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Year: 2008

Local pro among world’s best in Tour of California

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Northwest Portland resident Doug
Ollerenshaw competing in
the Tour of California.
(Photo: Stefan Heymanns/Flickr)

The Amgen Tour of California — a seven stage, 650-mile race that featured the world’s top teams and riders — wrapped up in Pasadena California on Sunday. Among the finishers were all the big names of elite international racing including the legendary sprinter Mario Cipollini, World Champion Paolo Bettini, and Paris-Roubaix winner Tom Boonen.

Also mixing it up in the Peloton was a name familiar to many Portlanders; our very own hometown hero Doug Ollerenshaw.

The Northwest Portland resident is a member of the controversial and star-studded Rock Racing team and he rode to a very respectable 37th place overall finish.

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Oregon-made bicycles to be featured at PDX Airport

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(Photos © J. Maus)

This April, the work of Oregon’s burgeoning crop of bicycle builders will be on display at the Portland International Airport.

The exhibit will be managed by the Regional Arts and Culture Council (RACC) and will run for six months (from April through September) and will feature a range of bikes in a 40-foot display in the airport’s E Concourse.

Coordinator of the installation, Austin Ramsland (Sweetpea Bicycles), says he already has submissions from 18 different Oregon builders. Once the submissions are complete, a committee of framebuilders and artists formed by the (RACC) will select the bikes to be displayed.

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Oregon Senators question CRC project bike and ped funding

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“My view of this bridge is that we’ve got to move freight…isn’t it conceivable they [bikes and peds] would ride across the bridge on whatever kind of transit option is offered, rather than building separate accommodation that just drives the cost of this already unbelievably expensive structure up?”
–Sen. Betsy Johnson

On Tuesday of this week, Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) representatives made a trip to Salem to present the latest developments on the Columbia River Crossing project to the Senate Transportation Committee. The presentation was given by ODOT’s project director John Osborn and he was accompanied by the Deputy Director of ODOT, Doug Tindall.

After Osborne’s presentation, Committee member Betsy Johnson (D-Scappoose) called into question the amount of money ($30 million) to be spent on bike and pedestrian facilities.

Senator Johnson asked Osborn why people on bikes and foot don’t just, “ride across the bridge on whatever kind of transit option is offered, rather than building separate accommodation that just drives the cost of this already unbelievably expensive structure up.”

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Raunchy Ride (21+)

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RAUNCHY RIDE 21+
Lucky Labrador Brew Pub, 915 SE Hawthorne Blvd
7:30pm
Valentine’s Day got ya down? Had enough of cupids and hearts and sweetness and light? Needin some naughty? Well, I’ve got just the remedy for ya….

The Get Yer Raunch on Ride: a Strip Club Crawl!

When? Next Saturday the 23rd
Where? Meet at 7:30 (or earlier for drinks) at SE Lucky Lab (we’ll leave at 8), the ride will cover Inner SE and Downtown

Other Details: There are four planned raunchy stops (exact locations to remain top secret until the night of the crawl), most of which do not require a cover charge, but bring lots of tipping cash for the ladies…and men…
Heather “The Peach Tarte” Williams

Drink, Ride, Dance

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DRINK RIDE DANCE – MYSTERY HOUSE PARTY 21+

Lucky Lab, 915 SE Hawthorne
7:00pm

This ride will be headed to house party at a mystery location to “dance the F outta’ Ebruary”
Daniel Patrick Johnson (teknotus), teknotus at gmail daht comm

PDOT seeks bike delivery staffers

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Here’s a great opportunity to ride your bike and get paid ($15.12) for it.

Transportation Options SmartTrips Bicycle Delivery Staffers
Options is looking for three hearty bike riding individuals for 12 week positions to help us process and deliver hundreds of packages to southwest Portland homes. Yes, that is hilly southwest. Job duties include data entry, computer mapping and bike delivery. Must be motivated, able to work independently, work well in a team environment, and be good with the public. Knowledge of Portland’s bikeway network and transportation alternatives a plus. We supply the bike trailer; you provide the bike. 32 hours per week, $15.12 per hour. April 7 through July 2, 2008. To see more about Transportation Options go to GettingAroundPortland.org Apply by March 14 with cover letter and resume to Linda Ginenthal, Transportation Options, 1120 SW 5th Ave. Suite 800, Portland, OR 97215 or email at Linda.Ginenthal [at] pdxtrans.org.

Slideshow: The faces of Mini Bike Winter

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Slideshow below
(Photos © J. Maus)

For some reason, I just can’t get last weekend’s Mini Bike Winter event out of my mind. By all accounts, it was just a massively fun and amazing weekend.

I took somewhere in the realm of 2,000+ images in two days and I’m still having fun looking through them. I especially like looking at photos of all the interesting people that were involved with the event. On that note, I’ve put together a little slideshow with some of the portraits I snapped.

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Chris Smith officially certified for public campaign financing

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Chris Smith.
(Photo © J. Maus)

City Auditor Gary Blackmer has just issued the official notice (full text below) that Chris “Citizen” Smith has gathered the requisite signatures and donations in order to qualify for public funding of his campaign to grab a seat on Portland’s City Council.

By March 6th, Smith will be awarded $140,150 in public funds to run his campaign.

Smith hopes to fill position #1 which is being vacated by Commissioner Sam Adams (he’s running for mayor). Smith has been an ardent supporter of bicycle-friendly policies and he has a deep expertise in the field of transportation.

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