Blue Specialized Allez road bike (white letters on downtube), Terry butterfly saddle, one white waterbottle cage
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Month: July 2007
Bike friendliness puts Portland on two more “Best of” lists
Seems like a week can’t go by without Portland making it onto another list.
If you’re keeping track, here’s two more I came across today, and they both specifically mention bike-friendliness as a reason for our inclusion.
The first one I found about via Jack Bog’s Blog. He points out that the AARP has named Portland to its “Top Five Cities to Live in 2007” list.
Stolen Raleigh Tess
small frame, women’s mountain bike. all factory parts, no accessories.
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Short Track MTB Racing
Mountain Bike Short Track Racing Series – Event website
All races take place at Portland International Raceway, located at 1940 N Victory Blvd in Portland.
Directions from Portland:
Cars: take I-5 North – take exit 306B West – the PIR race track is located immediately West of the freeway.
Tip: Carpool with friends. The carpool lane on I-5 will save you valuable time driving in.
Bike on MAX: take Yellow Line North – get off at Expo Center – the PIR entrance is right across from the MAX station.
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′
Sellwood Bridge Open House
A drop-in open house at the Sellwood Middle School gymnasium, 8300 SE 15th Avenue. The entrance is on SE Umatilla Street. The location is served by TriMet bus lines #41-Tacoma and #70-12th Avenue.
More than 100 possible bridge alternatives are being considered, based on combinations of bridge alignments, widths and interchanges. Many of the alternatives feature concepts suggested by the public. The meeting will share information on how well the alternatives perform against measures chosen by the project’s Community Task Force. The measures include characteristics such as numbers of residences or businesses relocated, travel time, cost, and noise.
The public can provide feedback on which alternatives should advance. Public input will be considered by the Community Task Force and a committee of elected officials. In October, the task force will recommend and the committee will select four alternatives for more detailed analysis.
Open house participants will have an opportunity to build their own bridge alternative, combining their preferred alignment, bridge width, and interchange, and learn about its impacts and cost. The “build a bridge” tool also will be available on the project website (www.sellwoodbridge.org) beginning July 30. The public is encouraged to use the tool to learn about the various options before taking an online survey where they can recommend alternatives that should be advanced. The online survey will be available on the project website from July 30 through September 9.
A preferred alternative is scheduled to be selected in spring 2008 after the Draft Environmental Impact Statement is completed.
The current project will identify a long-term solution for the Sellwood Bridge, which may include rehabilitating or replacing the 81-year-old structure. Multnomah County maintains the Sellwood Bridge and more than 300 miles of roads and bridges.
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Multnomah County
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Report from Corvallis: Bike love at daVinci Days
[Editor’s note: This story comes from first-time BikePortland correspondent Brad Upton.]
The theme of daVinci Days this year was Motion and Commotion, and bikes were featured prominently in the celebration.
The festival is famous for it’s Kinetic Sculpture competition every year, and this year there were lots of cool pedal powered artistic creations from all over the region. Of course, these are all human powered machines, and most are based on bicycle technology (and parts!).
Sprockettes roll into the law in Ashland
Agent Crush never got a chance
to flex her muscles in Ashland.
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to flex her muscles in Ashland.
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The Sprockettes tour is off to a memorable start.
The ladies rolled into the southern Oregon city of Ashland last Thursday hoping to liven up the town with an impromptu performance in Lithia Park.
Unfortunately, a few of Ashland’s men in blue didn’t think the ladies in pink were such a good idea.
The incident even made the the local newspaper.
Here’s an excerpt from the article:
Burnside Bridge closure postponed
This morning on the Burnside Bridge.
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As the photo at right (which I snapped this morning) can attest, bike fun on the Burnside Bridge will have to wait a few weeks.
The bridge was expected to be closed to all motorized vehicle traffic for the next three weeks but now plans have changed. Here’s the word from Multnomah County Public Affairs office:
Monday Night Racing (Ladies Night!)
Whether you’re a beginning or experienced cyclist, you’ll love racing at Portland International Raceway (PIR). One of the most popular weeknight bicycle race series in the nation, The Lakeside Bicycles Monday Night Masters and Women Race Series runs May-August. The Monday night series attracts hundreds of novice to experienced cyclists to race on a traffic-free race course that’s fun for everyone.
Races are divided into separate categories of novice masters men (aged 30+), novice women, 2 categories for more experienced masters men and an open women category for women of any age including juniors. There are even experienced racers standing by to provide guidance and answer questions if you need help. All that’s required is a helmet, a road bike and a sense of adventure.
For further information see schedule on website below or contact Race Organizer, Jim Anderson at 503-975-8229 or jim-anderson@comcast.net
Decline in women racers raises alarm, sparks action
[Updated at 12:39pm]
Women compete at PIR series.
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The local road racing community is worried about the decline in the number of women racers. To reverse the trend, they’ve stepped up their outreach efforts and launched an online survey find out the cause.
The number of women racers has dwindled so much in recent months that some race organizers have had to combine small fields to be able to run their events.
How did it Pizza A Go Go for you?
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I’m curious what everyone’s experience was with Pizza A Go Go‘s Free Slice for Cyclists promotion.
I stopped twice over the weekend with my family (I only ordered two slices) and both times I could tell the employees had given away lots of free slices. The first time, the employee jokingly said he, “wasn’t sure if it was the best business decision,” but he was cordial and welcoming.
The second time we went in (this time with two other families; six kids, five parents total) the employee was a bit rough around the edges and was obviously not too thrilled at the extra workload from people seeking freebies.
Stolen centurion road bike
blue-grey centurion road bike with shimano deore thumb shifters and dérailleur, puncture resistant tires, downswept curved handlebars
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