Detail of new "channelizing islands" recently installed on SE Spokane St.(Photos © Adams Carroll)

The City of Portland Bureau of Transportation is just weeks away from unveiling one of the most important bike-related infrastructure projects in years. Their new bike boulevard on SE Spokane Street in Sellwood is the first of their "next generation" bike [...]

Brand: PugeotColor:Black with red, orange, and yellow stripesStolen in Portland, OR 97201Stolen:2009-12-3Stolen From: Stolen from Portland State University. On a rack on 6th and Jackson in front of the Broadway Building dorm rooms.Neighborhood: SouthwestOwner: Audrey FranklinOwnerEmail: aefranklin711@yahoo.comReward: $200Description: A black men's frame pugeot with red, yellow, and orange stripes. A front and back fender. Rack [...]

Wait, is it really winter? The sun is out and there's a lot to do this weekend, starting today. Don't forget Monday's holiday, family-friendly events up at Portland International Raceway --
Thursday, Dec 3
5:00pm - 7:00pm: BikePortland Social
Drink coffee or beer, meet other readers, and discuss the current state of bicycle advocacy in Portland. Floyd's [...]

Join us to talk about bikes tonight in Old Town.(Photo © J. Maus)

Yes, we know tonight is the big Ducks vs. Beavers Civil War football game, but for anyone not planning to watch that...
Tonight in downtown Portland you can stimulate your mind with paintings and conversation based on our favorite topic: bicycles.
From 5:00-7:00pm we're [...]

PBOT has made major safety improvements to this crossing (SE 13th and Spokane).(Photo © J. Maus)

The Sellwood Bike Boulevard project is nearing completion and the neighborhood wants to celebrate. The Sellwood Moreland Improvement League (SMILE) will host a bike ride and party on Saturday December 19th to welcome the City's first "next generation" bike boulevard.
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Year: 1980Brand: PeugoetModel: Triathalon Super VittusColor:WhiteSize:58cmStolen in Portland, OR Stolen:2009-07-5Stolen From: Near Hawthorne Blvd....fron basement of friends house.Neighborhood: HawthorneOwner: Gabriel StormOwnerEmail: gabe@pdxdesigns.comReward: $250Description: This beloved bike has been with me since 1993. Not pretty but my baby. Stronglight vintage components, campy hubs, one bar end shifter, green rear derailluer cable, black cork tape, schwinn stingray [...]

Year: 2000Brand: Rocky MountainModel: Hammer RaceColor:BlueSize:19.5"Photo: http://www.bikepedia.com/Images/image.aspx?w=400&h=400&filename=2000+Rocky+Mountain+Hammer+Race.jpgStolen in Portland, OR 97215Stolen:2009-11-30Stolen From: In front of an appartment building at SE 39th and Belmont.Neighborhood: BelmontOwner: Nate RoterOwnerEmail: freshnar@gmail.comReward: $100Description: It had a rear rack, and a rigid black fork. XTR rear derailleur and a flat, silver Bontrager Handlebar. Truvativ Stylo Team cranks. Black Zéfal fenders.Police [...]

Brand: RaleighModel: (road bike)Color:Black/grayStolen in Portland, OR 97212Stolen:2009-12-2Stolen From: "Fremont Place"
on the corner of NE 15th and Fremont.Neighborhood: SabinOwner: Emily SchmittOwnerEmail: ea_schmitt@hotmail.comReward: $100Description: Black and grey women's Raleigh road bike. It has a yellow "BTA" sticker on the front stem. Features a black back rack. BRAND NEW handle bar tape job. [...]

Job Title
Copywriter
Company/Organization
Velotech, Inc
This position has been filled.

Job Description
Do you like to cycle? Do you like to write? Would you like to get paid for writing about cycling products? Then we need you to help us out.
A small but rapidly growing Portland based bicycle shop needs someone to write product descriptions for our web sites.
Candidates [...]

Tom Daly wants to help with your used bike purchase.(Photo © J. Maus)

25-year old Portland resident Tom Daly has worked at several local bike shops and has seen many used bikes in his day. Now that he's opened his own repair shop, he's decided to put that experience to use with a unique new service. [...]

Part of the farm-bike-boat delivery team at last year's Village Building Convergence on the dock at OMSI. (Photos courtesy of CultureChange.org)

Jan Lundberg moved to Portland a year ago because it seemed like the best place to pursue his intersecting passions for food security, peak oil, bicycles, and sailing.
These passions will be coming to fruition [...]

The open road, now available your iPod.

We're big fans of the Rubber to the Road books, which exquisitely detail some of the best road rides in the Portland region. Back in March, we shared how they leapt from the bookshelf onto the web. Now, publisher River City Bicycles has teamed up with Portland-based [...]

Here are BikePortland's traffic stats from the month of November, 2009.
The most popular posts of the month included two articles which followed the three day search for and happy return home of Aaron Tarfman. Top five posts are listed below.
Here are the overall stats for the month:
Visits - 175,784 (+24% over Nov. 2008)
Average visit [...]

The DynoLight from Beaverton-based Light On!.(Photo © J. Maus)

[You can meet Brian Engelen from Light On! (and Fun Reflector) this Saturday at BikeCraft V. He'll be one of nearly 50 local vendors selling their bike-oriented arts, crafts, and other products. Don't miss it!
I have owned the Light On! DynoLight dynamo powered headlight since the summer [...]

Tim Leavitt, mayor of Vancouver.(Photo © J. Maus)

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Enjoying a carfree Peacock Lane.(Photo by Greg Raisman)

A longstanding holiday institution in Portland is taking a stroll -- or, more prevalently, a slow, idling drive -- down the one-block Peacock Lane to gaze at the elaborate holiday light displays that residents drape over their houses, trees, and yards.
Last year for the first time, neighbors [...]

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Pedal Bike Tours Debuts Handmade Local Bike Crafts
North Portland Storefront Provides An Outlet For Locally Made Bike Products
Portland, OR (December 1, 2009) – Just in time for the holidays, Pedal Bike Tours announces the addition of bike products, made in Oregon by local artists and craftspeople, to their shop in North [...]

A meeting Friday could have major implications for how we cross I-5 in the future.(Photos © J. Maus)

This Friday, the Columbia River Crossing (CRC) project will be put to a crucial test. At a meeting of the Project Sponsor's Council, CRC staff will present the council members -- which include Department of Transportation directors [...]

A racer streaks past the crowd duringthe USGP's Portland stop in 2007.(Photos © J. Maus)

This weekend, the top men and women cyclocross racers from around the country will be in Portland to compete in the final race of the United States Gran Prix of Cyclocross. The two-day Stanley Portland Cup takes place at Portland [...]

The double-spiral bamboo bottle holder.(Photos © Adams Carroll)

After Paul Conte graduated from Syracuse University’s industrial design program, he took an office job -- but realized before long that he wasn’t living the life he wanted to lead. So he quit, trained to be a carpenter, and moved to Portland in search of a workshop and [...]