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Day: July 17, 2009

Orange Cannondale F900 1999

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Year: 1999
Brand: Cannondale
Model: F900
Color:Orange
Photo: http://ibikedb.net/bikes/34297
Stolen in Portland, OR 97205
Stolen:2009-07-16
Stolen From: NW 3rd and Davis, outside the Boiler Room
Neighborhood: Old Town/Chinatown
Owner: Barrett Bohnengel
OwnerEmail: bohnengela@gmail.com
Reward: 50
Description: Bright orange colored Cannondale F900 with non-working Coda disc brakes, bontrager tires, and a small tire pump connected to the frame. Profile Design stem and Fatty Head Shox. Writing on the grips. Has horns on the handlebars. Shimano and Coda components. Has a small scratch on the frame near the stem.
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike

MTB advocates see Forest Park white paper as major step forward

The Forest Park Conservancy recognizes that off-road cyclists are a legitimate user group whose needs are not currently being met.
— from the introduction of White Paper on Off-Road Cycling in Forest Park

The Forest Park Conservancy (FPC), in collaboration with a range of stakeholders, has released the final version of its White Paper on Off-Road Cycling in Forest Park.

The paper (download PDF here) is an effort to take a closer look at existing conditions and issues around increased access for bikes in the 5,000+ acre urban park.

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One year later, SoupCycle rides to success

SoupCycle delivery!-8

Jed Lazar and SoupCycle have delivered
over 4,000 soups by bike since last year.
(Photos © J. Maus)

In this economy, small business success is hard to find. But for Jed Lazar and his partner Shauna Lambert — the duo behind locally based SoupCycle — the first year in business has been as healthy as their home made soups.

When we first wrote about them back in November 2008, things were already off to a promising start. But now, with the first year under their belt, SoupCycle has beat the odds and seems to be on a roll.

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Columbian editorial says bike fee idea is a “stinker”

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“County commissioners, back away from the bicyclists and focus on more important issues.”

Two days after the Columbian newspaper reported that all three Clark County Commissioners seemed to think a bike license fee was worth looking into, the paper’s editorial board has decided that the idea is a “stinker”.

In an editorial published in today’s paper, they write:

“For all three Clark County commissioners to even consider a bicycle licensing fee begs just one question: Are these guys running out of stuff to do? Only an abundance of time on their hands could explain such an absurd notion.”

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Have faith in bikes? The Bike Temple is here for you

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[Editor’s note: Please welcome news intern Halley Weaver! Halley comes to BikePortland from a background in blogging. She jumped head first into the Portland bike scene as lead designer for the 2009 Pedalpalooza Kickoff Party. Her first story for us is a feature on a burgeoning new bike organization in town, the Bike Temple.]

Design for spoke card available
at BikeTemple.org

Oregon isn’t known for spiritual piety (we have the fourth largest percentage of people identifying themselves as “non-religious” in the United States), but here in Portland, a new organization is taking an earnest yet irreverent approach to a new kind of cycle-spirituality: It’s called the Bike Temple.

Why the combination of bicycles and religion? According to the Bike Temple’s pamphlet, which can often be spotted in spokes and on handlebars around town, “Bicycles give us happiness, good health, a closer communication to our communities, lower consumption, self-appreciation, and most of all, fun!”

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Silver & Blue Schwinn Mesa 2001

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Year: 2001
Brand: Schwinn
Model: Mesa
Color:Silver & Blue
Size:Large
Stolen in Portland, OR 97202
Stolen:2009-07-17
Stolen From: Wimbledon Apartments. Near 30th and Holgate.
Neighborhood: Reed
Owner: John Moore
OwnerEmail: jomoweb@yahoo.com
Description: 2001 Schwinn Mesa Silver and Blue.

Brazen thief stole my work commuter late last night.

List of components and picture of a different color bike here:
http://www.bikepedia.com/Quickbike/BikeSpecs.aspx?Year=2001&Brand=Schwinn&Model=Mesa+GSX&Type=bike

Identifiable characteristics:

1. New left crank arm. Solid black and does not match the right crank arm.

2. Cracked/broken gear shifter guages

3. New thumb shifters

4. Here are some things attached to the bike that the theif may or may not strip out:

Cable lock
Water Bottle mount
Bike light mounts
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

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