Mountain Bike Camoflauge Color
Disc Brakes
River City Bikes Sticker
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Stolen Specialized Hardrock Comp
Day: August 16, 2007
Stolen Specialized Rockhopper Pro
Had a Siskiyou Cyclery sticker on the main tube. Front shock is slightly longer on one side and tire does not sit right without holding it straight and clamping the front tire hard.
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Portland Century (Good Sport Promotion)
When: Sunday, 8/26/2007, 05:30 AM
Portland Century Needs Volunteers!
The Portland Century is a celebration of Portland on wheels – a tour of Portland highlights and a benefit for Hands on Greater Portland which promotes Volunteerism.
We need your volunteer support to make it happen!
Positions include:
5:30-10:30 Setup & Registration, 10am-2pm Dinner Prep & Serving, 1:30pm-4:30pm & 4-8pm Finish Line & Cleanup shifts, 7am-6pm Medical Riders* 100mi, 8am-6pm Medical Riders* 50mi, 9am-6pm Medical Riders* 25mi, 7am-6pm Ridealong Mechanics* 100mi, 8am-6pm Ridealong Mechanics* 50mi, 9am-6pm Ridealong Mechanics* 25mi, Rest stop shifts various times and places, Course Marshals various times and places.
*Special Skills needed
Some volunteer positions include a free ride, all include a Portland Century Volunteer Tshirt. Full training will be provided for all positions not requiring special skills.
To Sign up, please go to:
www.PortlandCentury.com/Volunteer.html
Come Give Portland a Hand at the Portland Century!
Event Location: South Park Blocks – PSU
Directions:
Contact: Jensi Albright, Volunteer Coordinator
Contact E-Mail: Jensi@GoodSportPromotion.org
Contact Phone: 503.459.4508
Website: www.PortlandCentury.com
Event Status: On-Schedule
Twilight Criterium (Good Sport Promotion)
Volunteer at the 6th Annual Health Net Portland Twilight Criterium
Friday August 24, 2007
Portland’s such a great place that we even have our own downtown Professional bike race – the Health Net Portland Twilight Criterium. Don’t miss out on the action – come lend a hand to make it happen!
Volunteers needed to help set up, control crowds, clean up, and monitor the race course. Training provided and a slice of pizza, a drink, and a Twilight Crit Tshirt. The shifts are 3:30pm-7pm, 6:30pm-10pm, and 9pm-10:30pm.
To volunteer, please go to:
www.PortlandTwilight.com, look for the Volunteer box and click on More Info
This great event includes:
*Professional bike racing in downtown Portland *Live Music *Widmer Beer Garden and Hot Lips Pizza *Free bike Parking *Cycling and Fitness expo *Over 10,000 spectators
Come see what it feels like to stand inches away from a bicycle peloton speeding past you at 30mph…
We need you!
Sponsored By Submitter/Independent Organizer
When: Friday, 8/24/2007, 03:30 PM
Event Location: North Park Blocks – Pearl District
Directions:
Contact: Jensi Albright, Volunteer Coordinator
Contact E-Mail: Jensi@GoodSportPromotion.com
Contact Phone: 503-459-4508
Website: www.PortlandTwilight.com
Event Status: On-Schedule
Drop-in Volunteer Night (CCC)
Drop-In Volunteer Night at Community Cycling Center
When: Monday, 8/21/2007, 07:00 PM
The most visible way people volunteer at the CCC is to help with all bike-related projects on Drop-In Volunteer Nights. If you have the know-how or have been certified by us, you may help repair bikes. All volunteers will start with bike cleaning and dismantling bikes for recycling in order to get oriented in our facility.
To get started, please attend a Volunteer Orientation on the first Tuesday of every month, same time.
Sponsored By Community Cycling Center
When: Monday, 8/21/2007, 07:00 PM
Event Location: Community Cycling Center, 1700 NE Alberta, Portland, OR
Directions: Google Map To Community Cycling Center, 1700 NE Alberta, Portland, OR
Contact:
Contact E-Mail: volunteer at CommunityCyclingCenter dawt org
Contact Phone:
Website: http://www.CommunityCyclingCenter.org
Event Status: On-Schedule
Senior Cycle Program (Parks/PDOT)
Exciting news. The Senior Cycle programme I run here at PDOT is now going to be co-run with Portland Parks and Recreation!
They were enthralled with the success of last years’ classes – which we ran entirely on their Parks greenway facilities – the result being, after a period of working out the logistics, PDOT will be transitioning over to allow Parks to run many of the classes themselves as part of their senior programme.
Bringing Portland Parks onboard, and having a bicycle programme fully incorporated into their calendar of events for the first time ever – is yet another super step in the right direction towards making Portland a more bike-friendly place for everybody, no matter what their age.
Here’s where you come in!
Parks are looking for a couple of regular volunteers to help run the Monday morning classes. The classes run from 9-11am (with volunteers needing to be at the ride locations from 8:30am), from the Springwater Trailhead carpark at SE 45th & Johnson Creek Blvd. You would be helping to do things such as –
* unloading the bikes from the trailer
* teaching basic bike safety to the seniors
* teaching seniors how to actually ride the three-wheeled bikes (many seniors haven’t ridden a bike in over 50 years, and are not used to the new technology… like gears!)
* helping to fit seniors to the bikes (involves moving the seat to accommodate their leg length)
* helping to fit helmets we provide for each senior
* leading or being a sweep for the ride portion of the class along the Springwater corridor
* just generally being a friendly, encouraging presence for people who are nervous at riding a bike again after a very long absence
* having some knowledge of Portland’s bikey-ness, to help answer questions about bikes, bike shop locations, bike facilities & routes, etc
* possessing a willingness to ride a bike as part of the class, along with the seniors
Comprehensive training for all of the above will be provided. To see first-hand what the classes look like, check out the three-minute video short NY filmmaker Clarence Eckerson made about the program last Autumn –
http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/portland-or-older-adults-bike-program/
If you are interested in finding out more information, or know of someone whom you think might be perfect for this, please feel free to get in touch with either myself here at PDOT at 503-823-6981 – kirsty.hall@trans.ci.portland.or.us, or Parks’ Senior Recreation Coordinator, Kristine Canham at 503-823-4328 – PKCanham@ci.portland.or.us
Thankyou so much!
Kirsty
Kirsty Hall
Community and Schools Traffic Safety Partnership
City of Portland Office of Transportation
503-823-6981
kirsty.hall@trans.ci.portland.or.us
Safer Routes to School Maintenance Day (BTA)
BTA SAFER ROUTES TO SCHOOL BIKE MAINTENANCE DAY!
SATURDAY AUG. 25TH
9:00am-1:30pm & 12:30pm-5:00pm
*Attend all or part of the day*
@ ALTA PLANNING + DESIGN
1638 NE DAVIS
Lunch provided, bring tools and stands if you like, NO mechanics skills needed to participate, lots to do& fun for all!
Questions: tom@bta4bikes.org
503-226-0676 x20
Tom Rousculp
Safer Routes To School, Facilities Manager & School Coordinator
Bicycle Transportation Alliance
office: 233 NW 5th Ave.
mail: PO Box 9072
Portland, OR 97207
(503) 226-0676 x20
tom@bta4bikes.org
League Director calls on Transportation Secretary to correct “misleading impressions”
League of American Bicyclists
Director Andy Clarke.
(Photo: Jonathan Maus)
Director Andy Clarke.
(Photo: Jonathan Maus)
Andy Clarke, the Director of the League of American Bicyclists has issued a two-page letter in response to statements made by U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters on a television show last night.
In the letter (full text below), Clarke calls on Peters to stand by statements she made at the 2002 National Bike Summit and asks her to, “publicly correct the misleading impressions” she made about bicycling.
Stolen Raleigh CS30
Yellow wire tie on the saddle stem (when stolen); Black rear carrier
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DOT Secretary says bike paths are not transportation infrastructure
[Updated 8/16, 12:55pm]
In an interview on last night’s NewsHour with Jim Lehrer (on PBS), U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters said she doesn’t think “bike paths” are an appropriate use of our nation’s transportation infrastructure budget.
In the wake of the bridge collapse in Minneapolis earlier this month, Peters spoke with Gwen Ifill about concerns over our national infrastructure.
The conversation centered on how we currently spend our transportation budget and how we’re going to address what Ifill referred to as our “$188 billion infrastructure problem”.
Stolen specialized hardrock
older hardrock hybrid. classic configuration. one stock rim and one weinmann (rear) both 26″. low profile tires. 21 speed. double-spring seat.
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SS Pussycat
Meet at Jamison Fountain (NW 11th and Johnson) in Portland
SS Pussycat Alley Cat 2007 – Fountain Ride
$5.00, a plastic bottle with a cap, and your participation is all that is required.
*Plastic bottle should be 16 ounces or ½ liter in size.
**Trans riders – your $5.00 admission fee will be paid by Veloshop.
This race is for FEMALE and TRANS riders only – NO BOYS!!!
Ladies, you are encouraged to wear a costume, tow your kids, ride with a friend, and otherwise express yourselves. MEOW.
You must report to Jamison Fountain in Northwest Portland at 12 pm to receive your day’s assignments.
Your work day begins at 1 pm.
Plan to ride two hours.
There will be a party at the finish line.
Those participating in the speed category will face one major hill challenge.
Those participating for spirit will be flat landing.
It’s how you play the game.
We love our SPONSORS and they have donated fabulous prizes:
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Vanilla Bicycles – A four hour frame building workshop with Sacha White for you and a friend.
Bicycle Fitting Services – A complete fitting with Michael Sylvester for you and your best friend (your bike)!
Chris King – A Chris King headset.
Team Estrogen – A large Timbuk2 messenger bag.
John’s Supper Club – A multi-course, local-food dinner for two at an underground restaurant.
Bike Gallery – Bike Gallery hats and Bike Gallery socks.
Deller Designs – Hand made caps from 100% recycled fabrics.
Sweetpea Bicycles – T-shirts and hats.
Black Star Baggage – Local, hand-made, custom hip pouches and top tube pads.
Courier Coffee – Fresh and local, hand roasted coffee, delivered by bike!
Red Bat Press – Hand-made bike postcard sets from local artist Carye Bye.
Optic Nerve – TBA.
Half and Half – TBA.
Veloshop – TBA.
R.E. Load Bags – TBA.
More prizes to come……!!!