Month: September 2007

Where?
The Alpenrose Dairy is located at 6149 SW Shattuck Rd., Portland, OR 97221.

When?
This year’s dates are September 5, 12, 19, and 26–all Wednesdays!

Clinics start at 6:30pm sharp and end about 7:30pm.

Registration is open from 6-6:20pm at Alpenrose Dairy. Please don’t be late as daylight is precious.

How much?
Register for the whole series for $25. Yes, it’s $5 bucks more this year. However, there is no charge for all Juniors (ages 13-18) and Kids (ages 12 and under).

You can pay with cash or check at the first clinic or send a check with a standard OBRA release form to: Team S&M; c/o Sellwood Cycle Repair; 7639 S.E. Milwaukie Ave.; Portland, OR 97202. This will really help us manage the volume of participants and get started on time. Plus, the clinics are most helpful if attended in full!

Otherwise, each clinic costs $10. Not sure if you want to do the whole series? No sweat! Come to the first clinic and pay $10, and if you like it then settle the $15 balance at the second clinic. We’re easy. (Our goal is to encourage participation in the whole series.)

What’s the best reason to bother with pre-registration? It’s the only way to qualify for the grand-prize giveaway of a new, 2008 Kona “Jake the Snake” ‘cross bike. What a gimmick! The raffle will be held Sept. 19 (the 3rd clinic), and, yes, you must be present to win. Just in time for the first race!

Why?
Hone your ‘cross skills with some of the top local ‘crossers and most experienced racers in the Pacific Northwest. Get measured practice first so you can train properly later. Socialize with your brethren. And so on.

What else?
Please contact Erik Tonkin via email at tonkin@sellwoodcycle.com with any questions. (He’s happy to talk and has, in fact, been fielding clinic-related questions since March.) You may also call Sellwood Cycle Repair at 503-233-9392.

Bicycle Brown Bag – Innovations in Bikeway Design & Parking

See what may be in store for your future bike commute.

Tales and pictures from the cutting edge of bicycle-friendly transportation design -at home and abroad!

Sponsored By Portland Office of Transportation
When: Thursday, 9/20/2007, 12:00 PM
Event Location: 1120 SW 5th Ave, 2d Floor Auditorium
Directions:
Contact: Timo Forsberg
Contact E-Mail: timothy.forsberg@pdxtrans.org
Contact Phone: 503-823-7699
Website: www.GettingAroundPortland.org
Event Status: On-Schedule

Bikepool: SE to Downtown!

New bicyclist? Old bicyclist? Special Bike Commute Challenge SE Pdx bikepool to downtown ahoy!

* Meet from 7:30am
* Ride at 8:00am, arriving downtown by 8:30am
* Common Grounds coffee shop, SE 43rd & Hawthorne.

Free awesomeness –
* neighbourhood bike & walk maps
* bikey information & advice
* bikey stickers
* chocolate cupcakes, hurrah

Sponsored By Submitter/Independent Organizer
When: Wednesday, 9/19/2007, 07:30 AM
Event Location: Common Grounds coffee shop, SE 43rd & Hawthorne.
Directions:
Contact: Kirsty Hall
Contact E-Mail: kirsty.hall@trans.ci.portland.or.us
Contact Phone: 503-823-6981
Website:
Event Status: On-Schedule
Type of Ride? Group Ride – Group(s) stay together for the duration of the ride

BonAnkeny

A special offering of morning treats from the friendly folks who bring your regularly scheduled Breakfast on the Bridges. This time we’re honoring the 2006 Bike Commute Challenge winners with a bikey breakfast at their very own place of business… or at least the bike route nearest.

Sponsored By Shift
When: Wednesday, 9/19/2007, 07:00 AM
Event Location: SE 25th & Ankeny
Directions: Google Map To SE 25th & Ankeny
Contact: BonB
Contact E-Mail: bonb@lists.riseup.net
Contact Phone:
Website: http://www.shift2bikes.org/wiki/bikefun:breakfast_on_the_bridges

BIKE ZINES – A reading on Sept 18th

September 18, Central Library, 801 S.W. 10th Ave., U.S. Bank Room

Bicycle zine authors Natalie Yager and Sarah Contrary read from their zines.

Sarah Contrary who is co-leading the Letterpress by Bike Ride for the IPRC on Saturday is also a Bicycle zinester. Her zine Glossaria is awesome! She is a brave soul, who has cycled all over by herself on many-a adventure – she tells it like it is, without glorifying. Plus sometimes she letterpress prints the covers of her zine too. Her latest issue will be available at this reading:

Local zinesters read from their works at Multnomah County Library’s third annual Zinesters Talking series of weekly Tuesday night
readings, 6:30-7:45 p.m. from Sept. 18 through Oct. 23, 2007, at various library locations. Come and hear these independent publishers
share their writing. Zines by the presenters will available for purchase.

Sponsored By Submitter/Independent Organizer
When: Tuesday, 9/18/2007, 06:30 PM
Event Location: Central Library, 801 S.W. 10th Ave., U.S. Bank Room
Directions:
Contact: Sarah Contrary

BTA Benefit Night!

On Tuesday, Sept. 18,, starting at 5 p.m., half of all proceeds at
McMenamin’s Market Street Pub (1526 SW 10th Ave, near PSU) will go to
benefit the BTA.

So make it a “double-plus-good” bike night: Swing by the Market St.
McMenamins at 5 p.m., get a beer and maybe something to eat, then head
over to the Central Library at 6:30 p.m. (Or, conversely, go to the
Bike Zinester reading first, then head over to the BTA benefit at
Market St. McMenamins afterward. Either way, it’s a win-win!

Sponsored By Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA)
When: Tuesday, 9/18/2007, 05:00 PM
Event Location: McMenamin’s Market Street Pub (1526 SW 10th Ave, near PSU)
Directions:
Contact: Curt Dewees
Contact E-Mail: curt.dewees@gmail.com
Contact Phone:
Website:
Event Status: On-Schedule
Type of Ride? Group Ride – Group(s) stay together for the duration of the ride