Electra’s new “Ticino”.
Month: August 2009
A Tour de Fat slideshow
New Belgium Brewing’s Tour de Fat rolled through Portland on Saturday. The event has been coming to town since 2003 and somehow, it just keeps getting better.
Maybe it’s the huge bike parade that always attracts a high percentage of freak/art bikes and costumed riders, or maybe it’s because it’s free to enter and you can see excellent live music and performance acts, or maybe it’s just because it’s an excuse to have a bike-themed party in a park while raising money for local non-profits. Whatever the reason, it’s always a good time.
Portland Opera will bring La Bohème to the bikeway
Portland Opera has found another way to tap into the local bike scene. Back in May, we brought you the story of how they actively encourage visiting Opera stars to borrow bikes while they’re in town.
Now, they plan to bring the Opera directly to the bikeways with a new event they call Bikes, Bohème, and Beer. This Friday, Portland Opera has invited all bike commuters that roll by their SE Caruthers Street location to stop in for complimentary beverages on their riverside patio (that just so happens to be a few feet from the busy Eastbank Esplanade). Here’s a snip from their notice about the event:
Blue/Teal Univega Via Carisma early 90s
Year: early 90s
Brand: Univega
Model: Via Carisma
Color:Blue/Teal
Size:61 cm/24″
Serial: 6N562073
Photo: http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/5992/univega.jpg
Stolen in Portland, OR 97201
Stolen:2009-08-17
Stolen From: Bike went missing from the bike racks adjacent to the streetcar tracks running between Cramer hall and Lincoln hall on the PSU campus.
Neighborhood: PSU/Downtown
Owner: Dan Fuller
OwnerEmail: danielpfuller@gmail.com
Description: The photo linked to above shows the bike as it appeared when it went missing. Frame and forks are CrMo. Front fork is unicrown-style with 5 mm lowrider rack bosses. Frame has housing stops on downtube and toptube, with rear brake cable routed past the seat cluster via a small piece of brazed-on tubing. Frame was originally entirely teal, but has had blue spray enamel (flaking to reveal black underneath) applied to the top tube. Rear dropouts are vertical.
Front and rear wheels have Pitlock locking skewers. Rear wheel has 36 spokes laced to a Shimano Deore XT 7-speed hub and an asymmetrical rim. Front hub has 36 spokes laced to a V-section rim and a Shimano Dynohub. Dynohub is wired to a B&M Lumotec IQ Fly LED headlight as well as a Seculite Plus LED taillight (mounted to fender). Both rims are Velocity brand, but without identifying labels. White reflective tape is applied to approx. 1/3 of the inner circumference of each rim.
Bike has an aluminum chainguard and front and rear wire baskets. Handlebar is a swept-back steel one (Nitto Albatross model) with a single Suntour Bar-Con shifter mounted on the left side. Rear derailer is Shimano STX. Brakes are center-pull cantilever style. Saddle is a brown Brooks B17.
Crank is a Shimano BioPace, 170 mm length with a single 44T chainring. Bottom bracket is an adjustable cup-and-cone type. Cassette is a Shimano 9-speed 11-34 with the top cog removed to fit onto the 7-speed freehub body. Pedals are aluminum with rubber platforms.
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike
Celeste Bianchi Axis
Brand: Bianchi
Model: Axis
Color:Celeste
Stolen in Portland, OR 97210
Stolen:2009-08-17
Stolen From: Stolen from home close to 23rd & johnson st
Neighborhood: NW Portland
Owner: Robert Barnette
OwnerEmail: liz.spajic@yahoo.com
Reward: $100.00
Description: Single silver water bottle cage, platform clipless pedals, pedros under seat tool kit pouch….
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike
Join us for a Get Together in inner Northeast
Talkin’ bikes at last month’s Get Together.
(Photos © J. Maus)
(Photos © J. Maus)
We’re excited to announce our next Get Together!
If you live/work/ride in or around inner Northeast Portland’s Alberta Arts District, join us next week to talk bikes, bike commuting, bike business, bike events, bike advocacy, and more.
We’ll host an evening of socializing and inspiration on Tuesday, 8/25 from 5:30 – 7:30pm at the Radio Room (1101 NE Alberta). We’ll be out on the patio if the weather’s nice and come early to grab a prime parking spot in the Radio Room’s awesome bike corral.
The Monday Roundup
There was a lot of news this week. We broke it down by region.
National news
– The $3 billion federal Cash for Clunkers program has been slightly hard on used car dealerships, but is great for auto salvagers, con artists, people who couldn’t previously afford to get an SUV, and new car manufacturers, particularly ones in Asia. The program has, however, helped catch one hit and run perpetrator.
Portland’s first bike convenience store now open for business
Edwin Skaug stands inside his new store.
(Photos © J. Maus)
(Photos © J. Maus)
When 30-year-old Edwin Skaug realized convenience stores aren’t exactly convenient for people who ride bikes (they typically lack bike parking and they don’t sell any bike essentials), he figured he’d open one up that was. The result is his new business — A Convenient Cycle.
Purple 3Rensho Track 2007
Year: 2007
Brand: 3Rensho
Model: Track
Color:Purple
Size:55cm
Photo: http://www.pedalconsumption.com/m_s/stolen_bikes.jpg
Stolen in Portland, OR 97206
Stolen:2009-08-15
Stolen From: A block down from MLK and Ash St., near Rotture.
Neighborhood: SE
Owner: Jake Ricker
OwnerEmail: jakericker@gmail.com
Reward: YES
Description: For image #1
• Frame: 3Rensho (purple-metallic)
• Front Wheel: SPIN Tri-Spoke (white)
• Rear Wheel: Chub Hub (black), H Plus Son Formation Face (black)
• Headset: Campy NJS (silver)
• Stem: Dura-Ace (silver)
• Handlebars: Syntace Pursuit Bars (silver)
• Seatpost: Thomson Elite (silver)
• Saddle: Sam Marco Rolls Ti (white)
• Cranks: Sugino 75 (silver)
• Bottom Bracket: Hatta
• Chainring: Sugino 75 – 49t (silver)
• Pedals: MKS Sylvan (silver)
• Toe Straps: Cadence Double (black)
Police record with: 090 72910
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
White Bianchi Pista Concept 2007
Year: 2007
Brand: Bianchi
Model: Pista Concept
Color:White
Size:53cm
Photo: http://www.pedalconsumption.com/m_s/stolen_bikes.jpg
Stolen in Portland, OR 97206
Stolen:2009-08-15
Stolen From: A block down from MLK and Ash St., near Rotture
Owner: Patrick Thames
OwnerEmail: patrick@pedalconsumption.com
Reward: YES
Description: For image #2
• Frame: Pista Concept 2007 (white)
• Front Wheel: Phil Wood Low-Flange (silver), H Plus Son (gold), DT Swiss Spokes (black)
• Rear Wheel: Phil Wood Low-Flange (silver), H Plus Son (gold), DT Swiss Spokes (black)
• Headset: Stock Cane Creek (black)
• Stem: Thomson Elite 50mm (black)
• Handlebars: Nitto B-201 Riser Bars (black)
• Seatpost: Thomson Elite (black)
• Saddle: Sam Marco Supercorsa (black)
• Cranks: Sugino 75 (black)
• Bottom Bracket: Sugino 75
• Chainring: Sugino 75 – 44t (black)
• Pedals: Odyssey Twisted PC (black)
• Toe Straps: Hold Fast
Police record with: 090 72910
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike
red Schwinn cruiser 1970
Year: 1970
Brand: Schwinn
Model: cruiser
Color:red
Size:womens
Stolen in portland, OR 97214
Stolen:2009-08-14
Stolen From: down town portland
Owner: Paige Prendergast
OwnerEmail: paigeprendergast@yahoo.com
Description: red lady bug bell, metal wire basket, chipped paint, white letters, faulty back brake
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike
Sunday Parkways leaves its mark on Southeast Portland
Oh, the things people will do when
they can play in the streets. Jumping
over a kiddie pool at SE 47th and Taylor.
-Slideshow below/Gallery–
(Photos © J. Maus)
they can play in the streets. Jumping
over a kiddie pool at SE 47th and Taylor.
-Slideshow below/Gallery–
(Photos © J. Maus)
Southeast Portland received the gift of Sunday Parkways today. And — like they have in the previous two events this summer — people turned out in droves to enjoy the perfect weather and serenity of carfree streets.
At Colonel Summers Park, kids flocked to the skills course put together by the Northwest Trail Alliance. Set up on a baseball diamond, the kids couldn’t get enough of the teeter-totter and narrow, wooden tracks.