Bike traffic on N. Interstate Ave.
(Photo © J. Maus)
(Photo © J. Maus)
The weekend is upon us. Pull up our excellent and jam-packed Weekend Event Guide and plan out your bike fun.
I’ve been in Lake Tahoe, California for the past few days (last-minute family thing, I’ve been writing stories late at night and early morning!), so I won’t be participating in all the great events going on… So, as per usual, share your plans and adventures in the comments below.
Have a great weekend.
Thanks for reading.
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Jonathan,
If you have a mtn bike with you in S Lake Tahoe, you MUST find the trail called, “Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride.” Starts of with some technical sections and gets faster and faster as you roll. You’ll be smiling at the end…guaranteed.
How about the OBRA Master’s Track Championships at Alpenrose Velodrome.
Free to spectate, highly entertaining, cheap to race. Last major track event of the season.
Just past this weekend, there are two important events next week:
Aug 31, 6pm – Write Your Way – Vendetta
Group letter writing event, more info: http://activerightofway.org
Sept 1, 4pm – Rally for the Bus – City Hall
Say NO to service cuts and fare increases)
http://opalpdx.org
See you there!
Visiting the Bike Farm on Saturday, to see if I can get some guidance rebuilding the rear hub (Normandy 5-speed) on my gorgeous ’60’s MAGNEET Sprint Deluxe, Dutch road bike.
Ridng the Beaverton, Banks and Beyond ride being put on by the BW Bicycle Safety Council. Should be a beautiful ride out to Stub Stewart State Park and back.
Will be trying to find a route to Hopworks Bike2Beer Fest that doesn’t require riding on Powell or the sidewalk. I may have to walk.
You know Hopworks, that supposedly bike-friendly pub that is located on one of the most un-bike-friendly streets in Portland?
re: Bike2Beer Fest – Clinton to 29th and over to Hopworks is about as bike-friendly as they come. The only bad part is crossing Powell but there is a crosswalk there so should be no problem.
@Jeremy: Can’t speak from much experience down there but the HUB site recommends crossing at the light at 26th.
Friday evening: BTA Square Dance on North Mississippi
I also recommend the crossing light at 26th. I go through here every week, and that’s the best way to get across Powell. HUB is in a tough spot where traffic doesn’t have much time to spot a pedestrian (and usually doesn’t care about stopping).
Would love it if HOP had opened on Woodstock. 🙂
Speaking of crossing Powell- I crossed at 71st to get to Mt. Tabor just a couple of hours ago, whereupon I was almost creamed by a patrol car. He was speeding down the residential side street with no siren, responding to a shooting @ 71st & Powell. Almost got me. I had also been verbally harassed twice by the motoring public just prior to that for no apparent random reason other than it was a nice day(?).
Ah well, I made it all the way up Mt. Tabor without dying, a first for me.
A bad day bicycling is better than a good day at work, Amen!
#12: “Ah well, I made it all the way up Mt. Tabor without dying, a first for me.” Are you implying that you, in the past, had previously made it to the top of Mt. Tabor WITH dying? 😉
Star Michael @ the Bike Farm helped me out a bunch, guided me graciously, and demonstrated a knowledge of bike-foo that only comes with experience.
Bike Farm good.
The Beaverton, Banks and Beyond ride was great. A nice little headwind aside, the weather was perfect and the route was mostly great. A couple roads on the route back weren’t a great choice, but whatever. The ride was a lot of fun.
Neil@15
It was a lot of fun, especially the stretch on the Banks Vernonia trail coming back, and the nice tailwind too.
The weather was perfect. I need to go back out to Stub Stewart and do some mountain biking on the trails.