Year: 2010
Brand: Kink
Model: Whip
Color:RED
Size:20″
Serial: ACA09E001285
Stolen in VACOUVER, WA
Stolen:2009-08-4
Stolen From: SE 12th Street and SE 95th Avenue. Clay Canyon area
Neighborhood: Ellsworth Springs
Owner: Thomas Bakker
OwnerEmail: thomasjohnbadboy@comcast.net
Description: Please call 360.253.2863
Police record with: Vancouver Police
Police reference#: V0914630
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
The mission to make Oregon “The Land Bicycles Dream About” has taken a big step forward. A new website to promote biking in Oregon and to inspire people to get out and ride launched yesterday. Check it out at RideOregonRide.com.
The site was first pegged as a priority during a brainstorming session at the Oregon Bike Summit back in April of 2008. Since then, Travel Oregon has spearheaded an effort to make it happen. They formed a committee of local bike advocates and experts for guidance, hired interactive brand strategy agency Substance to build it, and invested the money to make it a reality.
For Travel Oregon, the site is a way to make biking a larger and more profitable component of Oregon’s $1 billion dollar outdoor tourism industry.
Year: 09
Brand: Bianchi
Model: 928 mono-q
Color:celest green
Size:57
Stolen in lake oswego, OR 97034
Stolen:2009-08-4
Stolen From: subway downtown lake oswego
Owner: Phelan Kostur
OwnerEmail: pkostur@yahoo.com
Reward: yes
Description: its full ultegra with an fsa crank that has 49 52 chain rings it also has a powertap rear wheel. it has a celest saddle and carbon water bottle cages the front shifters are scraped up and one of the caps on the shifter has been replaced and its pretty obvious.
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
Popular used bike shop The Recyclery is leaving their current home in a Quonset hut on the corner of SE Madison and SE 7th and opening up at two other bike-friendly locations in the coming weeks.
I caught up with shop owner Robby Fenstermaker at their Madison location (they also have a small store in downtown Portland on SW 11th) yesterday to learn more about what’s going on.
Fenstermaker said he loves the SE Madison location, but its cavernous ceilings were impossible to heat in Portland’s icy winters. I asked if increased rents or other financial issues forced the move. “No” he said “it’s just really cold”. But if he has it his way, Fenstermaker might maintain a presence at this location. He’s talking with the landlord in hopes of occupying the building in the back (southern end) of the lot. That area currently houses the shop’s storage and repair facilities.
Year: 2006
Brand: Gary Fisher
Model: Wingra
Color:Black
Serial: WTU234C0621B
Stolen in Portland, OR 97204
Stolen:2009-08-3
Stolen From: US Bank Tower garage
Neighborhood: Downtown
Owner: Joe Williams
OwnerEmail: williamsjm@yahoo.com
Reward: $100
Description: Black Wingra 24 speed. front and rear lights, odometer. No toe clips.
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
The Obama Administration’s Cash for Clunkers program has caused a lot of confusion and a bit of outrage among bicycle and sustainable transportation advocates. For politicians devoted to the environment and sensible transportation choices, it has meant tough decisions.
Started as a way to kickstart the economy and improve the fuel efficiency of the nation’s auto fleet, the program has driven thousands of people to deserted auto dealers. The program has been so popular that it has run out of cash. The U.S. House of Representatives voted to add an additional $2 billion of emergency funding to the program and the Senate is expected to vote on it this week.
Year: 80s
Brand: fuji
Model: espree
Color:sanded down/ just metal
Size:um i’m 5’7″ and it fit me
Serial: ?
Stolen in portland, OR
Stolen:2009-07-25
Stolen From: NW 23rd and Lovejoy
Neighborhood: THe stupid Pearl
Owner: oliver fauria
OwnerEmail: oliverfauria@gmail.com
Description: so it’s kind of nondescript. the bike is totally sanded down to the metal it has black a black saddle and grip tape. in the front of the frame there is a sanded down metal logo that says fuji. it’ not a fixed gear and sadly i don’t remember how many speeds it was, 10 or so.
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
Portland State University professor Robert Bertini has been selected by the Obama administration to be the deputy administrator of the federal Research and Innovative Technology Administration.
According to The Oregonian, Bertini starts his new job on August 17th. At PSU he was a professor of civil and environmental engineering and the director of the Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium (OTREC).
U.S. Congressman Earl Blumenauer was the guest of honor at a fundraising event held in North Portland last night. Bike industry and advocacy bigwigs from across the country joined a host of local bike luminaries to thank the Congressman for his dedication to bike issues on Capitol Hill.
The event began with a four-mile bike ride from the headquarters of Cycle Oregon on N. Flint. The ride went down to the Esplanade via the Rose Quarter and stopped at the west end of the Hawthorne Bridge for a few remarks by Blumenauer before heading back up Williams.
Yesterday morning we reported on the temporary closure of the Steel Bridge lower deck, a major walk and bike commute route, from early morning to around 2pm. Reader Scott Mizée (you may recognize his name from his advocacy work with npGreenway) sent us this shot of the closure on the east side.
A popular mountain bike trail riding area in Scappoose, a town just 20 miles north of Portland, has been closed due to high fire season brought on by recent record-setting heat. The closure affects hundreds of thousands of acres of private forest land in Oregon and Washington and the timber company that owns the land is threatening to make the closure permanent if the violations of the closure continue.
Bike traffic in Portland seems to be at an all-time high this year. A few weeks back I shared a glimpse of bike traffic in N. Williams and I’ve been amazed at what I’ve seen in other areas as well. I can’t wait for the results of the City of Portland’s annual bike counts, especially if they show we’ve continued our current rate of increase (bridge bike traffic was up 28% last year).
This morning I got an email from reader Mike Wright. Mike is a 39-year old business analyst who lives in the Richmond Neighborhood near SE 42nd and Taggart. He rides over the Hawthorne Bridge everyday. Here’s how he described the scene as he rolled up to the intersection of SE 6th and Hawthorne at about 7:30 am this morning: