Month: October 2008
Oregon Manifest show needs volunteers
Here’s the info from organizers of the Oregon Manifest Handmade Bike Show (which starts Friday and goes through Sunday 10/12).
PORTLAND’S OWN BIKE SHOW NEEDS YOUR HELP!
On October 10th and 11th bike geeks, master craftsmen, and obsessed enthusiasts converge for Portland’s handmade bike extravaganza, Oregon Manifest.
We’re still looking for a few more volunteers to work the show. If you love bikes and appreciate the finer qualities of beer tokens, please contact Diane at Chris King: PEOPLE@chrisking.com
Full details and schedule live here: www.oregonmanifest.com
Off to Corvallis to talk about public health
This morning I’m off to the campus of Oregon State University in Corvallis to attend the Oregon Public Health Association’s annual conference.
I’ve been invited by the Northwest Health Foundation (NWHF) to join a panel discussion titled, New Partners in the Movement to Re-frame “Public Health”. The NWHF is behind the Community Health Priorities project, which is an exciting effort working to “Stimulate public conversation about health in our communities” (among other things).
Updated: U.S. Census says 4.2% of Portlanders bike to work
The most recent data collected by the U.S. Census’s American Community Survey (ACS) shows that the number of Portlanders who commute to work by bicycle has dropped from 4.4% in 2006 to 4.2% in 2007.
The survey asked, “How did you usually get to work last week?”, and 10,987 people (out of just over 280,000) replied that they used their bicycle (the 4.2% number is arrived at after subtracting the number of respondents that work at home).
This decline would be the first drop in Portland’s bike-to-work mode split as reported by the ACS since at least 1990 (when the number was 1.12%).
Rain and record crowds kick off Crusade series
like this dual-option stairway run-up.
Slideshow below
(Photos J. Maus)
The opening race of the Cross Crusade series set a record for attendance yesterday. Kenji Sugahara, the director of the Oregon Bicycle Racing Association says that, despite the wet weather, 1,267 racers participated.
That number is up from 1,078 participants in 2007 and is nearly twice the number that took part in 2006 when 760 racers showed up.
Watch the Water Bureau’s new bike/truck safety video
The Portland Water Bureau has released a new video on bike and truck safety.
First unveiled to the public at a bike/truck safety event back in September, the video (watch it below) is an engaging look at what Portland’s busiest bikeways look like from the seat of a large truck.
Watch the trailer for Veer, a documentary on Portland’s bike culture
A few weeks ago, I shared my thoughts on Veer, a new documentary about Portland’s bike culture that’s hitting the festival circuit this winter (where it will hopefully garner worldwide acclaim and score a major distribution deal!).
Now (thanks to Dan at CrankMyChain!), you can view the trailer to this very well-made film…
Cross Crusade – Alpenrose
Daily Race Schedule
9:00am Beginners (40 min)
9:50am Category C, Cyldesdale (45 min)
10:45am Masters Category C 35+, Unicycles A&B* (45 min)
10 minute break
11:45am Masters Category B 35+, Masters 50+ and Jrs (45 min)
12:40pm Category B and Single Speed (45 min)
1:30pm 15 min break with Kiddie Kross**
1:45pm Women: Cat A, Cat B, Beginners, Masters 35+ & 45+, Jrs (45 min)
2:40pm Category A Men and Masters Category A 35+ (60 min)
*One lap only, starting after the Masters 35+ Cs
**Kiddie Kross: A non-competitive event for those 12 and under.