Month: July 2008

Tour de Portland Bicycle Scavenger Hunt

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meet at Pix SE Location, 3402 SE Division St.

This scavenger hunt starts at the SE Division Street Pix and ends at the North Williams Pix. Teams may consist of 1-3 people. First team to bring the 30 items on the list to Pix North via bicycle wins a $200 Pix Gift Certificate!

$5 entry fee to benefit SCRAP; 20 teams max; Contestants must wear helmets

E-mail pix@pixpatisserie.com to register.

followed by!…
Pix Bastille Day Block Party
July 12 10AM-Midnight (Sprockettes perform at 12:15)
3901 N. Williams Ave. – right next to SCRAP!
http://www.pixpatisserie.com/pages/news-events

Photo of the Day: Rollin’ on Dubz

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Here’s a great, bike-friendly sign put out by a small coffee cart at N. Fremont and Vancouver streets. This photo was sent in by Emily Gardner of the BTA. Thanks Emily!

A bittersweet bike box

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The new bike box at W. Burnside and 14th.
Video below
(Photos © J. Maus)

On Monday, the city of Portland installed a bike box in the SE corner of W. Burnside and 14th streets in downtown Portland — the same intersection where Tracey Sparling was killed nine months ago.

This is the eighth bike box the City has installed in the past four months since the first one went in at SE Hawthorne and 7th.

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CRC update: Will Saltzman’s lack of support turn the tide at Council?

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“…he’s “seriously considering” not supporting the resolution at all.”
–from a Portland Mercury story about Commissioner Dan Saltzman’s position on the CRC project.

A week from today (July 9th), Portland City Council will take an important vote on the Columbia River Crossing project. On June 24th, in advance of a meeting of the CRC Task Force, the entire Council signed onto a letter of support for a project option that many believe would lead to a $4.2 billion, 12-lane mega-bridge.

But as of today, according to the Portland Mercury, one member of Council is now getting cold feet.

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Woman’s 19th century, round-the-world adventure will come to life in Portland

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Cover of, Around the World on Two Wheels.

In a city with its share of adventurous, daring, eccentric, bike-riding women, the story of Annie Londonderry feels right at home.

In 1894, Ms. Londonderry (her real name was Annie Cohen Kopchovsky) embarked on an audacious journey — a solo bicycle ride around the world.

Her expedition was lost to history until her great grand-nephew, journalist Peter Zheutlin, started digging through old family artifacts, letters, and foreign and domestic newspapers to uncover her story.

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Pedicab company offers audio tour of Old Town

A PDX Pedicab in action.
(Photo by dvanhorn/Flickr)

Here’s a cool, pedal-powered activity for your summer house guests…

PDX Pedicabs and the Old Town/Chinatown Neighborhood Association have teamed up to produce a 45-minute audio tour that they say will take pedicab passengers, “back through the layers of Old Town history”.

This new “eco-tour program” is made possible by pedicabs that have been outfitted with an audio system that plays a presentation written by “neighborhood insiders and cultural specialists”.

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Track event will raise funds for injured racer

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Zak Kovalcik competing on
the day of his crash.
Velodrome in May 2007.
(Photo: Ed Norton)

Friends and supporters of local racer Zak Kovalcik are rallying after a crash last week left him with a broken collarbone. Kovalcik is unable to work while his medical bills (from this and a previous racing injury) pile up.

Kovalcik, a member of Team Beer and one of the top track racers in the area, went down hard at the Alpenrose Six Day event on Wednesday. As a full-time bike messenger, the injury has left him unable to work and the company he works for does not provide health insurance.

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Benefit Track Event for Zak Kovalcik

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Bike Central
Fast Twitch Friday
Special July 4th Edition

Benefit for Zak Kovalcik

Prizes and glory! Potluck afterwards – bring food!

Expanded race program begins at 2pm
200m
Beginner Men Alpenrose Mile
Beginner Women Unknown Distance
Messenger 10 Lap Point-a-lap
Sprint Round

Beginner Men 10 Lap Progressive Points
Beginner Women Alpenrose Mile
Messenger Unknown Distance
Sprint Round

Beginner Men 15 Lap Points
Beginner Women 10 Lap Tempo
Messenger 10 Lap Scratch
Sprint Round

Scratch races for Cat 1/2/3, Cat 4, and Open Women

Keirin tournament

Prizes including: Cateye cyclometers, Chris King Headset, Planet Bike lights, Raleigh Rush Hour frameset, SKS fenders, Save Our Soles socks, Selle San Marco Saddles

$10 1st event, $5 each additional event (omniums count as 1 event) All entry fees go towards helping Zak. Donations will also be accepted!

OBRA license and helmet required.
One day licenses available for $5.
Races must have a minimum of 5 riders.

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