March 2007 Archives

Shimano shares Coasting story

Buffered Bike Lane with a bike symbol and arrow pointing forward

Shannon Bryant of
Shimano Marketing

At the closing ceremony of the National Bike Summit, the Shimano marketing duo of Shannon Bryant and David Lawrence hit the stage to tell the story of Coasting.

Shimano embarked on this initiative five years ago when they teamed up with premier product design group IDEO. That was the start of on an unprecedented journey to research and then design a product — and marketing campaign — aimed to get America’s 161 million non-cyclists riding again.

Wednesday was the inaugural session of the new Share the Road Safety Class. This new class can be completed in lieu of paying fines for certain bicycle, pedestrian and motor vehicle infractions.

BikePortland reader Lev Tsypin, who runs Level Online Strategy, was in that first class and wrote up an account of his experiences (edited for brevity):

The following jobs were posted in the last week.

Brad Upton from Corvallis.

Here at the Summit we do a fair amount of introductions. Every meeting, every new person we meet.

Usually we say our names and what organizations we represent. It all quickly becomes a blur, until the refreshing introduction of first-time attendee Brad Upton,
“Hi, I’m Brad from Corvallis Oregon. I’m just a cyclist who cares about these issues and wanted to get involved.”

I like cobbles.

I’m sitting in a Barnes & Noble in downtown DC (just off Pennsylvania Ave.). It’s 10:30pm.

My day started 17 hours ago. I got up at sunrise to finish some stories and be early to our rally that began at 8:00am up on Capitol Hill.

Now my shoes and socks are damp and my legs are heavy from pedaling a three-mile loop between the site of my wi-fi connection and Capitol Hill (three times, about 13 miles total riding, some of it in the rain).

On Capitol Hill, the House offices and the Senate offices are on separate sides of the Capitol building. The distance between the two is about 1/2 a mile.

That’s not much, but when you’ve got a full day of meetings, tired feet, and not much time to spare, it’s nice to get a lift.

Here’s the description of my Specialized Allez Pro Road Bike & Nike Bike Shoes that was stolen from the Nike Lance Armstrong Fitness Center. I notice it was missing on Wednesday, March 13 @ 1:30pm. I was not able to locate the serial #.

The Specialized Allez Pro Road Bike was value @ $2,100 when purchased. It now has black tape on the handle bars, bike computer, shimano pedals, black women’s seat, gold lettering, bike pump, bike bag, bike fenders front & back, bike light & reflectors.

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Stolen Bianchi GUSS

A Bianchi GUSS
single-speed mountain bike with a RaceFace front crank and Maxxis HolyRoller tires. Stolen from my basement. Thanks for your help.

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Bike tourism gets a seat at the table

Jerry Norquist makes his case.

House Congressional Representatives Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and John Duncan (R-TN) held a special roundtable hearing on Capitol Hill today. The topic was bicycle tourism.

DeFazio is the Chair and Duncan is the Ranking Member of the House Transportation Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Navy blue cruiser with broken silver fender on back wheel, with red reflector light and reed college permit sticker (#629). Brake handles say Sierra.Stolen from yard by white male with dreads and glasses.

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Stolen Giant NRS3

silver giant nrs3 2004. red and black panaracer downhill pro tires on mavic bladed spoke wheels(black). marzocchi front fork. red and black decals. land rover sticker on down tube. bent pedals. grips cut at ends (removed bar ends). very clean. race face crank. marzocchi sticker on head tube.

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Oberstar rallies the troops on Capitol Hill

Jim Oberstar at the mic, with
Earl Blumenauer in the background.

Congressman Jim Oberstar, the Grand Man of bicycles in Washington, made his annual speech to a packed room of Bike Summit attendees at an early morning rally today.

Oberstar shared his perspective on the bicycle movement in America by saying,

“When we first got here, we could have met in a phone booth.”

Oberstar has fought bike battles in DC for over a decade and it’s hard to relate what his impassioned support has meant to the bicycle movement in this country.

Shimano shares Coasting story

A report from inside the first Share the Road Safety Class

Jobs of the week: 3/16/07

A first-timer’s view of the Summit

Tired, damp and happy; my Capitol Hill Day wrap-up

Pedicabs on Capitol Hill

Stolen SPECIALIZED ALLEZ PRO

Stolen Bianchi GUSS

Bike tourism gets a seat at the table

Stolen Schwinn Mesa Runner

Stolen Giant NRS3

Oberstar rallies the troops on Capitol Hill

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