Month: August 2006

Update: Spy photo of Coasting group on new Trek

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[Click photo to enlarge.]

[*Update: Kris Schamp from the Bike Gallery has posted some up-close and detailed photos of the Trek Lime.]

A while back I posted about how Shimano had chosen Portland as a pilot city to unveil their latest and greatest component group called Coasting.

This new group is supposed to revolutionize city bikes and appeal to a whole new group of people. Shimano is working with select companies to build bikes around it and one of them is Trek, who just wrapped up their big, secret, dealer-only get together in Wisconsin.

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Questions and true bike love at the farmers market

workin' the farmers market

Last week I worked a table at the Interstate Farmers Market. I passed out free bike maps and stickers, talked to folks about bikes, and answered random bike questions.

As an ice-breaker I asked people to try and stump me with a question about bikes in Portland. I got quite a range of responses including;

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Bakfiets on Broadway

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Bakfiets on Broadway

A few weeks ago I was on NE Broadway and 15th when I looked up and saw this woman and her peculiar bike. After a moment or two I realized it was an authentic “bakfiets” (Dutch for container bicycle) straight from Holland…and so was the rider, given her strong, confident, blond, helmetless style.

Not surprisingly, she told me she imported the bike from her former home town in Amsterdam.

Bakfiets are common in Holland for cargo, family, pets, whatever. I think they’d do very well in Portland and I have a hunch we’ll be seeing more of these around town in the future.

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Stolen: Vintage Specialized Crossroad

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mid 90’s vintage, Specialized “Crossroad” bicycle w/ bell on handlebar stolen from driveway of Sellwood residence on evening of 8/10. Reward…

Mark / (503) 823.6736

Stolen: Raleigh Record

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my POS raleigh record. Initially was a dark red, now covered in duct tape.
straightish handlebars with mtb bar ends. most notable about the bike
would be the strange looking ergonomic seat which has no front part and is
put up very high. stomp pedals with yellow power grip straps. silver
spedometer “cycolmeter” brand that’s always on. two bottle cages, back one
is black front one is rusted with the top bent out of shape. rear wheel
has a broken spoke wrapped around another spoke. 27×1.25 tires. Red rear
blinker attached to the seat post. Nice black rack, attached to the seat
strangly.Stolen from 53rd and stark today 7-11-06 during the middle of the
day. I could not imagine anyone trying to sell it. I do see them
abandoning it on the eastside after they realize what a piece of crap bike
it is (I still love it and use it to get all around portland). Really I
had no idea anyone would bother trying to steal this bike. If you see it
please call Nathan at 503-239-3972 anytime.

small addendum: bike was stolen on 8/11/06 and feel free to list
yardko @ yahoo.com as my email, thanks
nathan

Stolen: Blue Diamondback MTB

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I had a blue Diamonback 20″ Mountainbike stolen a week ago from SW Portland.
It was almost new, and had low-end RST shocks on it.

kiliii yu
—-
kiliii@
dancinghawk.com

Stolen: White Trek 2200

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I want to report a recent bike theft. My bike was stolen on August 8, 2006 in front of the building at 1900 SW 4th Avenue. It was parked at a bike rack in front (west side) of the building and was locked with a newer cable lock. It was taken between 1 pm and 6 pm. Reported to Portland Police on 8/8.

I forgot to add the bike size is 54 cm, with Bontrager wheels and Shimano components

Owner Name: Liza Mickle
Phone: 503-823-7666 (work)
email: lmickle @ gmail.com

Bicycle Information

Year: 2003 Make: Trek Model: 2200 WSD (Women-specific)
Style: Road Value: $800
Color: White, with maroon and black detail
Serial #: WL 3043103

Stolen: Teal Specialized Sirrus

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It was around 5pm on August 15th when I discovered it gone from the City Hall bike rack at SW 5th and Jefferson. It was locked with a heavy-gauge chain combo lock with a blue plastic wrapping around the chain.

Andrew.
a.plambeck
@gmail.com

Stolen: Red Kona Moola

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I had my bike stolen out of my garage the first week of August.

It is a full size Kona Luna Moola Red, with a fat seat that has LED in it.

All the gears are new and the ID# is H6H00875.

Thanks for providing an extra chance to recover my bike.

Kind regards,

Michael
Michael.Stadler
@infores.com

Update on SK Northwest hearing

portland spirit at end of esplanade

[Looking south at current
end of Esplanade path.]

Yesterday was the public hearing on the SK Northwest development case. Unfortunately I wasn’t there but here’s a report from what I’ve heard and read so far.

According to Evan Manvel of the BTA there were about 45 people there which is “significantly more than these hearings usually get.”

The BTA showed up to support the City’s ruling against the development and to, “deflect some arguments put forth by the applicants.” Here’s more from Evan’s post on the BTA Blog:

“The developers argued that the trail wasn’t a transportation facility, because it’s managed by Portland Parks rather than PDOT. They argued that they….weren’t impacting public access to the river and hence should not be required to improve such access. They also argued that bicyclists much prefer bike lanes to off-street paths.

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