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The BTA has posted their final list of “bike heroes” nominated for this year’s Alice Awards. It includes some names I think you’ll recognize (including prolific and outspoken BikePortland commenter Dabby McCrashalot), along with some you might not have heard of yet.
Here are the 2007 Alice Award Nominees.
Has a white Race Face crankset. SRAM components. Everything else is RaceFace.
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58cm Fuji Team road bike from 2005. Stock black 700c ritchey wheels. Carbon forks, rear stays, aluminum main frame. Polar power meter also installed on bike. Upgraded ultegra 10spd crank. Ultegra pedals.
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UPDATE: TriMet spokesperson Mary Fetsch says the driver did report the incident and that he did call 911.
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One account from the incident last week alleges that a TriMet bus was on the scene as Ashley Gorman was being beaten yet did not stop to offer passengers as witnesses and the driver allegedly did not call the incident in to dispatch.
According to this comment by Megan, (a friend of the victims),
“The bus driver,
a city employee*, DID NOT CALL 911 while he had a front row seat at the show. HE also drove off with all of the witnesses, while the attackers took off on foot.”
After all the drama last week, I looked forward to a weekend of good, old-fashioned bike fun.
Taking advantage of a dry, non-freezing day, I finally got our new trail-a-bike (a Burley Piccolo) up and running. I did it “family limo” style with the trail-a-bike attached to a trailer. I was happy that Eleni (my 4 year-old) did pretty well on a quick ride to the park and library… but I was shocked when Danica (17 mos!) insisted on giving it a try.
At first I walked with her (her little legs don’t even reach the cranks), but her broad smile and sense of confidence eventually convinced me to go ahead and ride. So there I was, a proud papa, pulling his two little girls. Bliss.
Southeast Portland resident AJ Steffani has launched Cycologoy Mobile Bike Repair, a new bike shop that comes to you.
AJ offers quick, “on the spot” bike repair throughout the Portland metro area.
Also a great photographer, AJ moved to town about two years ago (from Colorado) and has over 12 years experience as a bike shop mechanic.
AJ is 31 years old and lives near Powell Butte (for “quick mountain bike fixes” he says). I asked him why he started this business:
Grey Fuji with blue rear tire on a fixed gear. Short cut handle bars with one front brake. Long red cable housing, and gum walled front tire.
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In light of recent events, I feel (and so do many others) that there is a great need for us to come together and discuss how to make our North Portland neighborhoods safer and more livable for everyone.
I realize we cannot solve all the problems, but I know there is vast potential if we can get together as a community and take some of the emotion seen on this site in the last few days, then organize it, delegate it, and turn it into action and solutions.
Last night on the 11 o’clock news, KATU-TV (Portland’s ABC affiliate) ran a story titled, “Have cyclists become a target?”
The KATU story aired as a direct result of the many comments received in response to the post about a pair of cyclists who were attacked by a group of teenage kids at a North Portland bus stop.
Mid 1980s steel frame Casati Monza road bike with huge 65cm frame. Has new WTB saddle with black cork grips and worn grey brake hoods. Frame is brick red with yellow lettering. Front tire is black; rear tire is black and red. Has a bell on the middle of the handlebar.
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