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This coming Tuesday, Salem lawmakers are holding a public hearing on Senate Bill 729. SB 729 is the “fixie bill” that is being proposed to clarify the legal language and shore up confusion around how the bicycle equipment requirement (ORS 815.280) should pertain to fixed-gear bicycles.
Since Ayla Holland’s seminal case last July there has been confusion in the courts and on the street about whether or not fixed-gear bicycles must have a separate hand brake.
As I reported last month, the Portland Police Bureau is on heightened alert to give out tickets in the MLK Viaduct construction zone near OMSI.
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Company/Organization – Portland State University Center for Transportation Studies
Bright yellow script. Blue look petals. Green back tire. 2 water bottle holders. small black attachment for a front light.
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The City of Portland’s Office of Transportation wants to “make your downtown trips easier, healthier, and less expensive.”
How often do you get an opportunity to have your opinions heard by millions of people around the world?
Tomorrow (3/22), the BBC will broadcast their “World, Have Your Say” radio program from the Bagdad Theater in southeast Portland.
In the past, I’ve brought you stories of the ingenious trailers and cargo-bike contraptions used by Portland’s homeless and low-income population.
Remember Bill and Buster and their bike move that never ends? Or how about Mike Colhour’s bike-based scrap metal recycling business? And we can’t forget Allen’s shopping-cart trailer, or the “flip-flop fender” and baseball bat trailer hitch.
If you read the Willamette Week, you’ve probably noticed the River City Bicycles‘ ads. The shop has a long-running ad space in the local weekly and they always have a provocative message.
In the past they’ve been funny, inspirational, and even controversial. Remember when Pepsico threatened to sue them over their Quaker Oats spot?
Northeast Portland-based non-profit, the Community Cycling Center, has launched a new website.
The site is much friendlier to navigate than the old one (which had become quite a behemoth over the years) and they’re using WordPress (just like BikePortland) to make it all happen. Hosting is being donated by EasyStreet and they’ve even got an RSS feed so you can keep up with all their latest news.
We all know the failing, old, Sellwood Bridge is a major broken link in our transportation network. Or, as the BTA puts it:
“The Sellwood Bridge has extremely dangerous and inadequate bicycle and pedestrian facilities (a single 4-foot sidewalk on one side only)….the BTA has determined that the Sellwood Bridge is the major barrier to bicycling in the Portland region.”
Yesterday I got my first, hands-on look at the fruits of Shimano’s new Coasting product initiative.
Only three manufacturers (Raleigh, Trek and Giant) are licensed to make bikes with Coasting and I gave Trek’s offering, the “Lime Light” a closer look.
Front and Rear Shocks, Blue and Silver Frame, looks new, thumb gears, straight bars, broken rear fender, light clips but not lights (I have them),the small reflectors that come on it, kick stand, hybrid tires, gears have a protective circle to help keep you from catching your pant leg (it came on the bike),
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