Month: June 2010

Black Trek FX 7.1 2009

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Year: 2009
Brand: Trek
Model: FX 7.1
Color:Black
Size:20 inch
Serial: WTU284C0405D
Photo: http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4038/4242976051_5d630d8cc7_z.jpg
Stolen in Portland, OR 97215
Stolen:2010-06-26
Stolen From: QFC Grocery on 55 and East Burnside
Neighborhood: Mt. Tablor
Owner: Tim Lauer
OwnerEmail: tim.lauer@gmail.com
Reward: 100
Description: Black Trek FX 7.1 with ulock, black fenders, bike gallery sticker, rechargable headlight, trek blinky light on back…
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: T10003930
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

red and grey Fuji Newest 3.0 2008

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Year: 2008
Brand: Fuji
Model: Newest 3.0
Color:red and grey
Size:?
Serial: ICF7A08716
Stolen in Portland, OR 97205
Stolen:2010-06-25
Stolen From: Dekum Building, 5th floor, on SW 3rd and Washington
Neighborhood: Downtown
Owner: Alissa Bohling
OwnerEmail: abohling@spiritone.com
Description: Women’s road bike, Fuji, red and grey, handlebar tape peeling on one side, black and mint green tires, Campagnolo wheels. Right side of handlebar bent near hood.
Police case: # 1051814
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

PBOT asks for donations to keep Sunday Parkways alive

Sunday Parkways NE-44

City is asking for help to fund
all five Sunday Parkways events
this year.
(Photos © J. Maus)

The second of five Sunday Parkways events happens this weekend and the City of Portland needs financial help from the community to keep them going.

A similar call for help went out last year when Sunday Parkways program manager Linda Ginenthal told us that “We know you don’t often receive requests like this from your City agencies. But Sunday Parkways isn’t business as usual.”

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Multnomah County Bike Fair location announced!

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Mult. Co. Bike Fair - MCBF '09-84

MCBF won’t be at Colonel Summers
Park this year, but it will
still be awesome!
(Photos © J. Maus)

Organizers of the Multnomah County Bike Fair — the event that marks the end of Pedalpalooza — have just announced its location.

This year’s MCBF will take place place this Sunday from 2:00 – 7:00pm on SE Alder Street between 12th and 14th (the southern end of the Washington High School lot). The location, date, and a few other key things about MCBF are different this year. Not only does the fair leave its former home of Colonel Summers Park on SE Belmont, but it’s on Sunday (instead of Saturday) and there won’t be a beer garden.

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‘Safety’ concerns prompt biking ban in Colorado town

A “No Bikes” sign greets
visitors to Black Hawk, CO.
(Photo: Bicycle Colorado)

As you probably have already heard, a small casino town in Colorado has passed – and is now enforcing – a ban on biking. The town of Black Hawk has drawn national attention for the ban and Colorado bike advocacy group Bicycle Colorado is mobilizing to have the law repealed.

The impetus behind the ban is a feeling by Black Hawk’s leaders that bike traffic simply gets in the way of its casino clientele — a clientele that has skyrocketed in numbers after a recent increase in the town’s betting limits.

I’ll repeat: This ban is not because the city of Black Hawk is concerned about the safety of people riding bikes, the ban was passed because bike traffic threatens the safety of motor vehicle traffic.

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Blue Kona Dew 2010

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Year: 2010
Brand: Kona
Model: Dew
Color:Blue
Serial: AJ09114524
Stolen in Portland, OR 97213
Stolen:2010-06-24
Stolen From: From my garage
Neighborhood: Rose City Park
Owner: Stephanie Austin
OwnerEmail: austin.steph@gmail.com
Reward: brownies
Description: Blue Kona Dew. Might still have front and back lights attached.
Police record with: Portland PD
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

City Club, freeways, and the ‘monstrous problem’ of cars in 1960

“We should avoid putting all of our eggs in the freeway basket. In the long run, the most efficient mass transportation is by means other than private automobile… catering to the whims of the individual in his own automobile has proven to be an outrageously expensive luxury…”
— City Club of Portland, 1960

50 years ago this week, The City Club of Portland published a report that provides a window into the mood of our city toward transportation at the height of the automobile age.

The Report on Freeways Location was published by a five-member City Club committee on June 24th, 1960. The document was drafted in order to provide the State Highway Commission and city planners guidance to decide the best route for a future freeway that would pass through downtown.

1960 was just four years after the U.S. Congress passed the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act. Using gas tax revenue, the federal government offered to pay 90% of the tab for highway construction.

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Red/Yellow Arriba (REI) Novara 1991

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Year: 1991
Brand: Arriba (REI)
Model: Novara
Color:Red/Yellow
Size:20
Serial: F1031422
Stolen in Portland, OR 97213
Stolen:2010-06-25
Stolen From: NE 61st Avenue between Thompson & Tillamook; accidently left garage door open overnight and so it was easy steal for people walking or driving by
Neighborhood: Rose City Park
Owner: Colleen Atherton
OwnerEmail: 22atherton@comcast.net
Reward: $50 if in same condition it left me
Description: A 19 year old mountain bike with medium tread tires for street or off-road; Speed Play mountain bike pedal clips; Red cyclocomputer; black saddle bag under seat; no shocks or fancy technology but in great condition
Police record with: Portland police (officer Mako)
Police reference#: 10-051622
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Cobalt Blue Serotta Fierte 2005

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Year: 2005
Brand: Serotta
Model: Fierte
Color:Cobalt Blue
Size:58-60cm
Serial: FI-58-01340
Stolen in Portland, OR 97213
Stolen:2010-06-25
Stolen From: NE 61st Avenue between Thompson & Tillamook; accidently left garage door open over night so it was an easy steal of the 3 bikes in my garage
Neighborhood: Rose City Park
Owner: Colleen Atherton
OwnerEmail: 22atherton@comcast.net
Reward: $500 if in same condition it left me
Description: Cobalt blue with silver lettering and 2 silver cages; black tape on handle bars; silver Cat Eye Astrale 8 cyclocomputer; Terry seat with butterfly; Bontrager tires; small saddle bag with tire repair gear; great condition
Police record with: Portland police (officer Mako)
Police reference#: 10-051622
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Cobalt Blue Serotta Fierte 2004

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Year: 2004
Brand: Serotta
Model: Fierte
Color:Cobalt Blue
Size:58cm
Serial: FI 58 804
Stolen in Portland, OR 97213
Stolen:2010-06-25
Stolen From: NE 61st Avenue between Thompson & Tillamook; accidently left my garage door open overnight and so they walked in and effortlessly stole the bike
Neighborhood: Rose City Park
Owner: Colleen Atherton
OwnerEmail: 22atherton@comcast.net
Reward: none
Description: Cobalt blue with silver lettering and accessories; no seat; handle bar tape was black/grey/white spotted; slightly tweaked front frame and handle bars so nominally rideable(was driven into a low hang ceiling on car roof rack)
Police record with: Portland police
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

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