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6/20: Hello readers and friends. I am having my second (of two) total knee replacement surgeries today so I'll be out of commission for a bit while I recover. Please be patient while I get back to full health. I hope to be back to posting as soon as I can. I look forward to getting back out there. 🙏. - Jonathan Maus, BikePortland Publisher and Editor
Riding home today I noticed this peculiar trailer set-up. The guy who owns it was stopped and fiddling with his derailleur so I decided to introduce myself and take a closer look.
Allen (picture below), who calls his bike his home, has put together this hi-capacity cargo trailer for hauling cans, bottles, and other stuff he finds on the side of the road.
Now this is a ride I wish I’d been on. Thanks to Aaron for the report and photos (unfortunately he got a silly ticket while on the ride!):
On this ride, the number of kids almost equaled the number of grown-ups! Thanks to ride leader Patrick for this report and photos:
Emily is famous for her Heritage Tree Tours and she submitted this report on her most recent one:
15 people their way up to the bike-friendly Skyline Tavern for this mountain bike ride. Here’s a little report and a group photo sent in by PUMP’s Roger Louton:
Sorry folks, but so far no photos have surfaced from this ride.. Here are some photos. Big thanks to Jacque Authier for leading the ride and providing this report:
[Pedalpalooza runs from 6/8 – 6/24 and is organized by Shift to Bikes. View the full schedule here and get the latest ride reports here.]
Hey, I’m putting on a ride today! The Communified Ride (lame name I know) will be a fun, quick spin around the waterfront (with a few bridge crossings of course). It’s a social ride and the goal is to learn about the bike community, meet some new people and talk about upcoming events and/or find new recruits for whatever bikey stuff you’re up to. I will also bring my tripod and set up some black/white style portraits (think Sears) of you and your bike. Meet at 6:00 at Salmon Street Fountain…I’ll be rockin’ out with my new bike radio! (yes I just linked to an advertiser).
And sorry for getting behind on ride reports…they’re coming soon.
Here’s a list of today’s events:
Oregonian columnist Margie Boule will be hosting a webcast on bike safety at 1:00 tomorrow (6/21).
Join in and ask questions at the Margie Boule Show.
And just FYI, Boule wrote about bikes in her column last Sunday.
[UPDATE: Download appeal JPEG, 94K.]
SK Northwest, the company that wants to develop a parcel on the Willamette River and not allow public trail access through their property, has appealed the recent denial of their development permit.
According to Kate Green of the City of Portland Bureau of Development Services, a public hearing has been scheduled for Wednesday, July 12 at 1:30 PM (location TBA).
[Pedalpalooza runs from 6/8 – 6/24 and is organized by Shift to Bikes. View the full schedule here and get the latest ride reports here.]
Here’s a list of today’s events:
A recent stolen bike listing describes a brazen thief clipping bike locks in broad daylight on NE Broadway Blvd:
“My bike was stolen a few hours ago outside Costello’s Travel Cafe on NE Broadway between 22nd and 23rd. It was 7:00pm, bright out, and busy on the street. A woman who was parking right beside the thief challenged him when she saw his bolt cutter, and he gave her the finger and rode away. He cut through a wire rope lock quickly. He was white with brown hair, a mustache, a lump on his neck like a cyst, jeans, a dark t-shirt and a dark baseball hat. He carried a green bag slung across his chest. About 35 years old, 5′10″ and about 175 pounds. Very brazen and very quick with his work.”
Keep your eyes peeled for this guy…or better yet, trash your cable lock and invest in something he can’t cut through.
Last night, BTA Director Evan Manvel and I biked up to Vancouver to see League of American Bicyclists Head Honcho (and arbiter of coveted Platinum rankings) Andy Clarke award the Vancouver City Council a “Bronze” Bicycle Friendly Community Award.
