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If you’re just clicking over here from the article in Pez Cycling News…welcome to BikePortland!
Since you read Pez, you’re probably a big bike racing fan (so am I). I’ve got lots of racing articles and photos for you to enjoy. Check out the slideshow below from a recent criterium series held in a local park. If cyclocross is your thing, you’ll want to browse my cyclocross archives.
@ Zoobomb (Top of the hill)
9:00pm
Come meet at the Zoo hill for the second annual Mini-Bike Steeple Chase. Imagine going break-neck speeds, flying down dark paths, following one trail, if you get lost, you lose, first one down wins!! Trophy awarded to the winner!
Turbo, morganic007 at yahoo daht comm
@ 800 e burnside (by Jupiter Hotel)
7:30pm
What’s better than going out to sing karaoke with a bunch of bikey pals? Singing karaoke, on your bike, while riding to the next karaoke joint!
Join up with the Sexy Cyclists and sing out with our mobile karaoke studio. First-timers welcome! We all sing lousy, so why worry?
T-2-the-Mo, timolandia at gmail daht comm, www.singshot.com/
@ 19 SW 2nd Ave, Portland (Berbati)
6:30pm
Meet at 6:30, ride at 7:00
High Heels! a short Skirt! Hot Pants!!!… experience the feel of the wind on your thighs and show off those legs you sexy thing! You boys better come too. If you can’t (won’t) squeeze your toes into a pair of heels, who can fault you ~ but a skirt with “lift” is a must! We’ll take our stylish flamboyance over the bridge (skirts flying high!) and meet up with those Krazy Karaokeista’s for the KARAOKE 2 KARAOKE PUB CRAWL. jacqueauthier[at]earthlink.net
Jacque Authier, glam.ma.ma at gmail daht comm, www.velorution.biz/?p=1333
@ 8th & Esther Streets (Esther Short Park)
5:00pm, Friday, Saturday & Sunday
Microblues Festival is a family blues music event held in beautiful Esther Short Park located in historic downtown Vancouver Washington. There will be food vendors, souvenirs as well as beer and wine garden for the adults. Bring your family and enjoy a day of fun and music in this premium outdoor venue. 8 at the door, Children under 12 – Free
No Name, www.microblues.com/, 360-450-7087
@ 5925 SE Foster Rd (Corner of SE Foster and SE 60th.)
4:00pm – 10:00pm
Grand Opening celebration and partnerhship for Meticon Bikes and Community Exchange Bike School!
We will have food, games, design a bike rack contest, raffles, and live music!
Tina Giggles, tinagiggles at gmail daht comm, Meticon Bikes & Community Exchange Bike School
@ NE 20th Ave. and NE Killingsworth St. (Alberta Park)
4:00pm
This event is aimed at all those women out there interested in bike polo, but maybe a tad bit intimidated by the established bike polo scene in Portland. This is an opportunity for first timers to come out and try this super fun phenomenon.
Important: Bring a bicycle that can take a little abuse.
Kelly Peach, peachykeenjellybean at mailhaven daht comm
@ 1038 SE 39th Ave (Belmont Library)
12:45pm – 3:45pm
Slide down a fire pole. Send a secret morse code message. Lock up in an old jail cell. This family-friendly Small Museums by Bike Tour will explore the city at work. A historic firehouse, a police museum, and a bank collection will teach us about Portland’s city history through interactive displays and knowledgeable guides. Shorter visits for shorter attention spans. (children most welcome). Not a loop ride – will end at W side Hawthorne Bridge. Lone riders under 9 not recommended, there will be some downtown riding, but we’ll stay as a group. Adults, ID required for Police Museum. Free.
Carye Bye, bathtublady at gmail daht comm, Bathtub Art Museum, 503-248-4454
Here’s what Pedalpalooza has in store for you today…
There’s been a surprising turn of events in the fixed-gear brake saga.
Last week I reported that the effort to clarify the bicycle brake requirement so that fixed-gear bicycles don’t need to have an additional brake was on its way to becoming Oregon law.
The bill (S.B. 729) has passed the Senate and the House and only had one step left before being signed into law by the Governor. In accordance to regular procedure, since the bill was amended in the House (to include some language about police bicycles) it was returned to the Senate for final approval of those amendments.
Three years ago, Intel employee Don Bain and his friend James Koski (Chief of Staff for Congressman Earl Blumenauer) took a ride from Durango to Moab on Colorado’s fabled hut-to-hut mountain bike route. They had such a good time, they wanted to do it again. Unfortunately, they couldn’t find any other hut systems.
So, like true entrepreneurs, they thought, “why don’t we just do one ourselves?”
Tim O’Donnell will live on in the memories of his friends, family, and of the bike community for many years. A memorial service has been scheduled to pay respects and to come together as a community. Here are the details (taken from the Portland Velo newsletter):
