Month: April 2010

Blue Trek Fuel EX 7 Mountain Bike 2006

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Year: 2006
Brand: Trek
Model: Fuel EX 7 Mountain Bike
Color:Blue
Size:19.5 inch
Serial: WL 337 09 38
Stolen in Portland, OR 97212
Stolen:2010-04-18
Stolen From: Parking lot adjacent to McMenamins St. John’s Theater Pub. Between 1:20 and 2:07 p.m. Stolen from car rack along with a friend’s 2007 21 inch Red Specialized Epic.
Neighborhood: St. John’s/North Portland
Owner: Jon Coney
OwnerEmail: jconey@comcast.net
Reward: $500
Description: Bontrager bar ends, Trek handle bar-mounted computer, fresh Bontrager Jones ACX 2.1 tires, various frame scrapes. Call 503-544-1276
Police record with: Officer #28929
Police reference#: 10-31085
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Silver Gray Giant Warp DSX1 2004?

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Year: 2004?
Brand: Giant
Model: Warp DSX1
Color:Silver Gray
Serial: ?
Stolen in Portland, OR 97205
Stolen:2010-04-20
Stolen From: 700 SW Taylory next to Columbia Sportswear
Owner: Len White
OwnerEmail: lenbo211@yahoo.com
Description: It is a dual suspension dual disc brake mtn bike with hybrid tires. It will be missing it’s seat and there will be some scuffing on the top bar.
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike

Cemetery looks to raise $5,000 to sign safe bike route

Biking through the cemetery.
(Photo: mumblion/Flickr)

A fundraising campaign has begun to pay for signage of a popular bike route through River View Cemetery.

People on bikes prefer the route through River View because it’s a safe and pleasant alternative from the high-speed auto traffic on Taylor’s Ferry and other major roads nearby.

Cemetery staff have voiced concerns about unsafe bike traffic through their private property for nearly four years. Back in April 2006, they threatened to prohibit bike access if more wasn’t done to curtail inconsiderate and dangerous riding.

The issue did not go away and tensions flared up again last fall after cemetery staff installed speed bumps which some riders blamed for crashes that resulted in serious injuries.

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black/dark green Trek 7100 2007

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Year: 2007
Brand: Trek
Model: 7100
Color:black/dark green
Size:21″
Serial: wtu069c13886
Stolen in portland, OR 97205
Stolen:2010-04-16
Stolen From: sw 15th and burnside
Neighborhood: downtown
Owner: Andrew Frahm
OwnerEmail: herr.apathi@gmail.com
Description: trek 7100 minor scratches on frame shimano clipless pedals (black and silver) and a front light zip tied to the frame
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike

Updated: Tomorrow night: Bicycle EDition of The Ed Forman Show

Flyer from Ed’s show last month.

Tomorrow night (Tuesday, 4/20) biking will be the focus of the The Ed Forman Show, a live comedy/talk show held weekly at Dante’s in downtown Portland (1 SW 3rd Ave). I’ll be a guest on the show along with Shift volunteer and general bike fun activist extraordinaire Meghan Sinnott and tall-biking, gravity biking, acrobalancing superstar Jon “Dutch” Paglia (whom you might have seen performing at Filmed by Bike over the weekend).

Curious about what to expect? Here’s how the Willamette Week describes the show:

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How a local non-profit is breaking down biking’s color barrier

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Alison Hill Graves at a presentation
held in the Portland Building on
Thursday.
(Photo © J. Maus)

It’s been over a year since the Community Cycling Center embarked on an effort to better understand why Portland’s bike riding masses lack racial diversity.

In a story published here back in October, CCC executive director Alison Hill Graves said, “The people riding and making decisions about bicycles is a white, middle class group.”

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Red TREK 7.2 Fx

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Brand: TREK
Model: 7.2 Fx
Color:Red
Size:20in
Serial: WTU021C1613B
Stolen in Portland, OR 97219
Stolen:2010-03-18
Stolen From: The bike was stolen from the Lewis & Clark College campus
Neighborhood: SE
Owner: Hannah Somhegyi
OwnerEmail: hsomhegyi@gmail.com
Description: I had a metal bell on the front handlebars and a light on the front and back
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Yellow Jamis EarthCruiser 2000

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Year: 2000
Brand: Jamis
Model: EarthCruiser
Color:Yellow
Size:17 inch
Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pyranometer/487704776/in/set-72157594234765560/
Stolen in Portland, OR 97201
Stolen:2010-04-9
Stolen From: 6th and Hall
Neighborhood: PSU area
Owner: Asher Atkinson
OwnerEmail: asheratkinson@comcast.net
Description: Women’s style from with Nexus 7 speed internal hub with internal rear brake. Silver PlanetBike fenders. Black rear rack
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike

Guest post from Rep. Earl Blumenauer: A Job Well Done

The article below is a guest post by U.S. Congressman Earl Blumenauer.

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Blumenauer (right) and US DOT Sec. LaHood
at the National Bike Summit.
(Photo © J. Maus)

When I first came to Congress in 1996, the concept of cyclists as a powerful advocacy group was, at best, near fetched. Now, almost fifteen years later, I am constantly impressed and inspired by the bicycle community’s passion, commitment, organization and advocacy efforts.

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Blue Schwinn Midtown 2008

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Year: 2008
Brand: Schwinn
Model: Midtown
Color:Blue
Size:26′
Stolen in Portland, OR 97202
Stolen:2010-04-19
Stolen From: my garage on SE Martins Street, Eastmoreland, Reed College
Neighborhood: Eastmoreland
Owner: Phillip Kelsven
OwnerEmail: phkelsven@yahoo.com
Description: Blue Schwinn Midtown cruiser style bike with custom big seat, front and rear plastic fenders, front and rear planet bike lights, bell that says “I Love PDX”, kryptonite u lock, bontrager bike pump
Police reference#: T10002197

Section of Springwater Trail re-opens: Celebration planned tonight

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A section of the Springwater Trail on the Willamette River near the Sellwood Bridge that has been closed since September officially re-opens today. The Bureau of Environmental Services had been working on a sewer pipeline project that had closed the trail from SE Spokane St. to Umatilla.

To celebrate the re-opening of the trail, BES will have refreshments for trail users at SE Grand and Umatilla from 4:00 – 6:00pm tonight (4/19).

Here’s the flyer:

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The Monday Roundup

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Here’s the news that caught our eye this week:

– Some European airports are beginning to resume flights today, after four days during which no air travel to or from Europe was possible due to clouds of ash from an Icelandic volcano, heavily disrupting global trade, particularly in perishable goods. Some stranded travelers have found creative ways to get around, including one impromptu bicycle parade.

– In Paris, the battle against the “unacceptable hegemony of the automobile” will soon result in the removal of much of the expressway that runs along the Seine. It will be replaced with a smaller road, parks, and a botanical garden on a barge.

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Latest Headlines

Guest Opinion: Portland needs more protected bike lanes — and we need them now

District 2 finally gets representation on key city council committee

Lawmakers want $3 million from state coffers for 82nd Avenue bus lanes

Neighborhood group, backed by bike advocate, opposes bike lane upgrades

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