green KHS Urban Soul 2009

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Year: 2009
Brand: KHS
Model: Urban Soul
Color:green
Stolen in Portland, OR 97215
Stolen:2011-08-26
Stolen From: side of a house- 61st and Burnside
Neighborhood: Mt. Tabor area
Owner: zoe stansbury
OwnerEmail: zoe.stansbury@gmail.com
Reward: 100
Description: I”m not sure what the size was but I am a woman around 5’6″ and it fit me perfectly. The date was somewhere between August 26-28th
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Silver Novara Forza

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Brand: Novara
Model: Forza
Color:Silver
Size:Large
Serial:U9YY32293
Photo: http://www.rei.com/product/774421/novara-forza-bike-2011
Stolen in Portland, OR 97217
Stolen:2011-08-30
Stolen From: Corner of Webster and Interstate.
Neighborhood: North Portland
Owner: Shawn Campbell
OwnerEmail: camp5241@gmail.com
Reward: $50
Description: Silver hybrid bike. Rear reflector replaced by clamp for Planet Bike SuperFlash light (light will be missing). Brake cables show signs of being recently tightened. Front reflector is white in color and attached to left side of handlebar post. Tires are worn. No kickstand. Pretty much no after market additions (ie fenders, racks, ect).
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 11-74886
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Unique, high-end time trial bikes stolen in shop theft

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Smashed window of Southwest Bicycle.
(Photos: Dan Houghton)

Southwest Bicycle (3605 SW Multnomah Blvd) was victim of a smash-and-grab theft last night. Shop owner Dan Houghton says thieves broke one of his windows at around midnight and two high-end bikes were stolen. The bikes are valued at about $10,000.

Please keep your eyes out for a Javelin Barolo Time Trial bike and a BP Stealth TT bike. Both are pictured below…

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Google to host “MapUp” event in Portland Thursday

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Google will be in town Thursday for a “MapUp” event to raise are awareness of (and participation in) their Google Map Maker feature.

Map Maker is Google’s attempt to let anyone edit its vaunted map and have the additions go public to its millions of users. The application lets people add in their favorite short-cuts, places, favorite bike routes, and so on. Since people on bikes tend to interact more intimately with their surroundings and rely on shortcuts and safe route suggestions more than other road users, mapping technology like this can be very useful.

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Pearl District resident raises red flag on Lovejoy biking dangers

Despite presence of precarious
streetcar tracks, many people
still ride on Lovejoy.
(Photo © J. Maus)

The Eastside Streetcar project has radically altered vehicle access to the Pearl District. If you ride a bicycle, the changes have been especially acute (as I shared back in July). NW Lovejoy has been decommissioned as a bike route and the Bureau of Transportation now urges people to use Marshall as the main east-west street.

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Yellow Schwinn Homegrown 1999 or 2000

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Year: 1999 or 2000
Brand: Schwinn
Model: Homegrown
Color:Yellow
Size:21 inch
Stolen in Portland, OR 97211
Stolen:2011-08-7
Stolen From: It was stolen from my detached garage.
Neighborhood: Alameda
Owner: John Barinaga
OwnerEmail: jbarinaga@hotmail.com
Description: Yellow Schwinn Homegrown mountain bike with a red RockShox fork. It also had black bar ends on the handle bars
Police record with: Portland PD
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Teal KHS Urban Escape 2010

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Year: 2010
Brand: KHS
Model: Urban Escape
Color:Teal
Serial: UA01344944
Stolen in Portland, OR
Stolen:2011-08-29
Stolen From: Tillamook and 33rd in NE right in front of Beverly Cleary School.
Neighborhood: Grant
Owner: Alison Brown
OwnerEmail: alicat.brown@gmail.com
Reward: $150
Description: It is a teal bike with fenders and a back rack. It had my lock and yellow helmet attached.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 11-154737
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Red/Orange Schwinn Super Sport 1973

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Year: 1973
Brand: Schwinn
Model: Super Sport
Color:Red/Orange
Size:~56cm
Photo: http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/3116/img0576e.jpg
Stolen in Portland, OR 97202
Stolen:2011-08-29
Stolen From: SE Division & 26th (in front of Little T’s Bakery).
Neighborhood: Clinton
Owner: Jesse Schumann
OwnerEmail: schumajg@gmail.com
Reward: Case of beer and huge thanks.
Description: Single-speed. Old, dinged frame with new components. Very short chopped bullhorn handlebars. White cable housing. Single rear brake w. silver SOMA brake lever on left handle. Retrofitted bottom bracket with Pake cranks. Silver/gold pedals.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 11074550
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Williams project update: Gordly weighs in; walking, biking tours announced

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Existing conditions on Williams Ave-17

Traffic on Williams Avenue.
(Photo © J. Maus)

There are some new developments in the project to improve bicycling and traffic safety on N. Williams Avenue.

Following the most recent Stakeholder Advisory Committee meeting on August 2nd, project staff have announced that in lieu of a September meeting, they will host two tours of the street in order to give SAC members (and the public) a first-hand look at existing conditions.

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