Showers Pass, a company that designs and markets bicycling apparel and has been headquartered in Portland since 2005, has relocated. According to a statement from the company, the new, 8,000 square foot space (at 2101 SE 6th Ave) is twice the size of their current office and warehouse facility on SE 17th Ave. near Powell Blvd.
Year: 1979
Brand: Centurion
Model: Custom
Color:Blue
Size:63cm
Photo: http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/6883/img2553tg.jpg
Stolen in Portland, OR 97209
Stolen:2011-06-28
Stolen From: Attached to bike rack on back of car. Not locked.
Neighborhood: NW, next to Jamison Park
Owner: Nick Wusz
OwnerEmail: nickwusz@gmail.com
Description: Black brooks saddle, black handlebar tape, blue frame, 63cm. Newer shiny components
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: T11004496
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
U.S. Congressman Earl Blumenauer has been extolling the virtues of bicycling for a long time — but I didn’t realize just how long.
Far from jumping on the green transportation bandwagon, or simply hitching up to Portland’s bike heydays in the 1990s, Blumenauer has been promoting the use of bicycles in our region for over 30 years.
Yesterday I came across a scan of an old Multnomah County newsletter from May 1979 (below). The subject of the article and photo was a race in downtown Portland held to prove which mode — bus, feet, car or bike — could travel 12 blocks the fastest.
Guess who won?
Last night I ventured out to Portland International Raceway (PIR) to take part in the weekly Short Track MTB race series. It’s been over five years since I last raced, so I was long overdue.
Portland is lucky to have such a great facility like PIR so close to the city, and to have such a healthy racing scene.
PIR was full of bikes, racers, families, and fans. Not only was the dirt track and infield buzzing with mountain bikes but there was also a criterium race going on at the main track.
A reader just sent in a new video shot by local community news site Neighborhood Notes that shows blatant disregard of stop signs at the SE Ladd Ave entrance into Ladd Circle. Watch it below…
Ladd Circle from Neighborhood Notes on Vimeo.
In a column published Monday, Steve Duin, a veteran columnist for The Oregonian, says that after decades of watching Portland traffic he has finally come to a realization: “cyclists are part of the solution to the city’s traffic woes, not part of the problem.”
Duin’s piece came after he spent time counting vehicles crossing the Hawthorne Bridge as a follow-up to counts he did a few years ago. Not only did he observe a 20% increase in bikes, but he also noticed a few other key things: 85% of the cars had only single occupancy and motor vehicle traffic came to a complete stop due to gridlock (not bridge lifts) on two separate occasions.
The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) will kick off a new ‘summer safety campaign’ later today.
Mayor Sam Adams — who has consistently said safety is his number one priority in leading PBOT (which he has done for six years now) — will be on hand to launch the effort. In addition to a focus on safety, what’s notable about this campaign is that it’s not just biking and walking advocates doing all the talking.
Singer, songwriter and filmmaker Robin Moore is at it again with a video that just might spur a new bike party dance craze. He calls it a “Eurotrash/Bollywood extravaganza.”
The man (a.k.a. MC Spandex) who brought us the hilarious musical ode to roadie and fixie stereotypes “Performance” and then followed it up with another smash hit, “Get Dirty” which pokes fun at mountain bikers, just unveiled “Le Velo.”
“[District Attorney] Allgood said his phone hasn’t stopped ringing since the media reported his determination last week.”
— from NEMS360.com story;
‘DA reopens biking case after outcry’
An update on that tragic case from Mississippi we shared last week:
Here’s the latest from NEMS360.com (emphasis mine):
District Attorney Forrest Allgood will reopen his investigation of the May 22 car-on-bicycle accident in Clay County amid mounting pressure from the state’s cycling community.
Year: 2006?
Brand: Lemond
Model: Big Sky
Color:black and white
Size:ladies/ very short petite sized
Stolen in Portland, OR
Stolen:2011-06-27
Stolen From: In front of 621 SW Alder Building, between 8-10:30 pm
Neighborhood: Southwest
Owner: Nora Dillon
OwnerEmail: notnora@gmail.com
Reward: negotiable
Description: Green handlebar tape; black back rack; black back fender. Sticker of a young girl riding on the center of the frame.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 11-053826
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike
Year: 2006?
Brand: Fuji
Model: Newest 2.0
Color:blue/silver
Size:47
Photo: http://www.bikejournal.com/images/Reyfuji1.JPG
Stolen in Portland, OR 97211
Stolen:2011-06-27
Stolen From: NE Grand and Going,
Neighborhood: Northeast
Owner: Emily Gowen
OwnerEmail: emily.gowen@gmail.com
Reward: money, veggies, appreciation
Description: First, the pic I found online, it’s not my bike but the same frame.
Mine is a mens sport road bike, blue and silver fuji newest 2.0, with a rack (seahearse sticker on it), handlebar brakes as well as dual shifters/brakes on the drop bars. It had my headlamp attached to the front as my light, and also on the front was the casing for a trip meter (the actual square electronic thing has fallen out but it’s wiring is still on the bike). Also the original black carbon seat post isn’t on it because it was too tall for me, so the seat post is silver. The handlebar tape is black and unraveling on the left side a little.
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike