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Month: December 2011

Navy Trek 7.1 FX 2011

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Year: 2011
Brand: Trek
Model: 7.1 FX
Color:Navy
Size:17.5
Serial:WTU216C1165F
Photo: http://www.trekbikes.com/us/en/bikes/town/fitness/fx/7_1_fx/
Stolen in Portland, OR 97211
Stolen:2011-12-11
Stolen From: Residential garage in NE Portland
Neighborhood: King
Owner: Mela D
OwnerEmail: Mela@contextpartners.com
Reward: $50
Description: Black fenders, Ladybug bell, kickstand and waterbottle holder.
Police record with: Portland PD, north precinct
Police reference#: 11-107888
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Meet Your Maker: Illustrator Tomas Quinones

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Tomas Quinones at BikeCraft.
(Photo courtesy Tomas)

Every year at BikeCraft there’s one vendor that really raises my eyebrows and makes me think, “Wow, we’re seeing the launch of someone’s career! This is exciting!” This year I felt like that person was Tomas Quinones.

Out of nowhere (at least to me), Tomas launched Flying Snail Creations, a new company to publish his original illustrations. The product he brought to BikeCraft was “Bike Parade” — a kids coloring book full of animals pedaling whimsical bicycles. After buying one myself and seeing my girls devour it with crayons (which he very smartly sold too), I knew this book would be a hit. Turns out it was.

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orange/gold MARIN hybrid

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Brand: MARIN
Model: hybrid
Color:orange/gold
Size:15inch frame
Stolen in Portland, OR 97209
Stolen:2011-12-10
Stolen From: the annex 12th and burnside
Neighborhood: downtown
Owner: christopher gower
OwnerEmail: chrisg@cavalia.net
Reward: yes
Description: yellow/gold 15 inch frame all black accessories carbon fiber front forks and handlebars itialia selle seat very long seat post, mountain bike with street tires on 26inch wheels,
Police reference#: 11-157120
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Regional projects awarded over $16 million in federal grants

The Tonquin Trail was awarded over $5 million.

Last week the Portland Bike Sharing Project stole the limelight as Metro’s Joint Policy Advisory Committee on Transportation (JPACT) voted on a package of projects to receive the 2014-15 allocation of federal “regional flexible funding“.

As per a hard-fought compromise, 75% of the $23 million in project funding was targeted for active transportation projects (freight got the other 25%) throughout the metro region.

The total amount was about $16.5 million. So, what other projects made the cut? Below is a breakdown:

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Locked Up: Colorful, quirky touring bike at NoPo Library

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Locked Up - at North Portland library-1-1

Worth a closer look.
(Photos © J. Maus)

I don’t know about you, but every so often I come across a parked bike that makes me stop in my tracks for a closer look. Whether it’s a vintage steed worthy of a museum collection, or a quirky customized freak bike that’s truly one-of-a-kind, these bikes deserve to be shared.

That’s the inspiration behind Locked Up, a new column that will showcase interesting bikes we see parked throughout Portland.

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New study compares bicycling’s CO2 emissions to other modes

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Cover of ECF study

A new study by the European Cyclists Federation (ECF) offers an in-depth comparison between the CO2 emissions of bicycling versus other modes of transportation. The new study is aimed at encouraging policy makers to make bicycle promotion a larger part of their greenhouse gas emission reduction toolkit.

What makes the study interesting (and useful for settling debates) is that it took into account not just the emissions from the vehicles themselves, but from the entire life cycle of the mode including production, maintenance and fuel — which in the case of bicycling includes caloric intake.

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Bikes make holiday brighter over 400 kids at Holiday Bike Drive

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Waiting for new owners.
(Photos: Britt Appleton/CCC)

The Community Cycling Center held their 16th annual Holiday Bike Drive yesterday. The event connected over 400 kids from low-income families with a newly refurbished bike, a helmet, basic safety education and most importantly, the freedom and sheer joy that comes with having your own two wheels.

We weren’t at the event this year, but the CCC shared a few photos of the happy kids (taken by Britt Appleton):

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The Monday Roundup

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Feeling congested?
Take a bike and call me in the morning.
(Photo: Will Vanlue)

Here’s the news that caught our eyes this past week…

– The City of Sherwood, located 17 miles southwest of Portland, has seen a 22% reduction in crashes after installing red light cameras at the intersection of Highway 99 and Tualatin-Sherwood Road. Nearly three quarters of the the citations resulting from the cameras were to people making a right-turn at a red light without stopping their motor vehicle, a significant hazard to people on bicycles.

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Light Blue with white accents Cannondale Women’s CAD 8 2010

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Year: 2010
Brand: Cannondale
Model: Women’s CAD 8
Color:Light Blue with white accents
Size:54CM
Serial: UM66621
Stolen in Seattle, WA 98109
Stolen:2011-12-8
Stolen From: Secured storage area of my condo building
Neighborhood: Queen Anne
Owner: Tariq Omar
OwnerEmail: tariqomar04@gmail.com
Description: Women’s CAD 8 with very little use. Sora/Tiagra components, topeak underseat pouch, tire pump mounted to frame in addition to water bottle holder. White handlebar tape. Shimano SPD-SL Pedals – Black
Police record with: Seattle PD
Police reference#: 2011.396555
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

red and white Fuji Newest 1.0 2004

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Year: 2004
Brand: Fuji
Model: Newest 1.0
Color:red and white
Size:56CM
Stolen in Seattle, WA 98109
Stolen:2011-12-8
Stolen From: Stolen from the locked storage area of my condo building.
Neighborhood: Queen Anne
Owner: Tariq Omar
OwnerEmail: tariqomar04@gmail.com
Description: Mens Fuji newest with Tiagra components, shimano SPD-SL pedals, topeak under-seat pouch, and Vetta V100 bike computer. Seat has a tear on the rear left hand corner from a fall many years ago.
Police record with: Seattle PD
Police reference#: 2011.396555
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike

White/Silver Gary Fisher Tiburon 2004

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Year: 2004
Brand: Gary Fisher
Model: Tiburon
Color:White/Silver
Size:20″
Serial: C43FK681
Stolen in 97210, OR
Stolen:2011-12-10
Stolen From: 23rd and Northrup, Portland
Neighborhood: Nob Hill
Owner: Joni Hartmann
OwnerEmail: rjhartmann@aol.com
Description: Men’s street bike, little use, no damage
Police record with: Portland
Police reference#: 11107104
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

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