People on Bikes: E Burnside and SE Ankeny

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This woman reminded me of those old, black and white images of French porteurs.
(Photos © J. Maus)


Welcome to the latest installment of our People on Bikes photo series. The intent of these images is to create a visual narrative of bike traffic in Portland.

Today’s photos were taken on E. Burnside and SE Ankeny…

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Thanks for viewing. We’ll continue this series at locations throughout the Portland metro area. See more in the People on Bikes photo gallery.

Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)

Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)

Founder of BikePortland (in 2005). Father of three. North Portlander. Basketball lover. Car owner and driver. If you have questions or feedback about this site or my work, feel free to contact me at @jonathan_maus on Twitter, via email at maus.jonathan@gmail.com, or phone/text at 503-706-8804. Also, if you read and appreciate this site, please become a supporter.

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Gregg B
13 years ago

Great pictures, but where’s the bents?

A.K.
A.K.
13 years ago
Reply to  Gregg B

You’ll have to wait for the “Springwater” edition of the People on Bikes photoset for those…

Paul Johnson
Paul Johnson
13 years ago
Reply to  Gregg B

You mean all three of them in the Metro region?

mork
mork
13 years ago

Wow. Some cold fingers out there. I would be dying without gloves to protect my digits. Thanks for this series. It’s so fun to see what portlanders wear as they do their thing getting to work/school/play.

joey
joey
13 years ago

People are more upright in Copenhagen.

Paul Johnson
Paul Johnson
13 years ago
Reply to  joey

Copenhagen has the advantage of not having a market flooded with touring 10 speeds and mountain bikes, with a wide-open sea of comfortable commuter bikes to choose from.

Alex
Alex
13 years ago

Thanks for showing bikes that cost less than two grand for a change!

Spiffy
13 years ago

good to see a lot of lights, or at least the mounting brackets for them…

not seeing a lot of reflectors though… lights don’t always work when you press the button…

jocko
jocko
13 years ago

whiners

jv
jv
13 years ago

Regarding the lead photo – It always seems funny to me when people have huge front racks/baskets, but still are wearing backpacks. It is so much easier to carry the load on your bike rather than on your body.

Also – Not one single speed bike?

Josh G
Josh G
13 years ago
Reply to  jv

I gather carrying a lot of stuff Above the front wheel is a big hip trend.. maybe we’re leading here again.
But, 95% of the bikes I see w/ front racks aren’t designed for carrying much of any weight forward, let alone high up. I worry all these high trail bikes carrying a case of beer are more likely to wipe out in front of me!

m8adam
m8adam
13 years ago

That first photo is of a courier, which is why she has the rack and backpack. Also, to each their own. Maybe she doesn’t like putting weight on her front rack so much.

Did I miss it? Again?
Did I miss it? Again?
13 years ago
Reply to  m8adam

That being said, there were a few racks in those photos, and only one being used; everyone else was wearing a backpack.

Art Fuldodger
Art Fuldodger
13 years ago

Indeed, that seems odd to me. It’s like wearing a bathing suit (the backpack) when you can go nekkid…