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Year: 2006

Links of the week: 9-29-06

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Thanks to everyone who tipped me off on these links. If you find cool bike stuff on the web, I’d love to know about it. Contact me here.

World Exotica party to benefit local bike club

[Event flyer]

Way back in February I wrote about a new bike club in Portland called the Community Exchange Cycle Touring Club.

Since then this upstart club — led by Steven Kung — has been very busy. They’ve been leading weekly rides, hosting bike repair clinics at their Community Exchange Bike School (2503 SE Division), working with local schools, recycling used bikes back into the community, and have been active as volunteers at many events.

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Your stolen bike is on Craigslist…now what?

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[Hey! That’s my bike!]

The other day I got a phone call from a reader in distress. He found his wife’s bike for sale on Craigslist. He was sure it was her bike, but he wasn’t sure how to proceed. I didn’t really have a good answer for him so I asked Officer Robert Pickett of the Southeast Precinct.

He then asked a detective and this is what she said:

1. The person must be able to prove that it is his/her stolen bicycle. This probably means having already reported it stolen to the police, including the bike’s serial number or unique characteristics in the stolen report. If there is any question at all as to the ownership of the bicycle, there is nothing that we will be able to do about it. Unfortunately if there is ever a situation where it is simply one person’s word against the other, we often can’t act.

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Stolen TREK Unknown

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Dark Gray TREK , with white tape wrapped around the grips that is falling off/ or sticky grips if the…

More Info:http://finetoothcog.com/site/bike_matches/201

Stolen Giant Boulder

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This is a green/grey/black mountain bike with a black seat and light mount (no light currently instal…

More Info:http://finetoothcog.com/site/bike_matches/198

Scapegoating messengers and fixed-gear fallacies

North American Cycle Courier Championships

Nearly every time someone complains about how bicyclists are unsafe, uncourteous, dangerous, and suicidal riders, they nearly always mention messengers. Or “those downtown messengers” as the cop put it who wrote me a ticket for rolling through a four-way stop intersection on a sleepy bike boulevard.

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Stolen TREK 560

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Vintage 1984
Black w/ red text
Black wrap
Bontrager carbon fiber seat post with Bontrager
Race Lu…

More Info:http://finetoothcog.com/site/bike_matches/197

Honing skills at a cyclocross clinic

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Alpenrose Cross Clinic

Yesterday I finally made it out to one of the Alpenrose Cross Clinics put on by Team S&M and Sellwood Cycle Repair. I’ve heard the clinics have been very popular since they started earlier this month and this one (the final one) was no exception. There were at least 100 participants all looking to hone their skills and learn from the masters.

The season begins this Sunday so everyone was eager to polish their technique and ask nagging, last-minute questions. On hand to demonstrate those skills and answer those questions were old pros like Rhonda Mazza, Erik Tonkin, Brad Ross, and a host of others.

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A quick stop at the BTA Open House

BTA's new office

[The reception area]

The BTA has some new digs (1979 SW 5th Avenue) and they had a little office-warming party last night to make it official. I was able to make a quick visit to the open house to check things out.

It was great to see their new place all cleaned up. Last time I was there things weren’t looking so hot. Now they’ve got nice new carpets and desks and the place is very professional and business-like.

The party was well-attended by a bevy of advocates and transportation bigwigs. I didn’t stay long because I was on my way to a cyclocross clinic (and besides, I was fully spandexed up).

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