Month: September 2011

Chesnut Metallic Kona Caldera 2003

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Year: 2003
Brand: Kona
Model: Caldera
Color:Chesnut Metallic
Size:21″ Frame
Serial: F208K1442
Photo: www.bikepedia.com/QuickBike/BikeSpecs.aspx?Year=2003&Brand=Kona&Model=Caldera&Type=bike
Stolen in Portland, OR 97213
Stolen:2011-09-19
Stolen From: My garage – on NE Alameda Street near Rose City Golf Course
Neighborhood: Rose City Park
Owner: Dave Hagerty
OwnerEmail: mopar62300@yahoo.com
Reward: $100 if returned in original undamaged condition
Description: Like new mountain bike with front suspension. Shimano Deore M525 hydraulic disc brakes, Shimano Deore M525 hydraulic disc levers. Shimano Deore Shift Leveres and Front Derailleur. Shimano Deore XT Rear Derailleur. Shimano FC-M445, 22/32/42 teeth crankset. Shimano PD-M505 SPD pedals. 9-speed, 11 – 32 teeth rear cogs. Shimano CN-HG53, 1/2 x 3/32″ chain. Kona Thumb seatpost. SDG Comp saddle. Kona Aluminum Riser handlebar. Shimano HB-M475 Disc hubs. Mavic X139 rims. 26 x 1.95″ Tioga Terra Firma tires. Stainless steel, 15ga. Front / 14ga. Rear straight gauge spoke brand.
Police record with: Portland Police
Police reference#: 11-81280
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Cycle Oregon seeks volunteers to help find Mark Bosworth

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Cycle Oregon just announced that they will charter a bus tomorrow morning full of volunteers from Portland to step up search efforts for Mark Bosworth. Bosworth was volunteering with Cycle Oregon on their week-long ride when he disappeared late Friday night from the town of Riddle.

A large search effort headquartered in Roseburg is being coordinated by the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office. Now Cycle Oregon hopes more eyes on the ground might lead to Bosworth’s discovery.

Read the call for volunteers below:

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blue/silver trek bt60 2008?

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Year: 2008?
Brand: trek
Model: bt60
Color:blue/silver
Size:20″
Photo: http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/9568/dscn1918if.jpg
Stolen in Portland, OR 97217
Stolen:2011-09-17
Stolen From: our back yard 1625 n killingsworth st, just w of interstate
Neighborhood: north portland. killingsworth at interstate
Owner: christine maxwell
OwnerEmail: agoatistodance@gmail.com
Reward: yes
Description: boy’s bike. silver and royal blue, black handle bars. green people’s co-op sticker on it that says “make your own”. newish hand grips.
Police record with: portland pd
Police reference#: T11006643
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike

Brown Panasonic Tourist ?

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Year: ?
Brand: Panasonic
Model: Tourist
Color:Brown
Stolen in Portland, OR 97211
Stolen:2011-09-19
Stolen From: Outside of the apartment building on NE Wheeler and Broadway.
Neighborhood: NE Broadway and Wheeler
Owner: Robert McConlogue
OwnerEmail: cjornexists@yahoo.com
Description: Brown w/ matching fenders. missing back and front reflectors. 27 inch wheels. Steel front wheel w/ 1 broken spoke, pretty new alloy back wheel.

Another unauthorized road sign; this time in Vancouver

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This sign was posted on NW Lower River Road in Vancouver. It has since been removed.
(Photos: Marcus Griffith)

For the third time this month, an unauthorized road sign has been discovered in the greater Portland metro area; and the trend has now hopped across the Columbia River into Vancouver.

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At 11th, Portland is top-ranked U.S. city in first-ever Copenhagenize Index

The top 12

Regular readers know that I don’t usually give any attention to the myriad lists of bike-friendly cities that are published each year. However, I’ve just stumbled on a new one that I think merits attention.

Copenhagenize, the influential consulting company and blog with outspoken advocate Mikael Colville-Andersen as its CEO, has published their first-ever Copenhagenize Index of the world’s top bike friendly cities.

Portland ranks a respectable 11th on the list and is the highest ranked city in the United States with 36 points. The top three cities were Amsterdam, Copenhagen, and Barcelona.

Creators of the list acknowledge that size-wise, Portland is small potatoes when compared with the other cities. Here’s what they had to say about us:

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silver Marin San Rafael 2007

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Year: 2007
Brand: Marin
Model: San Rafael
Color:silver
Size:17.5?
Serial:C527ESB056
Stolen in Portland, OR 97212
Stolen:2011-09-19
Stolen From: Taken out of our carport NE 27th Ave. between Knott & Brazee
Neighborhood: Irvington
Owner: Kathleen Frank
OwnerEmail: klfdesign@comcast.net
Description: Also, a red Giant mt. bike was stolen but don’t have all the info on it.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 11-81225
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Blue KHS Flite 220 2010

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Year: 2010
Brand: KHS
Model: Flite 220
Color:Blue
Size:57
Serial:v10u00053
Photo: http://www.khsbicycles.com/05_flite_220_09.htm
Stolen in Portland, OR 97217
Stolen:2011-09-17
Stolen From: my front porch, cable locks were cut
Neighborhood: Kenton off delewar and lombard infront of the charter school
Owner: Spenser Thompson
OwnerEmail: spenserthompson89@gmail.com
Reward: 250
Description: KHS Flite 220 road bike. Blue frame with white writing, black drop handle bars
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: T11006626
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Mark Bosworth is still missing: Updates and links

Missing person flyer from Douglas
County Sheriff’s Office.
–Download (PDF)-

The search continues today for Mark Bosworth, the Metro employee who went missing from the Cycle Oregon campsite in Riddle on Friday night.

Unfortunately, there aren’t any major leads or developments in the case at this time. However, since many people who read this site are friends or acquaintances of Mark’s, I want to keep everyone up to date.

Local media outlets are following the case closely. The Oregonian has sent reporter Stuart Tomlinson to Riddle to cover the case. Expect reports from him here. KOIN-TV reported a few minutes ago that law enforcement officials are following up on reports of a hitchhiker that could have been Mark who was seen near Riddle on Saturday morning.

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The Monday Roundup

Here’s are some of the stories and other interesting bits that caught my eye this past week…

— As people in Seattle who care about road safety continue to cope with a tragic spate of fatal bike collisions, one alt weekly responded with a compelling manifesto, OK Fine, It’s War. Here’s a snip:

“The mindless repetition of this “War on Cars” falsehood—by car advocates harboring a phony, self-serving sense of victimhood—has led to a situation in which this “War on Cars” is acknowledged by most Seattleites to be real. Because of this regrettable specter, it is high time that cyclists, pedestrians, and their transit-­riding comrades openly publish their views, their aims, their tendencies, and meet this nursery tale of a “War on Cars” with a manifesto of and by the nondrivers themselves.”

— The New York Times says the war on the streets in Copenhagen is between people on bikes and people on foot (look for that column to stoke yet another anti-bike controversy in the Big Apple).

— Sick of getting wet when you ride or schlepping rain gear? Check out the nifty “Rainfish” invention from Hood River.

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Celest Green Bianchi SL Alloy Centaur 2002

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Year: 2002
Brand: Bianchi
Model: SL Alloy Centaur
Color:Celest Green
Size:57cm
Stolen in Portland, OR
Stolen:2011-09-3
Stolen From: Bike was stolen from the parking garge of the Union Bank Tower
Neighborhood: Downtown
Owner: Michael Sciarra
OwnerEmail: mike_sciarra@yahoo.com
Reward: $250
Description: HED C2 wheels with White Industries silver hubs, Thompson Stem, Deda Handlebars and seatpost Fizik saddle
Police record with: Portland PD
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

tan Sekai 2400 Limited 1980

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Year: 1980
Brand: Sekai
Model: 2400 Limited
Color:tan
Size:62
Stolen in Portland, OR 97209
Stolen:2011-09-18
Stolen From: Out front of Paragon restaurant. 13th and Hoyt in the Pearl District
Neighborhood: Pearl
Owner: nic Tarter
OwnerEmail: nicholas.tarter@gmail.com
Reward: handshake
Description: tan sekai road bike. white grip tape. badass ‘ideale’ saddle. original everything. great bike.
Police record with: Portland PD
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

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