Month: July 2007

Master Plan Ride will brave southwest routes

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Detail of route map with notes.
Full map here (PDF).

The seventh ride in PDOT’s monthly Bike Master Plan ride series will tackle the sometimes daunting routes in southwest Portland.

City bike coordinator Roger Geller says the focus of August’s ride will be on Terwilliger and Barbur and will look at some of the challenges that exists for cyclists in this area.

At the midway point, the ride will stop for a brief bite and discussion at a brewpub before heading back to downtown.

The ride is scheduled for August 7th. As usual, the ride meets at 5:15 at Terry Schrunk Plaza at SW 3rd & Madison. More information on these monthly rides can be found on PDOT’s Bike Master Plan website.

Pedal Potluck Picnic

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The SIXTH installment of our Pedal Potluck Picnic series will be happening TUESDAY, July 31st!

We’ll be leaving from FOOD FRONT CO-OP, 2375 NW THURMAN ST, around 6:30pm.

Bring a dish to share, if not, drop into the Co-op to pick up some vittles! We’ll ride 3-5 miles to a mystery picnic destination!

THIS RIDE IS RAIN OR SHINE. If it’s gonna be wet (which it shouldn’t since this is July), we’ll end up at a covered destination.

Oakridge base camp: The Trailhead

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Mountain Bike Oregon

A welcome sight for mountain bikers.
(File photo)

If Oakridge had an unofficial base camp for mountain biking adventurers, it would be The Trailhead.

This aptly named cafe is right at the start of Main Street in Oakridge (which is actually a highway), and I couldn’t think of a better welcome to town.

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Stolen Kona Smoke

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PORTLANDERS LOOK OUT FOR MY BIKE!!!!!
it got stolen in front of my house on Friday the 27th, on 24th and se pine st.

IF YOU LIVE IN PORTLAND AND YOU WANT TO HELP ME OUT?…KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN!!!!!

IT IS AN ALL BLACK CUSTOM SINGLE SPEED KONA MOUNTAIN BIKE WITH A COUPLE OF STICKERS ON IT ONE OF WHICH IS AN ORANGE MUNICIPAL WASTE STICKER. ANOTHER WAS A MENACER STICKER AND A SUPERBAD ONE AS WELL. IT HAD A FENDER WHEN IT WAS TAKEN.

Thank you for your help, Those who know me and that bike you know what I’m talking about and you know how important to me it was. U-LOCK JUSTICE IN THE STREETS!!!!!

–Cole

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Stolen Centurion unknown

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older centurion 15 speed converted from a 10 speed. Has a rack on back for clipping panniers on to, a metal-looking but plastic back fender, an apple computer sticker on the rack, an Arcatia CA bike shop sticker and other Oregon camping stickers on the frame, white cork-wrapped drop bars, metal shifters on the stem of the handle bars, women’s bike seat with hole in middle. The paint job is chewed up a bit and the cork is dirty.

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Stolen K2 Zed

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K2 Zed 2.0, with Rock Shox Judy front fork and Eddie Bauer seat stolen from in front of movie theater near Lloyd Center Mall

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From 38 to 300 riders in two years

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MTB Oregon

Camping on the banks of the
Middle Fork of the Willamette River.
(File photo)

The quality of riding in Oakridge can be illustrated in many ways. One of them is by the success of Mountain Bike Oregon.

The first MTB Oregon was held in 2005 and was attended by 38 hearty soles. Founder Randy Dreiling says there were more guides than riders. It didn’t take long for word of the event to spread. Word of mouth, propelled by popular Internet forums like MTBR.com saw the next year’s attendance balloon to a sellout crowd of 300 riders.

Riders came from 20 different states including as far away as Maine and Florida.

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Stolen TREK unknown

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Mountain bike with
pink water bottle cage, highly worn bar ends that were purple in color, a back rack,
new tires, and it’s
missing strap on one toe clip.

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Stolen TREK unknown

Buffered Bike Lane with a bike symbol and arrow pointing forward

Mountain bike with
pink water bottle cage, highly worn bar ends that were purple in color, a back rack,
new tires, and it’s
missing strap on one toe clip.

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