March 2010 Archives

Blue Lotus Road/Hybrid 2010

Buffered Bike Lane with a bike symbol and arrow pointing forward

Year: 2010
Brand: Lotus
Model: Road/Hybrid
Color:Blue
Size:small
Stolen in Portland, OR 97205
Stolen:2010-03-25
Stolen From: It was propped (unlocked) against the bike rack in front of 519 SW Park Ave., downtown Portland.
Owner: Christen McCurdy
OwnerEmail: christenmccurdy@gmail.com
Reward: TBD
Description: Outfitted with rear wheel racks, front and rear lights. Stickers: ACLU and “Keep Portland Beered” (Bridgeport Brewing).
Police record with: T10001669
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike

Mountain bike group signs historic agreement with Oregon State Parks

Portland-based mountain bike advocacy group Northwest Trail Alliance has signed what they are calling a “landmark agreement” with Oregon State Parks. The agreement — the first of its kind between the agency and a user group — gives the NWTA the authority to design, build and maintain a network of new mountain bike-specific trails in L.L. Stub Stewart State Park (in western Washington County about 30 miles west of Portland).

The agreement is welcome news for the NWTA, who just last month found themselves having to respond to an illegal mountain bike trail that was discovered in Forest Park.

Detail from worksheet on traffic
hazards from K-3 curriculum.

The Bicycle Transportation Alliance, with a grant from the Oregon Safe Routes to School program, has developed a curriculum to teach traffic safety to young people. Called Neighborhood Navigators, the curriculum is available for kindergarten through eighth grade and is available free via download from the BTA’s website.

Here’s more about the curriculum from the BTA:

From the 2008 edition of the ride.
(Photo © J. Maus)

Portland’s version of the Ride of Silence is set for May 19th. Ride organizer Brian Echerer has been working with other citizen activists and partners in hopes of re-invigorating the ride after a disappointing turnout last year and he got a boost in that regard yesterday when Congressman Earl Blumenauer endorsed the event.

The Ride of Silence started in 2003 in Dallas Texas and has since spread to hundreds of cities throughout the world. It’s a somber and silent affair meant to draw attention to road safety issues and remember people who have lost their lives while biking in traffic.

Year: 2007
Brand: Gary Fisher
Model: Monona
Color:Silver
Size:17.5
Serial: WTU065C2369B
Stolen in Portland, OR 97212
Stolen:2010-03-24
Stolen From: Stolen from a garage on NE 15th Ave between Tillamook and Thompson during the middle of the night.
Neighborhood: Irvington neighborhood
Owner: Loanda Lichtwardt
OwnerEmail: loandaschaad@yahoo.com
Description: Silver frame Gary Fisher from River City Bikes. Black rack on back. Black and grey seat with small red stripes. Mount for light on front handle bar.
Police record with: 10-023930
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Listen up! BikePortland partners with 94.7 FM

Screenshot from “Spring Cycle”
page of 94.7fm website.

Last Fall, the folks at Entercom Radio in Portland called me up and said they wanted to do a promotional campaign that focused on bicycling. I like radio — and I especially like spreading the good word about bikes to new audiences — so I said I’d be happy to be a part of it. The result is the “Spring Cycle” — a partnership between 94.7 FM and BikePortland.org.

Looking north on NE 12th at Sandy/Burnside.
(A bicycle-only lane is coming soon).
(Photos © J. Maus)

The East Burnside Couch Couplet project is nearing completion and the Bureau of Transportation has already begun the “traffic transfer” that will eventually turn Burnside and Couch into one-way, east-west thoroughfares.

What will these changes mean for people on bicycles?

It’s been six months since I took an in-depth look at how bike traffic is impacted by this project, so last week I got a briefing from PBOT on the latest updates and bike traffic advisories. I also took a reconnaissance ride through the area a few days later just to see how things were shaping up.

April 14th!

Bike to Blazers is shaping up nicely and now we’ve even got the blessing of Blazers icon and NBA Hall of Famer Bill Walton (watch video below).

But before I bring you up to speed, get your tickets if you haven’t already. We’ve got a limited amount set aside so all us bike nuts can sit together — which will make our “We Biked Here” signs and five seconds of fame on the jumbotron that much sweeter.

OK, back to the updates…

Local rider Ben Kaufmann riding
on trails near The Grotto.
(Photo: Andrew Callaci)

Local BMX riders are hoping to stop what they say are plans to bulldoze a popular network of trails and jumps located in a forested area near The Grotto in outer Northeast Portland.

Shad Johnson, owner of Goods BMX shop, told us that Portland Police approached people at the site yesterday to announce that due to a complaint by a nearby homeowner, the trails and jumps will be “plowed within two weeks.”

“This is really big deal,” says Johnson, “these trails have been a staple to Portland BMXers for 16 years. In the past few years with BMX growing stronger in Portland there has been a lot of work been put into them.”

bike parking near Aerial Tram - South Waterfront-2

Portland is an ideal place to start a bike-related business. Not only do we have a vast array of people who enjoy riding all types of bicycles, but we’ve also got an increasingly supportive business and development community.

In the past few days I’ve come across three interesting opportunities that every aspiring bicycle entrepreneur should be aware of.

Brand: Shogun
Model: road bike
Color:Black/White
Size:60
Stolen in Portland, OR 97232
Stolen:2010-03-23
Stolen From: NE Everett St between 22&24
Neighborhood: kerns
Owner: Paul Banta
OwnerEmail: ponderingsage@hotmail.com
Description: I am contacting local shops to keep an eye out for my bike which was stolen right from my house. I wish I had the serial # but don’t. Its a Black and white shogun, Tall about 60 cm. Red cloth bar tape on bull horn style bars. Black fenders back and front. Also had a rack on the back and A burly Trailer hitch attachment on the rear dropout.
Please let me know if you come across it.
Thanks
Paul
503.515.9925

Black/White Shogun

Brand: Shogun
Color:Black/White
Size:60
Stolen in Portland, OR 97232
Stolen:2010-03-23
Stolen From: Stolen right out of my house. On NE Everett St. between 22th and 24th.
Neighborhood: kerns
Owner: Paul Banta
OwnerEmail: ponderingsage@hotmail.com
Description: Black and white shogun, Tall about 60 cm. Red cloth bar tape on bull horn style bars. Black fenders back and front. Also had a rack on the back and A burly Trailer hitch attachment on the rear dropout. PBlack and white shogun, Tall about 60 cm. Red cloth bar tape on bull horn style bars. Black fenders back and front. Also had a rack on the back and
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike

Blue Lotus Road/Hybrid 2010

Mountain bike group signs historic agreement with Oregon State Parks

Kids traffic safety curriculum goes open source

With Blumenauer’s support, Ride of Silence set for May 19th

Silver Gary Fisher Monona 2007

Listen up! BikePortland partners with 94.7 FM

Burnside-Couch project brings changes to bikeways

A message from Bill Walton (and a Bike to Blazers update)

BMX riders rally to save jump trails near The Grotto

Portland, the land of (bike business) opportunity

Black/White Shogun road bike

Black/White Shogun

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