Month: February 2010

burgundy Premium 4 Carat 2009

Buffered Bike Lane with a bike symbol and arrow pointing forward

Year: 2009
Brand: Premium
Model: 4 Carat
Color:burgundy
Size:20″
Serial: PRW9N0384
Photo: http://www.vitalbmx.com/product/guide/Complete-BMX-Bikes,6/Premium/Four-Carat,1433
Stolen in West Linn, OR 97068
Stolen:2010-02-12
Stolen From: Willamette Primary School in West Linn
Neighborhood: Willamette (historic part of West Linn)
Owner: Lacey Prueitt
OwnerEmail: laceyprueitt@msn.com
Reward: $200
Description: It is a bmx bike without pegs.
Police record with: Huntsman
Police reference#: 10-268
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

The lion sleeps: No (official) “Ronde” ride this year – UPDATED

Buffered Bike Lane with a bike symbol and arrow pointing forward
Tour of Flanders, Portland-Style - De Ronde-7

An estimated 600 riders turned
out for “De Ronde” last year.
(Photos © J. Maus)

The De Ronde van Oeste Portlandia — a ride through Portland’s hills inspired by the classic Tour of Flanders — will not be held this year.

With the ride’s April date approaching, I’ve been getting a steady stream of emails about it. Thanks to the ride’s popularity (spurred in part by great coverage on Oregon Public Broadcasting last year) people are already making plans to ride it. But there will not be a fourth annual De Ronde…at least it won’t be publicly announced.

Read more

Worst Day Ride now second largest in the state

Buffered Bike Lane with a bike symbol and arrow pointing forward

Rain? What rain?
(Photo: Good Sport Promotion/Flickr)

The Worst Day of the Year Ride is now the second largest ride in Oregon. This past Sunday organizers say that 3,500 people showed up, putting it behind only Bridge Pedal’s 20,000 or so participants in terms of size.

This was the ninth annual Worst Day Ride, so named because the weather almanac deems the date as being statistically likely to be cold, wet, and rainy. Funny thing is, weather on the ride has a history of being quite pleasant. On Sunday, the sun returned yet again, but riders still pedaled through plenty of rain.

Read more

Businesses get into the art of bike racks

More and more local businesses are eschewing the utilitarian and mundane City-issue bike racks and opting instead for a more artistic version. There are a lot of reasons this might be happening: Perhaps it’s a way stand out in the crowd (now that bike parking is no longer a novelty); or maybe it’s a way to do some clever branding.

Whatever the reason. I like it.

Who says vehicle parking has to be all function and no form? Here are a few examples I’ve seen around town recently:

Read more

Poll: Where should PBOT hold the September Sunday Parkways?

Buffered Bike Lane with a bike symbol and arrow pointing forward
Sunday Parkways Southeast-59

Which part of the city should get the
September Sunday Parkways? Vote below.
(Photo © J. Maus)

The Transportation Options Division within the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) recently announced the routes and dates of four of the five Sunday Parkways events planned for this summer.

The September edition of the event remains the “Mystery Sunday Parkways.” PBOT has announced a date, but they’ve remained tight-lipped about further details.

Read more

Tonight: Transportation Safety Summit

Buffered Bike Lane with a bike symbol and arrow pointing forward
PDOT Transportation Safety Summit

At the 2007 summit, we helped
PBOT with the safety chapter
of the 2030 Bike Plan.
(Photo © J. Maus)

Tonight from 6:30-8:30pm at the White Stag Building (70 NW Couch St) is the 4th Annual Transportation Safety Summit. Hosted by Mayor Sam Adams, this event will be an excellent opportunity to learn and to share your insights and concerns with the leaders of PBOT, ODOT, the Portland Police Bureau, and others.

The Summit comes at a time of a lot of news and momentum around traffic safety (back in January I wondered out loud whether 2010 would be the Year of Transportation Safety in Portland).

Read more

The Monday Roundup

Buffered Bike Lane with a bike symbol and arrow pointing forward

– China is forging ahead in building high speed rails for sleek, fast trains, while the Obama administration warns of the US falling behind.

– What if every time there was a crash involving a car and someone on foot or on a bike, the person behind the wheel of the 2,000 pound machine were held automatically liable? Some countries already work that way.

– A glimpse into the complex world of where highway subsidies come from and why they are becoming increasingly unaffordable.

Read more

blue schwinn caliente 1970ish

Buffered Bike Lane with a bike symbol and arrow pointing forward

Year: 1970ish
Brand: schwinn
Model: caliente
Color:blue
Photo: http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y161/ajnels1/bike.jpg
Stolen in Portland, OR 97213
Stolen:2010-02-15
Stolen From: 82nd and Powell
Neighborhood: Montavilla (of course…)
Owner: Aaron Nelson
OwnerEmail: aaronnelson83@gmail.com
Reward: can’t afford one. but i still want my bike back!!!
Description: It’s blue. It says “caliente” on the bar thingy in the middle. It has those cheap lights from REI velcro’ed on the front and back.
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Silver/Black LeMond Blue Sky SL 2005

Buffered Bike Lane with a bike symbol and arrow pointing forward

Year: 2005
Brand: LeMond
Model: Blue Sky SL
Color:Silver/Black
Size:med
Serial: ITK4020338
Stolen in Portland, OR 97202
Stolen:2010-02-12
Stolen From: out of a garage at corner of Se 16th and Malden.
Neighborhood: Sellwood/Moreland
Owner: Eric Miller
OwnerEmail: chasingmoose@gmail.com
Reward: $200
Description: black handlebar tape, one handlebar tube cover missing, spd pedals, Bontrager rims, trail-a-bike attachment on seatpost, chariot trailer attachment on rear skewer.
Police record with: CN 10-012385
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

What’s to love about Portland? (Through the eyes of Willie Weir)

Buffered Bike Lane with a bike symbol and arrow pointing forward

Author, columnist and “adventure cyclist” Willie Weir recently rolled through Portland. While here he soaked up our bike culture, interviewed locals, and snapped some fantastic photographs. The result was a feature article in Adventure Cycling magazine and a nifty audio slideshow that shows Portland through the eyes of an experienced traveler and unabashed bike lover.

Since Sunday is Valentine’s Day and many of us are still feeling the bike love following yesterday’s historic adoption of the Bike Plan, I thought I’d share Willie’s video. Watch, Portland: What’s to Love?, below…

Read more

Latest Headlines

Weekend Event Guide: Gold sprints, Springwater cleanup, and more

Guest opinion: ‘Bikeable Portland’ plan will get more people riding

PBOT says they’ve finally made progress on Vision Zero

Building tenants cry foul at planned bike lanes that would replace car parking

From the Archives

With six kids and no car, this mom does it all by bike