness reduction strategies

Welcome to Monday. Here are the headlines from around the Web that caught my eye last week...
- The NY Times waxes nostalgic about the [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Blumenauer in Portland on May 11th.(Photos © J. Maus)

A few weeks ago, in the Rose Room in Portland's City Hall, U.S. Congressman Earl Blumenauer hosted an invite-only, roundtable discussion about biking. Around the large conference table sat electeds (like Metro President David Bragdon) and representatives from a variety of local, regional, and statewide agencies, universities, [...]

The Portland Water Bureau will host a three-hour event to spotlight safety concerns of bicycles and large trucks sharing the road.

The event will take place in the parking lot at the Safeway Supermarket, 16409 SE Division Street and SE 162nd Avenue, from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm.
The public will have an opportunity to see the [...]

The new Sunday Parkways bandanna. I know you want one.(Photos © J. Maus)

The first of three Sunday Parkways events is right around the corner and the City of Portland is looking for a few good "Intersection Superheroes" to make sure everything goes smoothly.
At the North Portland event on June 21st the City will open up [...]

Free beer, schwag, bikes, music. Dang. This sounds like a great event. Here's the scoop direct from Wend (notice bold text for bike-specific awesomeness):
Join Wend magazine and Lizard Lounge for a benefit ping pong tournament and party to celebrate the release of Wend’s spring issue. Ten bucks gets you into the ping pong [...]

Here are BikePortland's traffic stats from the month of May:
Visits - 162,464
Average visit length - 00:03:19
Pages viewed - 370,073
Stories posted - 88 (front page only)
Top Five Stories (*In terms of pageviews analyzed by Google Analytics):
1. Rush hour crash on Hawthorne Bridge raises questions about bike traffic
2. Fatal bike/car crash on NE Prescott at 57th
3. Hawthorne [...]

The City of Portland Bureau of Transportation has released a new, 3 1/2 minute animated film about Oregon crosswalk laws.
The film, "Every Corner is a Crosswalk" was created to help educate Portlanders about their responsibilities when driving and walking. According to PBOT, 72% of pedestrian collisions in the Central Business District are a result [...]

At PIR last night, teammates of Kristin McCarthy rode two laps in her honor.(Photo: Pat Malach/Oregon Cycling Action)

Warm weather has buoyed the collective mood of riders throughout the Portland area in recent weeks. But for some, thoughts unfortunately have turned to friends and riding partners involved in a spate of recent crashes.
I'm not sure [...]

Mapes, seen here at the '07 National Bike Summit, spent four years working on the book.(Photos © J. Maus)

Author and reporter Jeff Mapes is living the first-time authors' dream. His book, Pedaling Revolution, is winning popular and critical acclaim, he has become a sought-after speaker, and it is selling at an unexpectedly brisk pace.
Last week, [...]