A group of Portland State University students are working on a project to document Portland’s bicycle history. The effort is being led by Scott Cohen, a Capstone instructor who teaches courses on bicycles and transportation issues in Portland.
Capstone projects are an undergraduate requirement at PSU where students must work as a group on a project that serves the community.
2007 Black Trek, 7.3 FX with rack on the back, taken from a secured apartment building in the NE
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A bill that would allocate $3.5 million in state lottery funds to the construction of two new velodromes in Oregon is kicking into high gear.
Republican Senator Jason Atkinson is holding a round table strategy discussion today at the capitol building in Salem. Invited to the table are a diverse list of movers and shakers from all over Oregon. The goal is to coordinate efforts to build a broad front of support for the bill.
Tom Hoffman and Kris Schamp (the man behind the Mountain Bike Short Track series and the Kruger’s Crossing cyclocross race) are kicking off the mountain bike racing season with Horning’s Hustle.
The race is scheduled for March 25th and will take place at Horning’s Hideout, a private ranch out near North Plains in Washington County and the location of a Cross Crusade cyclocross race last fall.
The course offers forested single track and is only a 35 minute drive from Portland (carpools recommended).
26 inch giant boulder alu lite in silver/blue. Has rainbow flag sticker near handlebars, hrc sticker (blue rectangle with yellow bars) near stem. Grips are pretty busted up. Needs new saddle-current one is red/black with tears and duct tape. has no front fender. has compass bell on handlebars, and front light stuck together with red tape. back light and reflector on stem. Fat tires. Very low back fender in black/silver. Some nicks, otherwise decent cond. Black metal bike cage. Stolen from in front of my door on porch around 6:30 pm. image is factory model. Please contact me with ANY info-this bike means the world to me.
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For some reason, an Oregonian article published today about a Portland City Council resolution calling for 50% cut in fuel consumption by 2030 makes no mention of bicycles.
Money to build a bridge over Powell Blvd. has been awarded to the city of Gresham through the federal Transportation Enhancements funding process.
The bridge is a crucial piece of the $9.4 million Gresham-Fairview Trail.
Trail advocate and planner Ric Balfour is spearheading an effort to transform the small town of Vernonia (about 45 miles west of Portland) into a cycling paradise.
The town already boasts the popular Banks-Vernonia Trail, a 20 mile Oregon State Parks trail between the towns of Banks and Vernonia, but Balfour sees much more potential and he’s working hard to create enthusiasm for bikes among the town’s 2,300 residents.
College student Patrick Cook-Deegan will be in Portland tomorrow night to speak about his “Cycle for Schools” bike ride he completed last summer in SE Asia.
He rode 2,800 miles across Laos, Cambodia and Burma and raised $22,500 under for the international literacy non-profit group, Room to Read, which used the money to build a school and a library in a small Laos village.
Cook-Deegan is currently taking this year off from school to speak throughout the country about the trip.
1985 Trek 600 Series. In amazing shape. Shimano 600 components.
Note: Seat is actually black and Bontrager (I still have the original white seat)and handle bar tape is actually black and has white grayish hood. Cateye computer and Ascent front and rear lights. Thank you for caring.
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