flat bar road bike. Stolen from garage. Brand new looking.
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Month: May 2007
Local cyclist imports trailers from Poland
John Climaldi and his
first shipment of Extrawheels.
Photo: John Climaldi
first shipment of Extrawheels.
Photo: John Climaldi
Local recumbent enthusiast and general bike nut John Climaldi was looking through VeloVision Magazine one day when he came across something that was “so cool” he just had to know more. The product was the Extrawheel, a Poland-made bicycle trailer that wasn’t available in the U.S. …until now.
Despite the challenging language barrier, Climaldi tells me he’s now the official U.S. distributor of Extrawheel trailers. His first shipment is piled high in a storage facility in southeast Portland and he’s busy setting up an online storefront and signing up dealers.
Committee hears case for mountain biking in Portland
A packed meeting room at
City Hall for last night’s Bicycle
Advisory Committee meeting.
File photo: 5/8/07
City Hall for last night’s Bicycle
Advisory Committee meeting.
File photo: 5/8/07
Symbolic of the pent-up demand for more mountain biking in Portland, nearly 40 people crammed into the Lovejoy Room inside City Hall last night for the most crowded Portland Bicycle Advisory Committee (PBAC) meeting I’ve ever attended.
The agenda for the night was cleared to make room for a mini-summit on mountain biking (or the lack thereof) in Portland; which has long been a neglected part of our cycling story.
The committee, which advises City Council on all matters related to bicycling, heard from both advocates and citizen cyclists who came to share their frustrations over a lack of off-road riding opportunities in and around Portland and their willingness to help change that reality.
Job: Customer Service/Sales, Jenson USA
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Stolen unknown I think specalized expedition
it has front shocks adjustable handle bars that pivot up and down hybrid mountain street tires a spandex seat and a waterproof seat cover with flames on it the seat has springs and the center bar of the frame dips down Euro or womens style. The handle bars also dip down in the center and are a shiny metal material in the center.
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Stolen KHS Montana
KHS Montana, old school style mountain bike (a bit “over built”)
It has (had) reflective silver tape along the length of the top tube, “City Bikes” sticker on bottom tube, and bracket for Adams Trail-A-Bike on seat
stem. Cantilever brakes on rear, center pull on front. Rear seat stays are slightly twinted in from an old acedent
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Study says bicycle commuters are happiest
More bikes = more happy.
File photo: 9/8/06
File photo: 9/8/06
Todd Litman of the Victoria Transportation Policy Institute (VTPI) — “an independent research organization dedicated to developing innovative and practical solutions to transportation problems” — released a study yesterday that compares people’s satisfaction with their daily commutes.
Litman found that people with short, human-powered commutes were happier than their transit or motor vehicle-using counterparts.
Job: Sales and Service Professionals, Bike Gallery
Job Title – Sales and Service Professionals
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Fatality highlights need for education
The recent tragedy on SE Foster Road has sparked a dialogue in the comments about the need for education about the dangers of riding the wrong way in the bike lane.
Several commenters said they were taught as kids to ride facing traffic,
“Am I the only one here who learned as a kid always to walk and bike on the left side of the street, facing traffic? This is still a common myth in much of the country. It’s not common-sense, but it’s deeply ingrained. There’s a need for serious education and outreach about wrong-way cycling. People just have no idea, they think they’re doing the right thing.”
Hit-and-run driver gets nine months
John Carothers/Police photo
Last summer, John Carothers (in photo) sped by cyclist Cindy Sharp on a rural road in Washington County (read an account of by someone on the ride). Carothers was towing a boat and allegedly threw water on Sharp as he drove by. The incident resulted in Sharp being bumped off the road and into a ditch, severely injuring her arm.
Carothers did not stop to see if she was OK and the community went on an all-out offensive to find him. Just five days later, acting on tips from the public, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office tracked Carothers down and he turned himself in.
Velodrome bill stalls in Salem
Senator Jason Atkinson (R-Central Point)
testifies on behalf of S.B 926,
while Steve Brown looks on.
File photo: 3/29/07
testifies on behalf of S.B 926,
while Steve Brown looks on.
File photo: 3/29/07
Senate Bill 926, which seeks to use $3.5 million in state lottery funds to build three new velodromes in Oregon, is stalled on the desk of the Ways and Means Committee.
The bill is awaiting referral to a subcommittee, but so far Ways and Means Committee Co-Chair Mary Nolan (D-Portland) has not passed the bill along. The reason? She has not heard from enough supporters of the bill, and has some reservations about using state lottery funds to pay for velodromes.