Sunset Mystery Ride
Col. Summers Park, SE 20th Ave and Belmont St
8:00pm
Meet and ride to a mystery destination to watch the sunset. Always fall asleep on the couch before you make it to MMR? Try this ride on for size! In case of rain this ride becomes the Pinball Cruise. Check the online calendar for exact event time, as local apparent sunset often differs from navigational sunset.
Hen Peck 5000
Col. Summers Park, SE 20th and Belmont
6:30pm
Discover the world of chicken events, in which brave participants ride on shoulders and complete feats involving bravery, danger, silliness, and stupidity. Jousting, derbies, and more. These events are not for children whose parents are feint of heart. Helmets required (we’ll have some extra if you forget yours). Chicken-themed accoutrements and paraphernalia highly encouraged.
Unofficial CRC Bike Bridge Tour/Discussion
Meet outside of Wallis Engineering Offices, 215 West 4th St., Ste 200 (corner of 4th and Columbia)
5:30pm – 7:30pm, If you arrive late look for us on the bridge.
Have you heard about the big bridge coming to Portland Vancouver? Come out for a bike tour and discussion so that you can learn about how the new Interstate Bridge will affect bicycling across the Columbia for the next 100 years. Discussion at bar after tour. The DEIS comment period for this project closes 1 July.
Bike to Skate
Lucky Lab, 915 SE Hawthorne Blvd
5:00pm – 10:00pm
Meet at Luck Lab on Hawthorne at 5pm leave 5:30. Ride the Esplanade to Oaks Park. Pot Luck at Oaks Park picnic area before skating. Skate Lesson available.
Family Farmers Market Ride
Buckman Elementary, 320 SE 16th Ave (in front of the school)
4:30pm
Enjoy a short ride with other families to the East Bank Farmers Market. Take some time to talk to farmers and pick out some treats for a picnic in Colonel Summers Park. Bring a backpack, plates, spoons and forks, and a little bit of cash for the market. Ride leader will bring knives and a cutting board to cut up treats to share. Brought to you by the BTA and Safe Routes to School.
[This is part of BikePortland’s ongoing coverage of Pedalpalooza 2008. See more ride reports, videos and photos here.]
Pedalpalooza may be almost over, but the fun is going on strong.
On the menu today/tonight are several awesome choices.
If you want something family friendly, join ride leader extraordinaire Jeff Bernards on his Bike to Skate ride. Bring your dinner for a potluck at Oaks Park before a fun skating session. There’s also a family ride to the East Bank Farmers market.
If you want to get wonky, join bike planning guru Todd Boulanger for an “unofficial” tour and discussion of the CRC project.
For blatant bike fun, you can’t beat the Hen Peck 5000, which will feature several events where participants will ride “chicken”-style.
For years, Portlanders have taken their used bikes to the Community Cycling Center (CCC). Donors can rest assured their old bikes will be lovingly restored and then re-used in a variety of social service programs or sold to raise money for the organization.
Now, the Northeast Portland-based non-profit has a tire recycling program.
The program was sparked by volunteer Drew Heithaus, who set up the partnership with his employer, Industrial Tire Services.
In an email to members the CCC wrote,
“Tires have long been a particular challenge in our recycling program – not many businesses offer tire recycling and we have not been able to afford this service in the past. Now… our tires will be reused in asphalt and athletic tracks.”
Don’t miss this dancing, art-show, prize raffle, silent auction, party after Mult. Co. Bike Fair.
[This report is part of BikePortland’s ongoing coverage of Pedalpalooza 2008. See more ride reports, videos and photos here.]
The I-5 bridge across the Columbia River is a major congestion point on the I-5 corridor. Anticipated population growth and commercial development, along with traffic safety issues and earthquake preparedness, are driving a public conversation around how to address these challenges.The Columbia River Crossing Project, a joint project of the Oregon Department of Transportation and the Washington State Department of Transportation, is recommending that $4.2 billion be spent to replace the bridge with additional lanes for automobiles, pedestrians and bicycles.
On June 27, join Metro Councilor Rex Burkholder and economist Joe Cortright, as they examine the viability of this proposal. Where will the money come from? What will be the size of the carbon footprint created by the new bridge and how will it impact the environment? Ultimately, how do we balance the practical demands of a growing region with environmental concerns?
Rex Burkholder was elected in 2004 for a second term to represent District 5 in Multnomah County. Burkholder helped found the Bicycle Transportation Alliance,chairs the Joint Policy Advisory Committee on Transportation and serves on other transportation committees. Joe Cortright is an economist with Impresa, a Portland consulting firm specializing in regional economic analysis, innovation and industry clusters. Cortright is also the chief economic analyst for the Oregon Business Plan, a private-sector effort to develop the state economy.
[This report is part of BikePortland’s ongoing coverage of Pedalpalooza 2008. See more ride reports, videos and photos here.]
About 25-30 vegan bikers joined the Vegan Baked Goods Ride yesterday.
Armed with a few dollars and a big appetitie, they started in SE Portland at Papa G’s bakery, headed west to the bike-thru window at Black Sheep Bakery, and then headed into the Pearl District, making several more stops along the way.
I caught up with the ride at Black Sheep Bakery (it’s in the same building as my office). The Black Sheep employee was a bit overwhelmed by the crowd, so to make things easier, she just put out an entire tray of baked treats and offered them free to riders.
