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Year: 2006
BikeCraft II set for City Hall
[A scene from last
year’s BikeCraft event.]
year’s BikeCraft event.]
I’ve finally confirmed a location and date for BikeCraft II. It will happen in the atrium of City Hall in downtown Portland on Thursday, December 7th.
BikeCraft is an event that showcases handmade, bicycle-related arts and crafts made in Portland. For more information check out the BikeCraft page I made for last year’s show.
Sprockettes Benefit Weekend (Day 1)
Friday Nov.17th @ Disjecta
7pm $5 proceeds go to future Sprockettes endeavors
International Bike Dance Expose and kickoff benefit!!!!!
B:C:Clettes and The Brakes bikedance teams from Vancouver, BC will be imported for your enjoyment.
K.A.Z.U.M will defy gravity while astounding and amazing you with their acrobalance exquisiteness.
On The Double (Seattle) are going to hype the hot rope, doubledoutchtastic.
The Sprockettes perform S.O.T.I.l live to music sensations Romanteek
Velocipedomaniacs Show Me The Pink will bring the house down with some bicycle booty shaking dancerock.
There will be a silent auction as well as an art showcase with artists such as Lyla Emery Reno, Tripper Dungan, 333 Empire, Sasquatch, -struct, Brad Delay,Tiago Denczuk, Nekia, Volta, and many more!!
Late night debauchery with DJ’s Puppet and Sniffles
MC’s Bossy Boots, Caffeine Jones, and Agent Orange
Projections by Giovanni
Sponsored by New Deal Vodka, New Belgium Breweries, and Sake One.
Cyclocross takes center stage this weekend
[Expect more big crowds
at Hillsboro this weekend.]
at Hillsboro this weekend.]
This Sunday the eyes of the cyclocross world will be set on Hillsboro Stadium (just a few miles west of Portland).
Racers and media from all over the country will compete in the sixth race of the US Gran Prix of Cyclocross. The series has made previous stops in Massachusetts, Colorado, and Washington and is expected to draw huge crowds.
Police to discontinue free bike light program
[It was great
while it lasted.]
while it lasted.]
The law requires that all cyclists have a front light and a rear reflector. A little over one year ago, the Traffic Division of the Portland Police Bureau began giving out free lights to bicyclists who were stopped for violating this law.
The program was spearheaded by then Commander Bill Sinnott and was met with much rejoicing by city bureaucrats and bike advocates in Portland. It also garnered significant publicity locally and nationally, including a spot on CBS News Sunday Morning.
Unfortunately, I’ve just gotten word that the PPB does not plan to continue this program after their remaining 50 sets of lights are given out.
I called Lieutenant Mark Kruger (2nd in command at the Traffic Division) this morning and asked why. He said,
Group seeks funding for stage race in Portland
“I would like to see a world-class bike racing event in Portland.”
-Commissioner Adams
Last night at City Hall, a sub-committee formed as part of the bicycle industry task force, met to discuss the potentials and pitfalls of creating a major bike racing event in Portland.
The meeting got off to an exciting start when City Commissioner Sam Adams announced that due to a surplus in the City’s General Fund, one-time monies might be available to make the event a reality.
Tell ODOT how to spend their money
ODOT needs to hear from cyclists about how they should spend a big pot of money set aside for “Transportation Enhancements”. This money must go to projects, “that strengthen the cultural, aesthetic, or environmental value of our transportation system.”
Lawyer addresses problems, potential of tougher driver negligence laws
“Oregon needs a new law making it illegal to cause serious bodily injury or death to a bicyclist due to ordinary negligence.”
-Lawyer Ray Thomas
Lawyer Ray Thomas is working to add language to existing driver negligence laws to make it easier to charge motorists with serious crimes when they cause major injury or death to cyclists.
Thomas addresses this important issue in his latest column in Oregon Cycling magazine (not yet published). Spurred by a spate of fatalities in Washington County last summer where the driver was only prosecuted for a traffic violation, Thomas writes,