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With perfect riding weather I’m sure many of you had fun on your bikes over the weekend.
I actually didn’t do much riding, but I did spend some great times with my girls. We spent Saturday at Peninsula Park celebrating a friend’s upcoming baby. It was great to see several of our friends roll up on bikes with their entire families in tow.
Continuing the discussion of whether or not Oregon should seek an Idaho-style, roll-and-go stop sign law for bicycles, I recently looked back at our previous flirtation with the idea.
Back in the 2003 legislative session, Senator (he was in the House back then) Floyd Prozanksi (D-Eugene) sponsored House Bill 2768. Here is the summary of that bill:
“Permits person operating bicycle to enter intersection with specified traffic control device without stopping providing person operating bicycle slows to safe speed and yields right of way to traffic or pedestrians. Permits person operating bicycle to turn without stopping at intersection with specified traffic control device providing person operating bicycle slows to safe speed and yields right of way to traffic or pedestrians.”
@ Portland Int’l Raceway in North Portland (just off the Yellow Max Line!)
Mountain Bike Short Track race ~ [MTB shôrt trak ras]
-a mountain bike race similar to a criterium where riders do multiple laps on a short 3-5 min course.
Very fast and fun!
Categories:
Pro/Semi-pro Men – Pro/Semi-pro/Expert Women – Expert Men – Sport Men (Open 19-39, Master 40+, Master 50+) – Sport Women (Open 19-39, Master 40+) – Singlespeed – Beginner Men – Beginner Women – Junior Men (Under 14, 14-18) – Junior Women – Beginner Kids – Expert Kids.
Start Times & Race Duration:
5:45pm – Kiddie race – racing for 5′ (this race is FREE but registration is required)
6:00pm – Beginner & Junior: racing for 20′
6:30pm – Sport Women & Singlespeed: racing for 30′
7:00pm – Sport Men: racing for 30′
7:30pm – Expert & Pro/Semi-Pro: racing for 30-40′
meet @ Hawthorne Hostel, 3031 SE Hawthorne Blvd
Bring a dish to share, if not, we shall stop by a grocerteria so you can pick up some vittles! Then we shall ride 3-5 miles to a mystery
picnic destination!
FOR THE NEWBIES:
Reccomended items to bring:
-Food (duh!) *(and try to bring something a little more exciting than chips and salsa)
-money for groceries (if you didn’t bring your own food)
-Your own silverware, dish, and cup
-an appetite
-a sense of adventure
Make: Marin,
Model: Argenta
27 gear, Silver road/racing bike, also says “columbus thron” on top horizontal bar, with bottle holder on central vertical frame and pump holder on front lower frame, stolen from 24 hour fitness in the Pearl
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A Schwinn showed up in my front yard around the middle of June. It could be yours, and I would love to return it to you.
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Stolen off MAX between 9:12 am and 10:10 am on Thursday, June 28, eastbound to Gresham. Shimano 105 components, red handle bar tape, Cateye Mity 3 cyclecomputer, MTB clipped pedals.
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