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Day: July 8, 2009

Red Cannondale Road bike 1980s

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Year: 1980s
Brand: Cannondale
Model: Road bike
Color:Red
Size:57cm
Serial: ???
Stolen in Portland, OR 97206
Stolen:2009-05-30
Stolen From: SE Rhone and SE McGloughin in the Brooklyn neighborhood of SE Portland
Neighborhood: Brooklyn
Owner: Charles Walsh
OwnerEmail: walshc22@hotmail.com
Description: A red Cannondale road bike with bright yellow handlebar tape. Four gold and one black bolt in the front chain ring
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike

Local non-profit offers bike lights with free batteries for life

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Bike Swap Meet

Free Geek is one of Portland’s most
bike-friendly businesses.

In Portland, we’re fortunate to have many local businesses and organizations that support bicycling. Free Geek, a non-profit based in Southeast Portland that recycles and sells used computers and parts, makes biking easier by selling a few accessories in their Thrift Store.

One of the items they sell is a bike light (the Knog Beetle 2). Today, an alert reader informed me that Free Geek will give everyone who buys one of them free batteries for life.

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KOIN TV staffer victim of hit-and-run in Beaverton

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Connor was struck on SW Hall Blvd.

The Beaverton Police Department reports that last night at about 11:49 pm, a man was hit by a truck on SW Hall Blvd just west of SW Scholls Ferry Road. The truck fled the scene and left 53 year old Jeff Connor laying the middle of the road.

According to Oregon Media Central (OMC), Connor is the nightside editor for KOIN television, the regional CBS affiliate station.

Here are more details from BPD:

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gray Redline 925 2006

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Year: 2006
Brand: Redline
Model: 925
Color:gray
Size:54″
Stolen in Portland, OR 97209
Stolen:2009-07-6
Stolen From: the bike rack at the Civic Condominiums (directly across from the entry to The Agency sports bar)
Neighborhood: Goosehollow
Owner: Jeff Guggenheim
OwnerEmail: jeffguggenheim@gmail.com
Description: Gray, Redline 9.2.5 with bullhorn handlebars wrapped in pink bar tape
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike

An update on bikeway design for TriMet’s new light rail bridge

Bridge concept design
by Donald MacDonald.

Once it’s built, TriMet’s Milwaukie Light Rail bridge over the Willamette River will be the first in the country to carry only light rail and people on bikes and foot (no cars).

What will the actual bike and pedestrian facilities look like?

TriMet is currently working out design details with their new architect on the project, Donald MacDonald. At a recent bridge design meeting, MacDonald unveiled some interesting drawings of what the new bridge might look like. Also, TriMet’s bridge team offered details on the project to the City’s Bicycle Advisory Committee last month.

Jeff Jahn of PortlandArt.net was at a recent design meeting and has covered the design talks closely. He says MacDonald has been touting the bridge’s bike and ped facilities as possibly being some of the best in the world.

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Industry mag says “transportation bike” revolution is upon us

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“Whether it’s a hip aesthetic or an environmental message, transportation bikes are making a lifestyle and cultural statement that will change the face of the industry.”

Bicycle Retailer and Industry News (BRAIN) has made it official: “transportation bikes” are taking the bike industry by storm.

In a story published on their website yesterday, the publication wrote that all the major players are ramping up their city bike offerings and that they are finally getting, “the acceptance and sales success that mountain bikes enjoyed in recent years.”

The article points to the new Globe brand recently launched by Specialized (it was formally just a part of their line, but it’s now a stand-alone brand) as just one of many signs that transportation bikes are hot.

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Multnomah County: No more bike racing allowed at Kruger’s Farm

“Staff finds that the bike races are inconsistent with the code criteria and are not an activity that promotes the sale of farm crops.”
— Multnomah County

Multnomah County’s land use planning department has reached a decision in the permit application for Kruger’s Farm. As we reported back in June, the farm stand has hosted numerous popular bike races in the past but those events were in jeopardy after the County received a complaint that triggered an update to Kruger’s land use permit.

A decision made public today by Multnomah County Planning Director Karen Schilling, states that, “Weddings, bike races, birthday parties, corporate picnics, and group gatherings are not allowed as part of this decision.”

Kruger’s Farm Market sits on an Exclusive Farm Use zone and farm owner Don Kruger has added many activities to the land that are not agricultural in nature. One of those uses that came under scrutiny by the county were bike races.

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