[This coverage of Mini-Bike Winter IV comes from our special correspondent Mykle Hansen]
Let the games begin!
Mini-Bike Winter got off to an explosive start last night when a parade of nearly 150 brightly lit bikers — including several dozen visitors from Canada, Seattle and California, and quite a few first-time bombers — zigzagged on the Lit Ride from the NE Alberta arts district to the Zoobomb pile downtown.
Last night in North Portland the community got an update on npGreenway’s vision for a new riverfront trail that will someday link the St. John’s Bridge to the Eastbank Esplanade.
A group of of about 25 citizens, trail advocates, and neighborhood leaders came together to offer feedback, find out how to get involved with the effort, and get the latest scoop.
npGreenway recently completed their “vision” map with a grant from the North Portland Trust Fund, and they have been active in workshops and planning with the City’s River Plan project.
The following jobs were posted in the last week.
…and all through the town,
mini-bikes are rolling,
and no one has a frown.
Excuse my bad poetry, but it’s the eve of Mini-Bike Winter and I’d like to introduce esteemed Zoobomber and BikePortland’s special correspondent, Mykle Hansen.
Mykle will give us an insider’s look at this year’s event, which starts tomorrow (2/16) and runs through Monday. Here’s his first report:
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It was a hybrid style bike, british model, and i never could remember the name. I need it so badly if I could only have it back i’d kiss it everyday….
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This is the second of two posts offering different perspectives on whether or not we should work to change existing stop sign laws.
In the first post in this series the author claimed that allowing bicycles to treat some stop signs as yields is a much safer and sensible alternative to existing laws that were “written for cars and pedestrians.”
A new perspective is offered below by soon-to-be lawyer Rick Bernardi, who was the chief antagonist in the initial post where he commented under the name “rixtir.”
It may be a bit long, but it’s definitely worth reading:
A recent interview I published about an effort to change the laws around how bicycles treat stop signs touched of an engaging and lengthy debate (92 comments so far).
In reaction, this is the first of two posts I will publish to present different perspectives on the proposed law change.
This first one is in support of allowing bicycles to treat stop signs as yields. The eloquent argument comes from newbie bike commuter David Dean (who originally left it as a comment):
Women’s specific Gary Fisher Genesister Tassahara Hard Tail. White with light blue accents. Manitou front suspension. Two water bottle holders and a blue bell on the handle bar.
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It has Cars R Coffins stickers, Free Tibet Sticker. No light generated hub, campy front wheel.
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My track bike was stolen from the Wellesley Court apt building’s locked bicycle room. It has silver fenders, otherwise in fairly decent condition.
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My track bike was stolen from the Wellesley Court apt building’s locked bicycle room. It has silver fenders, otherwise in fairly decent condition.
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