Year: 2008Brand: KonaModel: Smoke 2-9Color:SilverStolen in Portland, OR 97214Stolen:2011-09-30Stolen From: Lincoln Hall, PSU campus, Broadway and MillNeighborhood: PSU campusOwner: Amanda CarnahanOwnerEmail: thirdeyeactivist@gmail.comReward: YES! THE BIKE'S WORTH!Description: It's silver with black and yellow writing... It's a 2008 smoke 2-9. There is a yellow squeaky t-rex head on the front right of the handle bars, a black [...]

Year: 2006Brand: GiantModel: RinconColor:BlueSize:24"Stolen in Portland, OR 97201Stolen:2011-10-4Stolen From: 24 hr fitness downtown on SW. 4th and ColumbiaNeighborhood: DowntownOwner: Chas FaggianoOwnerEmail: cjfaggiano@hotmail.comDescription: Blue with white lettering. Tape on the high gear shift box. Toro style Rock Shox with extended horn style handle barsPolice record with: PortlandThis registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Year: 2009Brand: CannondaleModel: CAAD 9-6Color:BlueSize:56Serial:u050381Photo: http://www.google.com/imgres?q=cannondale+caad9+6+blue&hl=en&sa=X&biw=1242&bih=764&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&tbnid=Z4zIOD8AGmSL0M:&imgrefurl=http://forums.roadbikereview.com/lounge/even-newer-new-who-you-thread-223334-3.html&Stolen in Portland, OR 97207Stolen:2011-10-04Stolen From: Portland State University campus, on the corner of SW Mill and SW Park, right outside the XSB building, about 10:10am on October 4th, 2011.Neighborhood: PSU CampusOwner: Sean GallivanOwnerEmail: lansenx@gmail.comReward: 200Description: 2009 Cannondale CAAD9-6, blue. Fitted with Shimano Tiagra everything, Crank Brothers pedals. Had LED [...]

Newly repaired path looking north.(Photos © J. Maus)

A portion of the Willamette River Greenway Trail that closed back in July 2010 has now been re-opened.
The managers of the McCormick Pier condos closed a segment of the path about midway between the Broadway and Steel Bridges after noticing surface cracks caused by erosion. The damaged [...]

A scene from Artcrank 2010.(Photos © J. Maus)

Artcrank, the "poster party for bike people," is coming to Portland for the third consecutive year and the big opening night shindig is this Thursday (10/6)!
Artcrank was a huge hit last year and organizers have added an extra day to handle the demand.

Job Title
Store Management
Company/Organization
Performance Bike Shop
Job Description
Performance Bicycle is the nation’s leading retailer of bicycles and cycling related products. We have 100 stores in 18 states and are still growing!
Performance is actively seeking experienced, sales driven, customer focused store management personnel for our Portland market. We need store management associates who are guest oriented, comfortable [...]

Screen grab of the current beta version.

On Friday, October 14th you can get a sneak peek at TriMet's Portland Regional Trip Planner, which they bill as the "first open-source, multi-modal trip planner produced by a U.S. transit agency."
Over three years in the making, TriMet's new tool will function similarly to how you get trip [...]

Holladay connects to existing bikeways in the Rose Quarter.(Photo © J. Maus)

Because of one powerful stakeholder, the future of a plan to improve bike access on NE Holladay Street through the Lloyd District hangs in the balance.
Last week I reported on significant progress for two of the three Lloyd District Bikeway Development projects: Crews have [...]

Year: 1997Brand: electrekModel: mountain bikeColor:blackSize:26 inchStolen in Clackamas, OR 97015Stolen:2011-10-4Stolen From: watkins park apartments, clackamas orNeighborhood: watkins parkOwner: Ferus BeuhlerOwnerEmail: norma_ol@yahoo.comDescription: mountain bike with a batteryThis registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Year: 1995Brand: BianchiModel: Steel frame road bikeColor:BlackSize:Women's smallStolen in Portland, OR 97202Stolen:2011-10-04Stolen From: My porchNeighborhood: SellwoodOwner: Jennifer WetzelOwnerEmail: wetzel.jenny@gmail.comDescription: Black bike with red lettering, black bar tape, a back rack that's also black, road tires with red edges, shifters on the low barPolice record with: PortlandPolice reference#: T11007060This registrant has documented proof of ownership of [...]

As part of their N Vancouver/Wheeler Access to Rose Quarter project, the Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) has added a green box to the median island on N. Interstate.

Approximate location of collision.

Another collision on Highway 101, this time involving two people who were riding about 11 miles north of Gold Beach.
According to the Oregon State Police (OSP) at about 12:55 pm yesterday, a PT Cruiser driven by a 61-year-old man was southbound on 101 traveling over Ophir Dike when it "struck two bicyclists [...]

Year: 1980Brand: SchwinnModel: PreludeColor:Xsmall/yellow and whiteSize:Men'sStolen in Portland, OR 97202Stolen:2011-10-03Stolen From: St. Jack SE 21st and ClintonNeighborhood: Clinton St.Owner: Courtney Romine-MannOwnerEmail: Courtneyroma@gmail.comDescription: Frame is yellow fading into white, front fork is gray(replacement), has a ulock/mount on crotch bar near handle bars, old ratty pink and yellow grip tape, black fenders the rear one is broken [...]

Year: 1980?Brand: SchwinnModel: PreludeColor:Xsmall/yellow and whiteSize:Men'sStolen in Portland, OR Stolen:2011-10-3Stolen From: St. Jack SE 21st and ClintonNeighborhood: Clinton St.Owner: Courtney Romine-MannOwnerEmail: Courtneyroma@gmail.comDescription: Frame is yellow fading into white, front fork is gray(replacement), has a ulock/mount on crotch bar near handle bars, old ratty pink and yellow grip tape, black fenders the rear one is broken [...]

Year: 2011Brand: SpecializedModel: Stumpjumper CompositeColor:Red/Black/WhiteSize:LargeSerial: WSBC601077190FStolen in Portland, OR 97209Stolen:2011-10-2Stolen From: Asa Flats + Lofts (corner of NW Marshall and 12th)Neighborhood: PearlOwner: Eric BrunnerOwnerEmail: brunesot@gmail.comDescription: plastic Pedals; plastic bottle holder; bike lock holder on frameThis registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Year: 2010Brand: ScattanteModel: W-330Color:Yellow/GraySize:51cmSerial: 00785749787718Photo: http://assets.fabfitfun.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Scattante-W-330-Womens-Road-Bike-21.jpgStolen in Portland, OR 97219Stolen:2011-09-30Stolen From: My bike was stolen from the Lewis & Clark College Campus in front of the JR Howard academic building.Neighborhood: Burlingame/Lewis & ClarkOwner: Grace GuentherOwnerEmail: gguenther@lclark.eduReward: $10Description: Had a Forte brand women's softail seat.This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

A Lone Wolf Trailer, photographed during a hunting/camping trip this weekend near the Biggs Junction/Deschutes River area in Eastern Oregon.(Photo: Rocky Mackey)

Year: 1984Brand: NorcoModel: MontereyColor:Dark BlueSize:50 - 52 cmPhoto: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2qzXaEPUgL8/Sr4TI2dnqdI/AAAAAAAAA64/gMyNfa7Z0sc/s1600-h/profile_view.JPGStolen in Portland, OR 97209Stolen:2011-10-3Stolen From: Alexandra Court ApartmentsNeighborhood: NW PortlandOwner: April NgOwnerEmail: apeski@gmail.comReward: hugsDescription: Dark blue japanese made stel frame, smaller frame, maybe 50 cm. SunTour derailers, shifters & freewheels. Dia compe "suicide" brakes. Selle Italia 2-tone brown leather saddle. Aluminum pump. Chrome rack and fenders. [...]

A Wall St. Journal blogger debunks the "soot in your lungs while cycling" stories from last week.(Photo © J. Maus)

Here are the news stories that caught my eye this past week...
— In recent weeks we've been told by the media that riding a bike covers your lungs in soot and that people on bikes are [...]

Big crowds turned out for the Crusade opener, which is typically the largest race of the year.- Photo Gallery - (Photos © J. Maus)