road bike
21 speed
brown
stem plate of a dog with tongue out – gold
black handlebar tape
rainbow striped sticker on seat tube
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Stolen Mizutani Seraph Spree
Year: 2007
Southwest bike network map shows potential
After months of planning, residents of southwest Portland, led by super-citizen trail advocate and Alice Award nominee Don Baack, have come up with a map of a new southwest bike network.
Baack, who leads the group Southwest Trails, has been working hard to garner neighborhood feedback and collaborate with PDOT to include these recommendations in the upcoming Bicycle Master Plan update.
Click the map for a larger view.
Final thoughts and themes on the National Bike Summit
Crowds fill a party held in a
regal Senate Office Building.
regal Senate Office Building.
The National Bike Summit may be over, but the work has just begun.
Hundreds of advocates from around the country (430 to be exact) are now more energized, educated, and empowered than ever before to bring bikes into the mainstream consciousness of America.
River City Bicycles singles out special commuters
River City ad in the Willamette Week
announcing Commuter awards.
announcing Commuter awards.
Back in January, River City Bicycles announced a contest to find Portland’s “Commuter of the Year”.
Owner David Guettler asked for nominations through ads in local weekly newspapers and according to the shop’s Event Manager Jason Bietz, over 60 people responded to the challenge, “They sent in everything from home videos, a 37-day string of hand-made postcards, and a hardbound book!”
Stolen Sirius Sport
Grey Sirius Sports bike with a few scrathes on the frame Extrapadded seat 21 gears Stolen from basement of building while moving in
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Stolen KHS Westwood
Brand new KHS Westwood hybrid bike, has silver metal rack at rear with 2 foldable silver metal baskets.
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Stolen Raleigh unknown
mountain bike hybrid, front suspension forks, stickers on frame – “against Bush”, “push up the poor”, “push up the people”, bought 2nd hand on Sat March 17th, stolen the next day.
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Stolen Ridley Damocles
Full campy groupo, FSA carbon stem, bars and seat post, FSA MEGA EXO cranks, Mavic Kyserium Wheels, Vredstein tires gray/black, speedplay zero pedals CSC red.
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Stolen Gary Fisher Hoo Koo E Koo
Front suspension black and silver Gary Fisher Hoo Koo E Koo. Bontrager wheels and tires, Shimano brakes, shifters, clipless pedals and crank. Rock Shocks. Cyclometer and headlight on handlebar.
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Stolen Schwinn Cimarron
26″ Men’s Schwinn Cimarron, bright red, shiny and new as of March 2007. Empty black plastic lock holder under seat, UPC sticker left on front.
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Hanging with war vets on my last day in D.C.
A cheesy self-portrait in front of
the Lincoln monument.
the Lincoln monument.
Saturday was my last day in Washington D.C. and I spent it on a bike.
When I arrived, it was 70 degrees, nearly perfect riding weather. Unfortunately things got worse as the week wore on. By the time Saturday rolled around, we’d seen rain, sleet, and snow.
Update on injured cyclist Dawn Slawta
Dawn, two weeks prior to the crash.
I’ve received some welcome news about the condition of Dawn Slawta.
Dawn was seriously injured when her bicycle collided with a motor vehicle in northeast Portland on February 7th.
The 25 year-old employee of Black Sheep Bakery in southeast Portland, struck her head (she was not wearing a helmet) and sustained major swelling of her brain, fractured neck vertebrae, and sustained a broken collar bone and rib.