The big, happy, Specialized family. (Photo: Specialized)
This Saturday (2/2), Specialized Bicycle Components will hold a Job Fair at the Marriott City Center hotel in downtown Portland.
Month: January 2008
Update on Share the Road license plates
[Updated: 1/30, 3:31pm (see end of article)]
As I reported on Monday, the status of Oregon’s new Share the Road license plates are in temporary limbo.
I have since learned from the man behind the plates, Jerry Norquist, that the issue stems from a need to “fine tune” the design. Norquist says there has been a series of “miscommunications” about the design between himself, the plate’s designer (Sanstrom Design), and the Oregon Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV).
Car hits woman on bike, driver flees
Please keep your eyes peeled for a motor vehicle involved with a hit-and-run collision that took place about an hour ago at SE 8th and Stark.
According to officers I spoke to on the scene, a woman was riding her bike southbound on SE 8th when a man in a car turned his vehicle in front of her onto SE Stark. The collision resulted in minor injuries and the woman on the bike was taken away in an ambulance.
The officers said a witness stepped forward and claimed the driver of the car was “driving aggressively” prior to the incident.
Local recumbent accessory maker expands
Southeast Portland based TerraCycle has purchased FastBack Designs of Fort Collins Colorado.
Here’s more from the press release:
TerraCycle, of Portland, Oregon, and FastBack Designs, of Fort Collins, Colorado, two leading companies in the design and manufacture of accessories for recumbent bicycles, have announced that TerraCycle will acquire FastBack and expand its successful line of hydration packs and frame bags.
Vancouver Council will go for all-ages helmet law
(Photo © Jonathan Maus)
Last night, Vancouver City Council decided to postpone their vote on a new helmet ordinance. The ordinance, which initially sought to only apply to kids under 18 years old, is now likely to apply to everyone.
Jan Bader at the City Manager’s office told me that the Council did not pass the ordinance last night and instead, “sent it back to staff for revisions to make it all ages.”
“We’re going to rework it,” she said, “and look at suggestions from testimony received last night from local bike clubs.”
Picture a world-class Columbia River bridge
This bridge in Rotterdam (The Netherlands) is an example of what
could be in store for a new I-5 bridge.
(More photos below. Photos by Todd Boulanger)
could be in store for a new I-5 bridge.
(More photos below. Photos by Todd Boulanger)
‘Share the Road’ plates hit snag over design
[Updated: 7:05pm, 1/28]
Sources say that the DMV office in Salem has stopped issuing Oregon’s new “Share the Road” license plates.
According to an email I received from a reader, as of last Friday (1/25), the DMV has suspended all applications for the special plates “pending some sort of legal issue,” with the plates’ designer.
Startup framebuilder will display ‘Courage’ at NAHBS
Aaron Hayes in his shop.
(Photos © Jonathan Maus)
(Photos © Jonathan Maus)
33 year-old Northeast Portlander Aaron Hayes has gone from zero-to-NAHBS in just six months.
Burnt out from his job as a consumer products designer for Portland-based Ziba Design, Hayes launched Courage Bicycle Mfg., at the suggestion of his girlfriend. “She was volunteering with a school group that visited Ira Ryan’s shop up in St. Johns and she came home and said, ‘Why don’t you build bikes?'”
A veteran racer and bike lover for many years, that was all the nudge Hayes needed.
Mandatory helmets for adults in Vancouver?
[Updated: 3:27pm]
Vancouver Mayor Royce Pollard
sets a good example.
(Photo © Jonathan Maus)
sets a good example.
(Photo © Jonathan Maus)
The majority of Vancouver (WA) City Council members are reportedly in favor of expanding a youth helmet ordinance to include adults.
The ordinance was first heard by City Council earlier this month and based on recent comments by four of the seven councilmembers, there is some momentum to amend the ordinance to make it apply to adults as well as kids.
*The Vancouver Bicycle Club is also supportive of an all-ages law. Former club President Joe Toscano told me today that the club wrote a letter of recommendation to Council asking them to expand the ordinance to adults. Toscano said that, “We just think it makes sense that if you have the law for kids, you should have adults setting the example.”
A small, yet re-energized Critical Mass
Around 60 Portlanders remembered Critical Mass last Friday. While that number may seem low, it was the biggest turnout the ride has seen in many months.
After seeing signs of a resurgence, I showed up to Friday’s ride (for the first time in over a year) to see how it would go.
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orange and black big 23 in frame toe-clip pedals frame mounted pump front accessory bag (gray) mounted with fat slicks
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Stolen Trek 800
Trek 800 mountain bike, bell saddle, blue seat pack, newish kevlar street tires
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