Month: July 2011

White Specialized Dolce Elite 2011

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Year: 2011
Brand: Specialized
Model: Dolce Elite
Color:White
Size:54
Serial: WSBC602340907F
Stolen in Portland, OR 97205
Stolen:2011-07-20
Stolen From: Lock was clipped right outside Jeld-Wen field. Bike was locked to bike rack on SW Yamhill and 18th street during 7/20 Timbers game.
Neighborhood: SW
Owner: Morley McBride
OwnerEmail: moemcbride@yahoo.com
Reward: Yes
Description: White Specialized Dolce road bike: almost brand new, white frame (woman specific design) with bit of green on down tube, white handlebar tape, white saddle, clipless pedals, SRAM shifters, two bottle cages [one silver, one black]. Bike was only a few weeks old! Retails for about $1500 and I bought it just a few weeks ago so I would LOVE to get it back.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 11-61410
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Local woman launches site to sell ‘Deaf Cyclist’ patches

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From DeafBikeSigns.com

Being deaf while mixing with traffic on a bike poses unique challenges.

What if you couldn’t hear the ring of the bell or the “on your left” so many of us rely on? What if the person you were passing or riding next to was Deaf? How would know? You wouldn’t. Unless of course, they had some sort of sign to make it clear.

Portlander Carrie Brewer, 31, knows this problem intimately. She is Deaf and she loves to ride bikes. When she sustained a serious injury from a crash with another rider, Carrie was inspired to do something about it. She has launched DeafBikeSigns.com to help identify those folks in the bikeway who can’t hear you.

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City responds to Cully cycle track obstruction problem

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Cans on cully.
(Photo © J. Maus)

After being made aware of a problem with garbage and recycling containers being left on the Cully Blvd cycle track, the City of Portland has decided to launch an education effort to encourage residents to keep the bikeway clear of obstructions.

In a story last week, I shared the experience of Portlander Bjorn Warloe, who was frustrated with how often the debris carts are left in the bikeway on Cully.

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Bianchi Reparto Course

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Year: 2001
Brand: Bianchi
Model: Reparto Course Professional Cycling Team
Color:Celeste with yellow seat tube and fork
Size:49 cm
Photo: http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/3944/bianchii.jpg
Stolen in Portland, OR 97212
Stolen:2011-06-24
Stolen From: 3504 NE 8th Avenue, garage on Fremont facing Irving Park
Owner: Samantha Murray
OwnerEmail: smurray@oceanconservancy.org
Reward: $500
Description: Celeste all over, with yellow seat tube and fork. Says "professional cycling team" in blue on top tube. Very rare frame. Celeste (Bianchi) saddle and bar tape with hard to find Celeste Look clipless pedals. Not sure if this bike is a 1998 or 2001, but think it’s the Mega Pro XL Reparto Course modeled after Pantani’s Bianchi that won him the Tour in 1998. 90% sure it’s aluminum, but could be alloy, yellow fork is definitely carbon. Campy components throughout, mostly Avanti. Think it’s a 49 cm but could be up to 51 cm.
Police record with: Portland PD
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

“Bike Race”: OPB show will tackle Williams project

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The popular Oregon Public Broadcasting radio show, Think Out Loud, will tackle PBOT’s North Williams Traffic Safety Project tomorrow.

Here’s how OPB sets up tomorrow’s one-hour discussion:

“North Williams Avenue in Portland has become a controversial street in the last few months. Currently, on the one way street, there are two lanes for cars plus a bike lane, but the bike lane often overflows as cyclists leave downtown at rush hour. The Portland Bureau of Transportation planned on transforming one of the two car lanes into a wider bike lane, but the project has been delayed. That’s because some in the historically African-American neighborhood felt that the project didn’t adequately address important issues like gentrification, equity and race.”

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Bike Law 101: Harassment and how to deal with it

Bike lane in action

(Photo © J. Maus)

Having commanded ownership of the road for decades, sharing it is an often unfamiliar and difficult idea for many motor vehicle operators. To now be required to share that space with people on bicycles is for some, rather difficult. Many people honestly believe bicycles don’t have the same legal rights to the roadway that cars do.

This conviction is fueled by a general unawareness and confusion about the rights and duties of operating a motor vehicle and it’s compounded by unpredictable and unsafe behavior of some bike riders. The potent mix of fear and entitlement on both sides of the windshield can sometimes ignite an explosion of anger; an explosion that often falls into one of three legal categories: harassment, menacing or assault.

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Silver Specialized Rock Hopper 2004

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Year: 2004
Brand: Specialized
Model: Rock Hopper
Color:Silver
Size:19
Serial:P3EK44288
Stolen in Portland, OR 97204
Stolen:2011-07-18
Stolen From: Robert Duncan Plaza on SW First Ave/SW Oak downtown Portland
Neighborhood: Downtown
Owner: Connor Seli
OwnerEmail: connor.seli@gmail.com
Reward: 100
Description: Silver Rock Hopper with front/rear slicks. Had a peeling "Moldy Chum" sticker on the downbar and a "Corporate Fly Fishing Still Sucks" sticker on either the seat post(pretty sure) or maybe the head tube.
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Red Mongoose Full Suspension

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Brand: Mongoose
Model: Full Suspension
Color:Red
Size:L-XL
Stolen in Portland, OR 97204
Stolen:2011-07-19
Stolen From: In front of Multnomah County offices at 426 SW Stark.
Neighborhood: Downtown
Owner: Tania Kohring
OwnerEmail: tmkniner@yahoo.com
Description: Red, Mongoose, full-suspension, missing 3 pedal reflectors, had foam pad taped to seat
Police record with: Portland PD
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike

Four new bike guidebooks for Portland, Oregon coming in 2012

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New guidebooks will help you
explore more of the city (and state)
with confidence.
(Photo © J. Maus)

What good is a city and state that’s absolutely brimming with great bicycling if you don’t know the best routes or the insider tips?

By the end of next year, four new cycling guidebooks — two for Portland, and two for Oregon — will remedy that situation, making great routes and advice available to everyone.

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