Back in January, a member of the Portland Bike Forums started a thread asking what other folks ride.
Since then, over 70 people have replied. I thought it’d be fun to take a look at the wide variety of bikes posted. Here is just a sampling…
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Year: 2007
A visit to SE Clinton Street
First responder Sean Bennett.
Eschweiler’s car came to a stop
near the fence in the background.
(Photos by Jonathan Maus)
Eschweiler’s car came to a stop
near the fence in the background.
(Photos by Jonathan Maus)
My office is just a few blocks from where Johnny Eschweiler drove his car into Ben Ramsdell and Timothy Mastne last Friday.
Yesterday I went over to check out the lay of the land, hoping for a clearer understanding of this unconscionable act of road rage.
While I snapped photos and let my mind wander to the various conversations and news reports I’ve heard and read in the past few days, I noticed someone taking a smoke break at a nearby shop.
As I approached Sean Bennett and told him why I was snooping around, he immediately began sharing what he experienced that day. “I didn’t see it, but we definitely heard it. They ended up right over there,” he shared as he pointed to a grassy area where SE Clinton St. veers south and becomes SE 10th (view map below).
Stolen K2 El Dorado mountain bike
Large K2 Eldorado mountain bike with white/black paint. Black tires/rims/spokes.
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Stolen K2 El Dorado
Large K2 Eldorado Bike with white/black paint. Black tires/rims/spokes.
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Stolen Dahon Speed p8
Dk grey folding bike with a black blke rack on the back.
Bike is new and excellent condition. It is greatly missed
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Velog: a social networking site for cyclists
Screen shot of Velog.org.
Portland cyclist and web development guru Brian Ellin has created Velog, a social networking site for cyclists.
Ellin says the site is, “like a blend of Twitter.com and the Bike Commute Challenge website.”
The site is “city centric” to encourage users to find other cyclists with similar riding interests nearby. Once signed up, users can log rides, post updates, add friends, and create groups and communities.
Commissioner Saltzman set to visit bike race venue
PIR has hosted bike
races since the 1970s.
(Photo: Jonathan Maus)
races since the 1970s.
(Photo: Jonathan Maus)
Portland’s City Commissioner of Parks, Dan Saltzman, will get a taste of local bike racing when he pays a visit to Portland International Raceway (PIR) on Monday (8/27).
The site — which has hosted bike racing since the mid 1970s — is home to popular road racing events held each Monday and Tuesday during the summer as well as mountain bike and cyclocross racing.
Saltzman’s visit was coordinated by Monday Night Racing Series organizer Jim Anderson. Anderson says the event, “will give the OBRA (Oregon Bicycle Racing Association) community an opportunity to share with the commissioner how they have benefited from this venue.”
Stolen Centurion unknown
fixed gear with white deep v velocity rims. leather seat, handle grips
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Trek president launches ambitious advocacy campaign
Trek president John Burke, with
Bike Gallery owner Jay Graves at the
National Bike Summit last March.
(Photo: Jonathan Maus)
Bike Gallery owner Jay Graves at the
National Bike Summit last March.
(Photo: Jonathan Maus)
After his stirring presentation about how bicycles can solve many of the world’s problems at this year’s National Bike Summit, I wondered whether or not Trek President John Burke was “the Al Gore of the bicycle industry.”
Now, he has followed up his talk with action.
Stolen Gary Fisher Piranha
Newer model gary fisher, still has bike gallery sticker on front fork. Mostly blue with some yellow accents. Front shock.
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Second cyclist unrelated to altercation, but driver could still be responsible
“…when the intention to harm one individual inadvertently causes a second person to be hurt instead.”
-from Wikipedia’s definition of “transferred intent”
A KGW report and a police spokesperson have said that one of the cyclists injured in last Friday’s road rage incident was completely unrelated to the initial altercation between driver Johnny Eschweiler and cyclist Ben Ramsdell.
KGW reported that 41 year-old Timothy Mastne was riding in the opposite direction when he, “unintentionally pedaled into the path of the collision.”