West Hills Continental Ride (38 miles, 4,000+ elev. gain)
Hosted by Team Rapha (Crane Building, 710 NW 14th Street)
Meet 7:00am – Ride departs, 7.30am
Details here
West Hills Continental Ride
Month: February 2008
BikePortland.org Benefit Party!
Pints and Prizes: A Benefit for BikePortland.org
Plan B (1305 SE 8th Ave)
9:00pm – ?
$2.50 New Belgium pints, $1 raffle tickets (ticket proceeds go to BikePortland.org)
Win prizes from Ortlieb (messenger bags), Keen (shoes), SRAM (a Rock Shox Fork), Castelli, Maverick, Zipp, Vittoria, and massages from Gretchen Kloeppel, LMT.
Slap Dash Alleycat
The Slap Dash Alleycat
Plan B (1305 SE 8th Ave)
Reg. starts at 7:00 – Ride at 8:00
An alleycat tour of Portland’s bike-spawning grounds: basements, garages, and warehouses. Points for speed. Points for style. Points for doing the whole thing on a fixed tall-bike wearing a welding mask. Hosted by Portland’s bike builders (ends at BikePortland.org party). — Carl Larson
Roller Racing at Rapha
Roller Racing
Hosted by Rapha (Crane Building, 710 NW 14th Street)
Doors open at 8pm – Racing starts at 8:30pm
Fastest rider will walk away with a custom Ira Ryan frame.
Admission is $10
Must be 21 years of age
Details here
NAHBS After Party
Official After Party
Sponsored by Don Walker Cycles
Red Lion Inn Windows Lounge (1021 NE Grand Avenue, 6th Fl.)
Social hour starts at 6:45, music starts at 8:30 PM and goes until midnight.
NAHBS After Party
Official After Party
Sponsored by Don Walker Cycles
Red Lion Inn Windows Lounge (1021 NE Grand Avenue, 6th Fl.)
Social hour starts at 6:45, music starts at 8:30 PM and goes until midnight.
Mark Lynskey at Sunset Cycles
Framebuilder Mark Lynskey at Sunset Cycles
Sunset Cycles (Bethany Village: 15320 NW Central Drive, Suite D-1)
7:00 – 9:00pm
Mark Lynskey of Lynskey Performance Designs, will make a guest appearance at Sunset to talk about the latest work being done with titanium bicycle frames at their Chattanooga, TN factory.
Independent Fabrications Party
Independent Fabrications Party
Hosted by Veloce Bicycles (3202 SE Hawthorne)
Meet IF staff and get a sneak peek at their NAHBS show bikes.
7:00pm
Opening: Roleur Magazine Photo Exhibition
Opening Night: Roleur Magazine Exhibition
Hosted by Rapha (Crane Building, 710 NW 14th Street)
4-10:00pm (Show runs through Sunday 2/10, Free)
Details here
Opening Night: Teams of Portland Exhibit
Opening Night: Teams of Portland Exhibit
Hosted by Wieden + Kennedy (224 NW 13th Ave)
6-10:00pm (Show runs through Sunday 2/10, Free)
Details here
Adams releases statement on funding initiative
Adams speaking with reporters
after today’s meeting.
(Photo © Jonathan Maus)
after today’s meeting.
(Photo © Jonathan Maus)
City Commissioner Sam Adams has just emailed (and posted to his blog) a statement about the major turn his Safe, Sound, and Green Streets funding initiative took today:
Dear Portlander,
Today, at my request, city council referred the “Safe, Sound & Green Streets” program back to my office with an expectation that we will refer the program to voters in November 2008.
You have heard from me many times that Safe, Sound & Green Streets will be an important step forward for Portland when implemented. For the first time in nearly two decades, Portlanders will have stable funding to meet basic safety and maintenance needs on major streets.
Carfree conference unveils logo
In case you haven’t heard, the international Towards Carfree Cities conference is headed to Portland this summer.
Here’s a preview of their very cool logo design that will be sprouting up on posters and postcards throughout Portland soon…