Year: 2011Brand: KonaModel: DewColor:BlackSize:about 17Serial: AJ11031554Photo: http://sellwoodcycle.com/consign/2011-kona-dew-425/Stolen in Salem, OR 97301Stolen:2011-08-30Stolen From: Downtown salem in front of Venti's and Great harvest bread. It was locked to a fixed street bench that was bolted to the ground. This was on court st and commercial.Neighborhood: downtown salemOwner: Scott StolbergOwnerEmail: stephy_spanks@hotmail.comReward: $100Description: Black Kona Dew bike, White writing, [...]

Year: 2010Brand: TrekModel: ValenciaColor:dark blueSize:17.5"Serial: WTU235C1077DStolen in Portland, OR 97220Stolen:2011-08-31Stolen From: Gateway Fred MeyerOwner: Brenda ReddawayOwnerEmail: brendareddaway1@comcast.netDescription: 2010 dark blue Trek Valencia 17.5". hybrid style. back rack. fenders.Police record with: Portland PDPolice reference#: T11006174This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Gary "the Fish" Fisher circa late 1970s.(Still from CBS Evening Magazine)

Thanks to the wonders of Twitter, I just finished watching one of the most satisfying bike video clips I have ever seen.
Uploaded last month by YouTube user frenchjr25 (a self-described "TV history fanatic"), the segment — which was created to be aired on CBS Evening [...]

I got a review copy of The Urban Cyclists Survival Guide in the mail the other day. It's a new book by Los Angeles based author James Rubin and published by Chicago-based sports book publisher Triumph Books.
I haven't delved completely into the 250 or so pages of advice and tips; but the book's packaging has [...]

Go By Bike shop owner Kiel Johnson (center) shakes hands with customer (and friend) Owen Walz while shop staffer Eric Phelan looks on.(Photos © J. Maus)

Year: 2009Brand: ScottModel: SpeedsterColor:WhiteSize:56 inchSerial: H9LZ71011Photo: http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/834/bikeh.png/Stolen in Portland, OR 97212Stolen:2011-08-30Stolen From: Out of car which was parked on street in inner NE Portland on NE 41st Ave.Neighborhood: HollywoodOwner: Berit GannOwnerEmail: beritgann@gmail.comDescription: White Scott, style is Speedster, road bike. Gold and silver font on bike. One silver spoke on back tire, the rest are black. [...]

A common sign on multi-use paths. Why don't we use these on other transportation facilities that are narrow and have users that need to use caution around one another?(Photos © J. Maus)

The other day I was riding out to Southeast Portland along the I-205 multi-use path and I came across a sign I'd seen many [...]

Year: 2009Brand: KHSModel: Urban SoulColor:greenStolen in Portland, OR 97215Stolen:2011-08-26Stolen From: side of a house- 61st and BurnsideNeighborhood: Mt. Tabor areaOwner: zoe stansburyOwnerEmail: zoe.stansbury@gmail.comReward: 100Description: I"m not sure what the size was but I am a woman around 5'6" and it fit me perfectly. The date was somewhere between August 26-28thThis registrant has documented [...]

Newly replaced railroad tracks on NW Naito, just north of the Steel Bridge.(Photo © J. Maus)

Brand: NovaraModel: ForzaColor:SilverSize:LargeSerial:U9YY32293Photo: http://www.rei.com/product/774421/novara-forza-bike-2011Stolen in Portland, OR 97217Stolen:2011-08-30Stolen From: Corner of Webster and Interstate.Neighborhood: North PortlandOwner: Shawn CampbellOwnerEmail: camp5241@gmail.comReward: $50Description: Silver hybrid bike. Rear reflector replaced by clamp for Planet Bike SuperFlash light (light will be missing). Brake cables show signs of being recently tightened. Front reflector is white in color and [...]

Smashed window of Southwest Bicycle.(Photos: Dan Houghton)

Southwest Bicycle (3605 SW Multnomah Blvd) was victim of a smash-and-grab theft last night. Shop owner Dan Houghton says thieves broke one of his windows at around midnight and two high-end bikes were stolen. The bikes are valued at about $10,000.
Please keep your eyes out for a Javelin Barolo [...]

Google will be in town Thursday for a "MapUp" event to raise are awareness of (and participation in) their Google Map Maker feature.
Map Maker is Google's attempt to let anyone edit its vaunted map and have the additions go public to its millions of users. The application lets people add in their favorite short-cuts, [...]

Despite presence of precarious streetcar tracks, many people still ride on Lovejoy.(Photo © J. Maus)

The Eastside Streetcar project has radically altered vehicle access to the Pearl District. If you ride a bicycle, the changes have been especially acute (as I shared back in July). NW Lovejoy has been decommissioned as a bike route and the [...]

Year: 1999 or 2000Brand: SchwinnModel: HomegrownColor:YellowSize:21 inchStolen in Portland, OR 97211Stolen:2011-08-7Stolen From: It was stolen from my detached garage.Neighborhood: AlamedaOwner: John BarinagaOwnerEmail: jbarinaga@hotmail.comDescription: Yellow Schwinn Homegrown mountain bike with a red RockShox fork. It also had black bar ends on the handle barsPolice record with: Portland PDThis registrant has documented proof of ownership of [...]

First prototype of the Conscious Commuter folding e-bike. Designed — and going to be manufactured (most likely) — in Portland.

Scott Bricker leads kids from Cottage Grove in a bike education class as part of Cycle Oregon's new Cycle Safe program.(Photos courtesy Scott Bricker)

Year: 2010Brand: KHSModel: Urban EscapeColor:TealSerial: UA01344944Stolen in Portland, OR Stolen:2011-08-29Stolen From: Tillamook and 33rd in NE right in front of Beverly Cleary School.Neighborhood: GrantOwner: Alison BrownOwnerEmail: alicat.brown@gmail.comReward: $150Description: It is a teal bike with fenders and a back rack. It had my lock and yellow helmet attached.Police record with: Portland PDPolice reference#: 11-154737This registrant has [...]

Year: 1973Brand: SchwinnModel: Super SportColor:Red/OrangeSize:~56cmPhoto: http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/3116/img0576e.jpgStolen in Portland, OR 97202Stolen:2011-08-29Stolen From: SE Division & 26th (in front of Little T's Bakery).Neighborhood: ClintonOwner: Jesse SchumannOwnerEmail: schumajg@gmail.comReward: Case of beer and huge thanks.Description: Single-speed. Old, dinged frame with new components. Very short chopped bullhorn handlebars. White cable housing. Single rear brake w. silver SOMA brake lever on [...]

Traffic on Williams Avenue.(Photo © J. Maus)

There are some new developments in the project to improve bicycling and traffic safety on N. Williams Avenue.
Following the most recent Stakeholder Advisory Committee meeting on August 2nd, project staff have announced that in lieu of a September meeting, they will host two tours of the street in [...]

Project drawing of new trail segment in Columbia Gorge funded by $2.1 million federal grant. (Image: ODOT)