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Don’t miss the Night Ride this weekend

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Just a quick reminder about a great ride coming up tomorrow night. The annual Night Ride benefits the BTA and always offers up an enjoyable bill of fare, including disco-dancers, pajama clad riders, fire dancers, and of course, doughnuts.

The ride leaves at 9pm from the Train Station downtown, and registration will be open before the ride.

Now get back out there and enjoy the sun.

Two types of police response to O’Donnell tragedy

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The fatal crash that took the life of Timothy O’Donnell seems to have resulted in two different responses by law enforcement personnel. The Washington County Sheriff’s office shows a willingness to work with the community for tougher laws against motorists, while the North Plains Police opt for increased enforcement directed at bicyclists.

A story in the Forest Grove News-Times earlier this week reported that Sheriff Rob Gordon was “steamed” by O’Donnell’s death. The article said the police see “eye-to-eye” with cyclists and that they support a tougher, felony-based vehicular homicide law.

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PDOT pushing for lower speed limits?

[Updated: 8:25pm]

Poll on PDOT website

I just got an email from someone who claims that PDOT is “investigating the possibility of lowering the speed limits of neighborhood streets.”

The message pointed me to the Safety page of the PDOT website where there is currently a “Pulse Poll” that asks, “What do you think the speed limit should be on neighborhood streets?”

The graphic at right shows the current results as of about 3:00 today.

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Stolen Moots Mooto X YBB

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brand new 18″ Moots Mooto-X YBB built with SRAM X.0, FSA carbon bar, seatpost and stem, Industry Nine all black wheelset, Reba fork.

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Stolen Kona Stinky

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Dual Suspension, Front and Rear Disc brakes. Rear is Hydraulic Front is mechanical. Black Mavic XC rims w/Kenda Flame tires.
Red Azonic Sticker on frame.

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TriMet’s trail party promises free food, fun, and prizes

The (Epic) Sushi Ride

I-205 bike path mess got you down?
TriMet says, “let’s party!”.
(File photo)

In case you haven’t heard (or seen the banners), TriMet is throwing a party for cyclists next Friday (7/13).

The reason? Bribery, plain and simple.

Their big light rail construction project has torn up several parts of the I-205 bike path, so they figure to make nice they’ll offer a supported bike ride to show us the detour, give us a bunch of free food and entertainment and then, to top it all of, offer a ton of great prizes.

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Master Plan Ride focuses on city center

Bike Master Plan Ride - July

Playing streetcar on the
way to South Waterfront.
(File photo)

The sixth installment of PDOT’s monthly Bicycle Master Plan Rides took a closer look at bikeway facilities in and around the central city.

A hearty group of cyclists followed the lead of City bike coordinator Roger Geller to the ride’s first stop: the South Waterfront. On our way, we sampled the handy wheelgutters that help cyclists get up the stairs between SW Market and Harrison.

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