Get ready, it’s almost the weekend — and as usual, rain or shine, there are plenty of opportunities for learning and socializing, on and off the bikes.
Event guide below:
Day: October 15, 2009
MED 17″ Iron Horse 6 Point 8 07
Year: 07
Brand: Iron Horse
Model: 6 Point 8
Color:MED 17″
Serial: F710A7007 7H-63
Photo: http://www.bikepedia.com/QuickBike/BikeSpecs.aspx?Year=2007&Brand=Iron+Horse&Model=6Point8&Type=bike
Stolen in Portland, OR 97211
Stolen:2009-10-15
Stolen From: Inside my truck which was parked on Garfield off of Rosa Parks Way
Neighborhood: NE Rosa Parks / Garfield
Owner: Darrin Seeds
OwnerEmail: seeds_id@yahoo.com
Reward: $100
Description: All white frame, saddle and components, set up with a single 36t chainring and white LG-1 chainguide. XTR drive train, and a gravity dropper seatpost. Avid Elixr R disc brakes. White DT SWISS EX1750 wheelset with Schwalbe Nobby Nic tires.
Police record with: 09092843
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
Manifest event promises bike racing anecdotes and world’s first bib shorts
Cover of Parkin’s memoir.
Former professional road racer Joe Parkin, who spent a decade competing in Europe back in the 1980s, will headline an event tomorrow night as part of the ongoing Oregon Manifest.
Parkin was one of the first U.S. racers to compete in Belgium and he’s written about his experiences in a memoir titled, A Dog in a Hat: An American Bike Racer’s Story of Mud, Drugs, Blood, Betrayal, and Beauty in Belgium.
Sellwood Bridge update: BTA supports new vehicle registration fee
New vehicle fees would raise over
one-third the total cost to
replace the Sellwood Bridge.
(Photo © J. Maus)
one-third the total cost to
replace the Sellwood Bridge.
(Photo © J. Maus)
Funding to replace the Selwood Bridge is coming together. As per HB 2001 — the transportation funding package that passed the Oregon legislature this past session — Multnomah County is considering a new, $19 motorized vehicle registration fee that will raise $127 million to help pay for the bridge.
“The BTA absolutely supports raising money for new bicycle infrastructure in such ways that bicyclists can also contribute.”
— Scott Bricker, executive director of the BTA
According to a fact sheet issued by Multnomah County (PDF here), the fee would be in place for 20 years, it would apply to 577,240 motorized vehicles registered in the county (trucks weighing 26,000 lbs. are exempt), and County residents would start paying the fee in Fall of 2010.
At a public hearing held last week, Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA) Executive Director Scott Bricker testified in support of the vehicle fee.
Census data: In Northwest, bike commuters outnumber farmers
There are all types of fun ways to play with the recently released American Community Survey data put out by the US Census Bureau.
The Sightline Institute, a Pacific Northwest sustainability think tank, delved into the numbers and found that in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, bike commuters outnumber farmers. Check out this graph published on Sightline’s Daily Score by Eric de Place: