Month: May 2012

Dark Blue Fuji S12-S

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Brand: Fuji
Model: S12-S
Color:Dark Blue
Size:52″
Photo: https://post.craigslist.org/imagepreview/m/5I85Nb5Ff3Lf3Ie3N4c53cae68bd498981130.jpg
Stolen in Portland, OR 97201
Stolen:2012-05-3
Stolen From: Gas Station parking lot off Burnside Downtown Portland. Across the street from the Roseland
Neighborhood: Downtown
OwnerEmail: tiktiktock@gmail.com
Reward: 200
Description: Dark blue, looks almost black. Black cork grips with the ends chewed off. Rusty chain that skips if you push it too hard, one brake, single speed. Brakes are really really squeaky, Black Deep-V rims, super skinny tires that are always a little flat.
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

carbon fiber grey Trek 5200 1996

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Year: 1996
Brand: Trek
Model: 5200
Color:carbon fiber grey
Stolen in Portland, OR 97218
Stolen:2012-05-3
Stolen From: garage
Neighborhood: Cully
Owner: Mark Cunningham
OwnerEmail: cunnin2147@aol.com
Description: grey Trek 5200 with 105 triple components and pedals with powergrip straps
Police record with: Portland
Police reference#: 12-37518

Cyan (light blue) Trek 5200 1996

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Year: 1996
Brand: Trek
Model: 5200
Color:Cyan (light blue)
Size:52
Serial: 0001840356
Stolen in Portland, OR 97218
Stolen:2012-05-3
Stolen From: garage
Neighborhood: Cully
Owner: Mark Cunningham
OwnerEmail: cunnin2147@aol.com
Description: Light blue trek 5200 with 105 triple componets and replacement fork that is carbon gray
Police record with: Portland
Police reference#: 12-37518
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

For Jeff Bernards, e-assist saved cycling

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Jeff Bernards new e-bike-7

Thanks to battery power, Jeff Bernards is cycling again.
(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)

Chronic foot pain threatened to make cycling unbearable for 56-year old southeast Portland resident Jeff Bernards. Now, after installing an electric-assist kit on his bike, he’s riding again. And loving it.

Bernards is a veteran of local bike events. Years ago he started the “Get Lit” program to give out free bike lights to those in need (the program has since been taken over by the Community Cycling Center). He also loves leading bike tours. He’s taken a group of Portlanders on a three week bike tour in Death Valley, California and he’s led numerous overnight bike trips to Oxbow Park. More recently, Bernards has worked tirelessly to get a ban on studded tires on the Oregon ballot.

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brushed aluminum Marin Alpine Trail 29er 2012

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Year: 2012
Brand: Marin
Model: Alpine Trail 29er
Color:brushed aluminum
Size:17
Stolen in Portland, OR 97217
Stolen:2012-04-25
Stolen From: Garage
Neighborhood: north
Owner: Marty Krogh
OwnerEmail: marty@artnsole.net
Description: Marin Alpine Trail 29er. 17" brushed aluminum frame with light grey spray paint spots. Ritchey grips. Custom painted front light. Pump, water bottle, Specialized seat with tool pack underneath. black/red XO sticker on front, black paint splat sticker on side, black plastic pedals with black plastic cage. Several black spacers on the goose neck.
Police record with: pdx
Police reference#: 12-152770
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Blue Kona Jake The Snake 2008-2009

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Year: 2008-2009
Brand: Kona
Model: Jake The Snake
Color:Blue
Size:58-59cm
Stolen in Portland, OR 97210
Stolen:2012-05-01
Stolen From: The bike was stolen from LA Fitness Pearl right outside the front doors. 14th and Northrup
Neighborhood: The Pearl
Owner: Jacob Gawlista
OwnerEmail: jacob.gawlista@gmail.com
Description: It is a blue Kona, Jake The Snake bicycle. It has Maxxis rims, Shimano 105 components, WTB saddle, drop bars with shifters but additional forward facing brakes levers on the bar. Also has a red sleeve on one of the brake/shifter cables.

The frame is all blue but has a white section where it has KONA in big lettering and the top part of the frame has “Jake The Snake” written in yellow.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 12-37036
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike

Reader Story: How I survived auto amputation

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Allison and her husband Michael.
(Photo: Allison Sliter)

[This story was submitted by BikePortland reader Allison Sliter.]

A couple years back I lost some weight. A lot of weight, actually. I lost about 1500 lbs when my 1980 Honda Accord was donated to NPR.

I had been dabbling in the carfree lifestyle for years. Leaving my car to sit on the curb for days, even weeks at a time. I paid to park it in front of my own house. I paid to insure it against crashes I couldn’t have while it sat there. My husband has never even had a driver’s license and although he appreciated having a driver in the house, he wanted me to be carfree, too. So, I knew I’d eventually get rid of it, but I kept putting it off. Then, during a Fall pledge drive on OPB (Portland’s NPR affiliate station), I just did it. It was October. I hadn’t been on my bike for more than 10 miles in the last month. If I had done it in June, my zealotry would have faded by the time the fall rain set in.

By starting in October, it may have been cold and wet and rainy, but I had fresh self-righteousness to keep me warm.

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Former Bogota mayor Enrique Peñalosa to speak in Portland

Enrique Peñalosa
(Photo: Wikipedia)

Former mayor of Bogota Colombia, Enrique Peñalosa, will be in Portland for a special event on May 14th. Peñalosa is revered in urban planning circles for his pioneering role in the ciclovia movement (which inspired Portland’s Sunday Parkways), his development of bus rapid transit, and his role in re-shaping Bogota’s streets to prioritize people over cars.

Peñalosa’s brother, Gil, who was the minister of sport and recreation during his brother’s administration, gave the keynote at the 2008 Towards Carfree Cities Conference that was held in Portland.

Enrique has been invited by the Urban Planning Club at Portland State University and he will speak at The Amory in downtown Portland. (There are a very limited amount of free tickets available. Email upcevents[at]gmail[dot]com for more info.)

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Aluminum GT Zaskar

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Brand: GT
Model: Zaskar
Color:Aluminum
Size:small(hardtail)
Stolen in Portland, OR
Stolen:2012-05-2
Stolen From: NW 6th Street and Davis
Neighborhood: China Town
Owner: Pat Lando
OwnerEmail: lando.pat@gmail.com
Description: Silver GT Zaskar hardtail with black front rockshocks stickered as “FOX”
Police record with: yes
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Black/Pink Specialized Dolce 2008

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Year: 2008
Brand: Specialized
Model: Dolce
Color:Black/Pink
Size:55
Serial: 70517881
Photo: http://for-sale.yakaz.com/specialized-dolce-pink
Stolen in Portland, OR 97206
Stolen:2012-05-3
Stolen From: Home garage on 72nd Ave in the Foster Powell neighborhood.
Neighborhood: Foster Powell
Owner: ashley Arthur
OwnerEmail: ashleybluestar@gmail.com
Reward: Yes
Description: Grip tape chewed up on right side from accident. Has Rivercity & New Belgium sticker on bike, black rack on back. Also stolen old Black Cannondale custom fixed, butterfly handlebars red grip tape, knobby tires. Black glossy Bern helmet.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 12-37172
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Rolling through Oregon wine country (Photo essay)

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Winery ride-2

Portlander Mykle Hansen at Anne Amie
Vineyards in Carlton.
(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)

This past Saturday I joined 25 nice folks for a ride through one of the Willamette Valley’s many wine-producing regions. The ride was organized by Juli and I, along with another couple, as a way to raise money for our kids’ schools. We both listed a fully supported wine-tasting ride as an item at our school auctions and then donated the entry fees.

Besides helping out two great schools (go Trillium and Emerson!), the ride was a perfect excuse to hang out with friends while pedaling through gorgeous country roads and sampling tasty local wines.

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Reader Story: St. Johns Bridge: Portland, how about a warning?

St. Johns Bridge, Portland OR

A visitor finds that
even the sidewalk isn’t
that nice to ride on.
(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland)

[Editor’s note: I am excited to publish the first reader story submitted through our new Share Your Story page. Please keep the submissions coming! — JM (currently in Siesta Key, Florida ;-))]

This story was submitted by Peter Herreid of Madison, Wisconsin:

Portland is the cool West Coast cousin that bike enthusiasts, planners, and politicians from Madison visit and come back gushing about the bikeways, light rail, and urban growth boundary. My wife and I were there in mid-April and have since been rolling out daily dispatches on MadisonBikeLife.com.

So, one day we had just biked a nice tour of northeast Portland’s bike boulevards, or “neighborhood greenways” as they are referred to locally, and wanted to cross the Willamette River to get to Forest Park. The Portland Bureau of Transportation’s bike map, which had till then faithfully served us, showed the St. Johns Bridge as having a “multi-use path closed to motor vehicles.” Fortunate for us we thought, because it was the only bridge up and down the river for miles, so off we went.

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