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Stolen Custom frame with no markings custom

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Custom build steel frame, with not the best looking welds. It’s small for a person about 5’3”. All gray with no markings. It has a pink chris king headset and a wound up carbon fork. It was stolen with out the front wheel on it.

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MBW IV: Final events held in Washington Park

[Reporting and photos by Mykle Hansen]
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The City of Portland narrowly escaped a year of foreign dominance last night, when the Key to Portland was recaptured by Zoobomber Corey “Solid” Gold in a thilling tiebreaker at LegoHouse International Raceways in Washington Park.

[LegoHouse in Washington Park, where the final events of Mini-Bike Winter took place.]

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Meet the man who keeps PSU pedaling

[Ian Stude in front
of the PSU Bike Co-op.]

32 year-old Portland native Ian Stude is a busy guy these days. When the Center neighborhood resident isn’t enjoying Portland’s bike fun culture, he’s in charge of the Bicycle Cooperative at Portland State University.

Ian has worked at the PSU Bike Co-op since 2004 when he was the sole employee. Now, as membership has grown, he manages two part-time employees and is heavily involved with plans for an upcoming major expansion and construction of a new, Metro grant-funded bike parking facility on the campus.

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Weekend recap: Museums, mini-bikes, and cherry pie

[Mini-Bike Winter competitors.]
Photo: Dat

To say there was something for everyone this past weekend would be a vast understatement.

Kicking off on Friday night was of course Mini-Bike Winter (MBW). With the help of MBW special correspondent Mykle Hansen, I brought you updates from opening night and Saturday’s Chariot action.

Yesterday, the MBW festivities reached an apex with “Greek Days”, a slew of events down near the Hawthorne Bridge. Photographer Dat Nguyen was their to record the action which included the Tricycle Relay Race, Mini-Bike Shot Put, The Cupcake Challenge, Mini-Bike Bowling, and more.

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Stolen Redline Monocog

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– No redline stickers
– Handmade fenders fabricated from inner tubes
– Faded black grip tape over the Hellbent logo on the handlebars
– Black grip tape on the frame
– A small ghost sticker on the flat part of the front fork near the axle
– a red cap on the headset that reads, “All work and no play is no good at all…”

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Stolen specialized rockhhopper 2006

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Stock knobby tires,missing front wheel.No noticable scratches or marks on frame.May have shop sticker on frame:Bike Works-2445 S.Hiawassee Rd.-Orlando,FL.2 plastic mounting brackets for headlights attached to handlebars.Plastic mount for rear blinker on seat post.No fenders.Kickstand.Stock saddle & reflectors on spokes(rear).

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Stolen Trek Madone

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3 month old Trek Madone 5.2 2007, 60cm, Discovery Colours, Shimano Ultegra, Dura Ace rear mech, bontrager bits and GP4000’s.

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Let the Mini-Bike Winter games begin…

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[Skate Bomb!]

[This coverage of Mini-Bike Winter IV comes from our special correspondent Mykle Hansen]

Let the games begin!

Mini-Bike Winter got off to an explosive start last night when a parade of nearly 150 brightly lit bikers — including several dozen visitors from Canada, Seattle and California, and quite a few first-time bombers — zigzagged on the Lit Ride from the NE Alberta arts district to the Zoobomb pile downtown.

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North Portland greenway trail moves toward vision

[Potential trail would go
near University of Portland.]
Photo: Scott Mizee/npGreenway

Last night in North Portland the community got an update on npGreenway’s vision for a new riverfront trail that will someday link the St. John’s Bridge to the Eastbank Esplanade.

A group of of about 25 citizens, trail advocates, and neighborhood leaders came together to offer feedback, find out how to get involved with the effort, and get the latest scoop.

npGreenway recently completed their “vision” map with a grant from the North Portland Trust Fund, and they have been active in workshops and planning with the City’s River Plan project.

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