Raingear comes in all styles, forms -- and budgets. (Photo © J. Maus)

Now that the rain has arrived in earnest, it's time to get the daily wet weather riding routine down pat.
For many of us, that isn't going to include shopping for a new, name brand rain jacket and pants, fancy washable wool, or a [...]

"The people riding and making decisions about bicycles is a white, middle class group." -- Alison Hill Graves, Community Cycling Center

The staff at Community Cycling Center, a 15 year old Portland-based nonprofit that aims to increase access to bicycling, has been doing some soul searching in the last few years.
In the process, community and [...]

Publisher's note: Despite a recent BTA survey showing that 90% of respondents own a car, many people are finding that living without one (or several) is not only possible but enjoyable. Even the New York Times has noticed that in America, people are falling out of love with cars.
On that note, here's [...]

Detail of the IBPI's Virtual Bike Tour map. (Larger version below)

Portland's bike network is one of the finest in the country. As such, our city regularly plays host to urban planners, engineers, and other wonky folks who want to learn and understand, first-hand, how our bike facilities look and feel.
Usually, these visitors [...]

Gil Penalosa took a rental bike for a waterfront cruise last time he was in town.(Photo © J. Maus)

Portland is a bike town. Sure, it's not Copenhagen or Amsterdam (yet), but increasingly, when people come here they want to "Do as the Romans do" -- and in Portland that means get on a bike.
But if [...]

I've just spent a lovely but overly warm summer morning hunkered down in the cool basement reading the latest edition of Boneshaker.
The small volume's attractive recycled brown cover is reminiscent of an army field manual, but with an attention grabbing color illustration of a bicycle enticing me in to the table of contents. It [...]

The law isn't always entirely clear when it comes to bikes on the road -- are you required to be in a bike lane? What if you want to make a left turn? Do you need to put your foot down every time you stop? How would enforcement work if we had an Idaho-style stop [...]

Tori Bortman(Photos © J. Maus)

Editor's Note: This article was written by guest author Tori Bortman. Tori is very active in the local bike scene. She's a co-host of the KBOO Bike Show, a promoter of bike polo and women-only alleycats, and she's the proprietor of her own bike mechanic training business, Gracie's [...]

Author Jeff Mapes (R) speaking with the BTA's Scott Bricker at the 2009 National Bike Summit.(Photos © J. Maus)

Author and senior political reporter for The Oregonian, Jeff Mapes, will be at Powell's Books tonight to talk about his new book, Pedaling Revolution.
Mapes is riding a wave of excellent reviews and buzz about his book. [...]

This story is part of our special 2009 National Bike Summit coverage (sponsored by Planet Bike). For more coverage, follow BikePortland on Twitter and browse the latest photos in our Bike Summit photo gallery.

Publisher Maurice Tierney(Photos © J. Maus)

I ran into Dirt Rag magazine publisher Maurice Tierney a few minutes ago and was excited [...]

[Publisher's note: This story was published yesterday on Page Two, but since it's so darn beautiful outside right now, and because this is such a great resource, I thought it needed a bit more attention.]

Screenshot of RubbertotheRoad.com

River City Bicycles' Rubber to the Road guidebooks have long been a popular way to learn about great [...]

Yoga and bicycling have more in commonthan you'd think.(Photo provided by Ellee Thalheimer)

In Portland, sometimes it seems like there are nearly as many yoga instructors as people on bikes. In fact, those two populations often seem to co-mingle.
A number of yoga studios around town offer deals for patrons who show up to class [...]

Screenshot of Cychosis iPhone app.

42-year old Kenton resident Ron Forrester has created a new iPhone application ("app") that lets you record and keep an ongoing statistical journal of your routes, mileage, and more.
The app is called Cychosis and Forrester says he's already had sales from all over the world (interest has been especially high from [...]

Get your learn on with books about bikes (and other stuff).

It's time to get smart, and we don't just mean using hand signals and fighting traffic tickets.
Making headway against 50 plus years of car-centric policies, planning, and culture is no easy task. We need to educate ourselves. The more we know the better we'll [...]

This map shows were close calls and collisions have been reported with the BikePortland B-SMaRT tool.Click to enlarge(Graphic: Joe Broach).

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All you need to know, in the palm of your hand.(Larger views below)(Photo: Jennifer Campos)

The City of Vancouver Washington (just a few short miles north of downtown Portland) has a new bicycle resource card available.
According to Jennifer Campos, a planner in Vancouver's transportation department, the card is small, portable, and provides all the basic info [...]

This woman stays dry and visible with a poncho.(Photos � J. Maus)

Monsoon season is upon us in Portland. When you jump on your bike these days, you never know what awaits you; wind, rain, leaf-strewn (and slippery) bike lanes, or all of the above (no ice yet, but that's coming too).
This time of year [...]

Screenshot -- Try it out!

The new close calls map I offered a sneak peek of back in August has been launched.
We've even come up with a snazzy acronym...
B-SMaRT ~ the Bike Safety Monitoring and Reporting Tool
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Cover of Rubber to the Road, Volume 1.

Rubber To The Road is a two-volume set of guide books (first published in 1998 by David Guettler and compiled by Peter Marsh) that detail some of the Portland area's very best road rides. It was one of the first books on biking I picked up when [...]

Request one of these stickers here.

As I mentioned last week, Portland General Electric (PGE) has created a new sticker to promote bike/truck safety.
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