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Day: December 23, 2009

Chrome Supergo Frameset Cross Country MTB 1995

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Year: 1995
Brand: Supergo Frameset
Model: Cross Country MTB
Color:Chrome
Stolen in 97239, OR
Stolen:2009-12-18
Stolen From: My apt was broken into on Corbett Ave 97239 near the Ross Island Grocery. I’m on vacation in Washington DC and return 29 December.
Neighborhood: SW Corbett Terwillger near Ross Island Grocery
Owner: Guy Benson
OwnerEmail: monsieuranachronism@gmail.com
Reward: 200
Description: 1995 Chrome MTB Frame Hardtale. 1995 Yellow Rox Shocks Judy SL. Black Riser Bars. Nite Rider Headlight. Mission UK Band sticker and Vans sneaker sticker on Chrome Frame
Police record with: Portland Police Dept
Police reference#: 09113654
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike

Want a cargo bike? Build your own, “hillbilly” style

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Tom LaBonty's custom cargo bikes-22

Learn how to make one yourself.
(Photo © J. Maus)

Remember Tom LaBonty? He’s the Lents Neighborhood resident who builds home-made, “hillbilly-type” cargo bikes in his backyard. Since we profiled Tom back in August he’s picked up a few customers, launched TomsCargoBikes.com, and now he wants to share his methods with the world.

Tom has launched a do-it-yourself cargo bike building guide. The guide features a slideshow with instructions on how to take two used bikes and convert them into a front-loading, bakfiets-style cargo bike.

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From the Shift email list: When cars attack (homes, not bikes)

When cars attack.
(Screen shot from The Oregonian)

Yesterday, someone posted a message to the Shift email list nominating a “thread of the year”. It was a post from back in June and I thought it was funny enough to share.

The email was titled “Was the house wearing a helmet?” and it was posted by Joe R. on June 22nd. Spurred by a story in The Oregonian about a car that plowed into a house in Beaverton (and a similar story from April), he wondered to the list’s 770 members — “Has anyone noticed the high frequency of cars that hit buildings in Oregon?”

Joe wrote:

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