Month: February 2007
Article reveals Bike Gallery's Coasting plans
Astute reader Allan Folz noticed an in-depth article on Shimano’s new Coasting component group in the current issue of Hemispheres Magazine (the in-flight publication of United Airlines).
Back in May, Portland was chosen of 15 “bike-friendly” cities to be part of a special pre-launch marketing campaign for Coasting. Since that announcement, I published the first-ever photos and have worked with Shimano to share exclusive details of the innovative grouppo.
Stolen surly cross check
shimano 8 speed hub nitto albatross bars salsa rims
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Stolen specialized allez pro
ksyrium SL wheels, ultegra brakes/crank, jandd seatbag. mount for edge 305 on thomson stem. king headset.
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Job: Pedestrian Safety Education – BTA
Bicycle Transportation Alliance
(Applications due February 23 at 5pm.)
Pedestrian Safety Education (PSE) Program Instructor, Portland-Metro Region
Description
The Pedestrian Safety Education Program Instructor will work with the Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA) to instruct an in-school program with 2nd and 3rd grade students in Portland elementary schools. The Pedestrian Safety Education Program teaches kids about intersections and how to safely walk on urban streets. The instructor will coordinate with the Alliance for Community Traffic Safety in Oregon (ACTS Oregon) and the Willamette Pedestrian Coalition (WPC) for training and curriculum development. Some training in BTA’s Bicycle Safety Education programs will be provided.
Job: Bicycle Safety Education – BTA
BTA Job Opening (Applications due February 23 at 5pm.)
Bicycle Safety Education (BSE) Program Instructor, Portland-Metro Region
Description
The Bicycle Safety Program Instructor will work with the Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA) to instruct an after-school bicycle safety program called Pedal Power. Pedal Power is a six-session program run at elementary schools in Portland. Job training will also be provided for our 10-hour, in-school bicycle safety curriculum. Both programs teach youths ages 9-12 to be safe and predictable bicyclists, and promote bicycling as recreation and transportation. The in-school Bicycle Safety Education program is comprehensive, begins in a classroom setting and then works with children outside on bikes (equipment provided by the BTA). Both programs focus on getting kids to ride safely on the street.
Rally planned in response to fatal crash
in Beaverton on 9/1/06.)
Bike activists will hold a traffic safety rally at SE 26th and Stark on Thursday (2/15), at the location of a recent fatal crash that claimed the life of Nick Bucher.
The rally will be an opportunity to remind everyone to slow down and use caution when driving bikes or cars on neighborhood streets.
The event’s organizer, Jacque Authier, wants participants to bring signs that espouse safety slogans and she hopes to have a similar event at a different location on the third Thursday of each month.
Stolen Specialized Rock Hopper
Rox Shox front shocks, knobby tires, black rims with white lettering, “Single Track,” disc brakes, white clip in pedals, no fenders
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Bjorn Warloe wants to change when we stop (or don't)
Portland resident Bjorn Warloe wants Oregon to take a cue from Idaho when it comes to how bicycles treat stop signs and traffic lights.
Since I met him last December, he has garnered interest and support from the Bicycle Transportation Alliance and some lawmakers in Salem.
I asked him a few questions about his effort:
Your group is called “Idaho Style”. Where does that name come from?
Celebrate bike love on St. Velo-tine's Day
the love. 4/29/06]
Portland’s bike-loving Breakfast on the Bridges crew has birthed a new holiday that is sure to become an annual tradition; St. Velo-tine’s Day.
Tomorrow morning (2/13) from 7-9am on the Hawthorne and Broadway Bridges, they’ll be holding the special event where they encourage you to, “Celebrate the day of bike love by showing your bike some love.”
Timo Forsberg — who married his bike back in June 2005 (see photo below) — describes it like this: