Month: January 2007

New mobile bike shop comes to you

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[AJ Steffani of Cycology Mobile Bike Repair.]
Photo: AJ Steffani

Southeast Portland resident AJ Steffani has launched Cycologoy Mobile Bike Repair, a new bike shop that comes to you.

AJ offers quick, “on the spot” bike repair throughout the Portland metro area.

Also a great photographer, AJ moved to town about two years ago (from Colorado) and has over 12 years experience as a bike shop mechanic.

AJ is 31 years old and lives near Powell Butte (for “quick mountain bike fixes” he says). I asked him why he started this business:

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Stolen Fuji Espree

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Grey Fuji with blue rear tire on a fixed gear. Short cut handle bars with one front brake. Long red cable housing, and gum walled front tire.

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North Portland, let’s meet and move forward

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In light of recent events, I feel (and so do many others) that there is a great need for us to come together and discuss how to make our North Portland neighborhoods safer and more livable for everyone.

I realize we cannot solve all the problems, but I know there is vast potential if we can get together as a community and take some of the emotion seen on this site in the last few days, then organize it, delegate it, and turn it into action and solutions.

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Stolen Casati Monza

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Mid 1980s steel frame Casati Monza road bike with huge 65cm frame. Has new WTB saddle with black cork grips and worn grey brake hoods. Frame is brick red with yellow lettering. Front tire is black; rear tire is black and red. Has a bell on the middle of the handlebar.

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Details emerge from NoPo cyclist attack

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Since I realize some folks don’t always follow all the comments on every post, I thought I’d feature this one just left by Megan, who I assume to be a close friend of Ashley Gorman and Heather Moles, the cyclists who were attacked on their bikes near Legacy Hospital on January 10th.

It reveals some very upsetting details about the incident:

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Stolen Dawes Galaxy

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Brown road bike, old school style….Stronglight cranks, simplex, Campy hubs…..

PINK toe clips! Look for a brown bike with these!

This bike was stolen out of my house in broad daylight~~~!!

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Bike patrol officer asks for our support

Happy Hour on Hawthorne

[Bike patrol officers stopped
by a Mocktails event
in September 2006.]

Do you think Portland would be a better place if we had more cops patrolling our neighborhoods on bikes rather than in cars and on motorcycles?

I do. I strongly believe that more bike patrols would be a great way to deal with our neighborhood safety issues.

Yet despite their effectiveness and popularity in the community, currently only two of the five Metro-area precincts (Central and Southeast) have an active bike patrol.

During my recent bike-along with Southeast Bike Patrol, the officers told me maybe only “a few dozen” officers have done bike patrol out of 900 or so total officers.

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Evan Manvel coming to your TV set

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Via the BTA Blog and an ad on Jack Bog’s blog comes news that BTA Executive Director Evan Manvel will the guest on Outlook Portland this Sunday morning (1/21) at 6:30AM.

Show host Nick Fish will talk with Evan about the BTA’s legislative work and cycling in Oregon.

The show is on Broadcast Channel 32, Comcast Channel 3. If that’s too early for you, Evan says the full episode will be on YouTube. Here’s a teaser clip of the beginning of the interview.

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Don’t miss the Wintertime Palm Tree Ride

This Sunday is your chance to take in one of the finer pleasures of Portland’s bike culture. Artist, historian, and urban lore afficionado Shawn Granton will lead the Wintertime Palm Tree Ride.

Shawn and his Urban Adventure League are well-known in bike circles for leading interesting and informative rides that give participants insight behind seemingly mundane facets of our city.

His Eastside Theater History Bike Tour is the stuff of legend and he even sometimes makes ‘zines to go along with his rides.

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No sympathy for cyclist struck on Swan Island

This disturbing account of a car-bike collision on Swan Island was reported by the victim yesterday in the Portland Bike Forums:

[Location of the crash.]
Click for Google Map.

“On January 2nd, I was riding home from work at 5:15p.m. and was was struck by a Jeep Wrangler pulling out from a stop sign. The driver was pulling out from N Wygant St. onto N Basin Ave.

As I approached the intersection, the Jeep appeared to be coming to a stop at the stop sign. Therefore I concluded that I had time to cross in front of the Jeep as she came to a stop.

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