With a connected network of dedicated bike paths, everyone rides at Fort Stevens State Park.
(File photo) – Slideshow below.
(File photo) – Slideshow below.
Month: July 2007
Stolen Swobo Folsom
Aluminum Frame, Singlespeed with a coaster brake, no logo badges, grips read SWOBO, Stolen in front of the ReBuilding Center, rear triangle is built from square stock, This is the only bike of this model in Portland that I know of. Thanks!
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Showing up to class, court saves cyclist $650
Here’s an interesting post published in the Portland Bike Forums last night by “Cecil M”.
It details how, after being charged for a total of $750 in violations while riding through Ladds Addition, “an accepting attitude and jumping through judicial hoops” ended up saving him/her a ton of cash:
‘Bike trips mainly recreational’ says transportation “expert”
I just read Jennifer Anderson’s article in the Portland Tribune today about the ongoing survey work of noted PSU bike researcher Jennifer Dill.
What I found surprising about the article wasn’t the survey results, but the comments by Mel Zucker, director of the non-profit Oregon Transportation Institute.
Anderson quoted him to present the anti-bike viewpoint (which every bike article must include for some reason) and here’s what he said,
Cyclists say Vancouver/Williams are city’s best bike lanes
Bike lane on N. Vancouver Ave.
(File photo)
(File photo)
At the Platinum Bicycle Master Plan Steering Committee meeting yesterday, city bike coordinator Roger Geller shared results of feedback received at the recent series of Bike Master Plan open houses.
At each of three workshops, the 176 attendees were asked to list what they felt were the best and worst bike lanes in the city.
Winning by a landslide was N. Vancouver Avenue, followed by its close friend N. Williams Avenue.
Stolen Specialized Hardrock Comp
Hardly used, Black Specialized Hardrock Comp, front Judy TT shocks. It’s practically new, but with a few scratches to the frame from riding x-country on the back of my car. BRAND new women’s seat, odometer, and LED headlight.
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I-Bike-205: A party on pedals
@ the front parking lot of Portland Adventist Academy on SE 96th Ave., just south of Mall 205.
I-bike-205 is a cycling event that will accomplish two things: introduce an alternate biking route along I-205 during light rail construction, and celebrate the diverse people in the Portland metro area who ride bikes. It’s a party on pedals, with good food, cycling entertainment, prize giveaways including a new Trek Lime bike, and more! I-bike-205 is a free event, open to riders 18 and older accustomed to riding on city streets.
Full details on event website
Stolen Redline Frame unknown
Black Redline Frame Roadbike that is a switchie having a Fixed Gear and Single Gear operation.
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Bike Oasis in on Sandy Boulevard
Just came across a photo of the Bike Oasis that has been installed on NE Sandy Boulevard.
Milwaukie Hidden Routes Ride
@ Milwaukie City Hall, 10722 SE Main Street, Milwaukie. / Event Website
Every neighborhood in Milwaukie has its secret places…
We’re going to explore most of them.
Come on the Milwaukie’s Hidden Routes ride and see the nooks,crannies, alleys, and cut-throughs of Milwaukie. We’re going to ride nearly every legal shortcut through Milwaukie’s neighborhoods. Thisis not a ride for the faint-hearted. Bring a mountain bike, or put wide knobbies on your road bike and bring a patch kit or a spare tube. We’re going to see brambles, grass, dirt, gravel, hills, thrills, and hopefully no spills. (90% 0f the ride is paved)
If you’ve never ridden in Milwaukie, here is the basic topography. Milwaukie is cut in half by Hwy 224 and the Union Pacific Railroad mainline. Biking around Milwaukie (and from Milwaukie to Portland) is further complicated by a number of hills. The main features in “Milwaukie Proper” are “The Plateau” and the 34th Avenue hill (between 224 and Lake Rd).
Especially troublesome is the NE corner of The Plateau, which has only a single road connecting the upper portion with the lower portion.
Well, there are some sneaky ways around that, and up, down and around many of the other areas of Milwaukie as well. Come look and see – I promise the shortcuts will not be boring!
Here’s the route map for the ride:
There are a couple of steep descents on this ride, a fair amount oflow hill climbing (at least 4 ascents up to 200′ elevation changeeach).
Start time is 6pm, Thursday, July 19th. Repeat performance on Wednesday, July 25th, also at 6pm, for those who can’t make the first ride or want to ride it again. 16 miles, approximately 2 hours.
Live far to the north in Portland? No excuse – Milwaukie City Hall sits right next to a Tri-Met transit center. Take buses 31, 32, 33,70, 75 or 99 to get there from downtown Portland or the NE side. 28, 29 and 152 will get you there from the Clackamas Town Center area.
Victim, detective nab web-based bike thief
Kloeppel’s fork for sale on eBay.
Back in December, someone broke into Mike Kloeppel’s Woodstock neighborhood home and stole four of his “irreplaceable” high-end bikes.
A few months later Southeast Precinct police officers recovered two of them.
Fast forward to a few weeks ago.
Out of the blue Kloeppel got a call from someone in Wisconsin who said they just won a bid for a bike frame on eBay. The caller said he suspected the bike might be stolen (it had a low price and the headset and bottom bracket cups were still in the frame) so he Googled it, found Kloeppel’s stolen bike listing and phone number, and gave him a call.
Green with envy: Brooklyn’s new high-visibility bike lane
[Updated 4:09pm]
From the McBrooklyn Blog in NYC (via Streetsblog) comes a photo of a new, “high-visibility bike lane” just installed in Brooklyn:
Now that looks safe.
(Photo from McBrooklyn)
(Photo from McBrooklyn)